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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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MPAA RATING: PG
Starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Peter Bull, James Earl Jones, and Tracy Reed
Through a series of military and political accidents, a psychotic general - U.S. Air Force Commander Jack D. Ripper (Hayden) - triggers an ingenious, irrevocable scheme to attack Russia's strategic targets with nuclear bombs. The U.S. President (Sellers) and Dr. Strangelove (Sellers), a wheelchair-bound nuclear scientist who has bizarre ideas about man's future, work with the Soviet premier in a desperate effort to save the world.
| GENRE(S): | War |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Peter George (novel Red Alert, aka Two Hours to Doom)
Stanley Kubrick Terry Southern |
| DIRECTED BY: | Stanley Kubrick |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: November 2, 2004 Video: June 2, 1988 Theatrical: January 29, 1964 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 93 minutes, B/W |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
The film picked up four 1965 Academy Award nominations in the following categories: Best Actor (Sellers), Best Director (Kubrick), Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture.
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The average user rating for this movie is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 90 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
lee b gave it a10:
Without a doubt *the* greatest satiric screenplay of the 20th Century, only less dark than the far more disturbing and blacker comedy of Silence of the Lambs. To understand Dr. Strangelove you have to understand a Cold War era when the likelihood of nuclear holocaust seemed imminent and anti-Communist paranoia was still running very high. You think Sarah Palin is bad? The script savagely lampoons the real post-McCarthy wing-nuttery of the age, from anti-fluoridation reactionary groups like the John Birch Society to real nuclear war advocates speaking flippantly of maximum body counts during a full-scale nuclear war. The script roasts them all and takes a good wide swing at a few other soft spots in American society -- the use of Nazi scientists (we got to the moon on the shoulders of non other than Verner von Braun's leadership), the anti-commie paranoia that bordered on psychosis (the McCarthy era was pretty bad), the euphemistic "Peace is Our Profession" whitewash of the DOD (which led us to millions of deaths in S.E. Asia) and so on. Strangelove takes it to the logical extreme in a sarcastic - even jugular - vein, demonstrating the inanity of anti-fluoridation paranoia via a psychotic general admitting his withholding ejaculation in defense of his precious bodily fluids. This is examined in relation to fluoridation and the various epigrammatic phrases peace on earth, preserve our essences and purity of essence also revealing to us the acronymic three-letter cipher prefix necessary to cancel the attack.
James M. gave it a10:
A powerful message to mankind in any era.
Patrick B. gave it an8:
It may have been unbelievable at the time and I will admit that it's still entertaining but giving this movie over an 8 seems a bit much.
Austin S. gave it a10:
This film is magnificent, somehow it is able to perfectly highlight the stupidity of mutually assured destruction, without showing pictures of ruined cities or people dying of radiation sickness. It never makes light of the situation and yet is able to remain funny, an extraordinary feat.
Nathan R gave it a10:
One of the great comedies of the 20th century. Absolutely perfect cast, superb acting. Regardless of what a few users have said, this movie is VERY funny. Of course it's not sex/fart/potty humor funny, which a suspect is why Charlie S, Arthur D, and JJ Moore did not like it. If you're into clever, satirical humor. . . If you appreciate good composition and framing. . . Strangelove is the movie for you. They don't make pictures like this anymore!
Craig A. gave it a10:
Razor Sharp. A country that can consider Sarah Palin, a gun-totin' loon that "wouldn't blink" at War With Russia, as a vice-presidential candidate, REALLY needs to revisit material like Dr Strangelove!
Jay H. gave it a10:
A brilliant black comedy, one of the best ever. The performances are sublime, especially George C. Scott. The direction is so on target. The writing is among the best ever. Superb in every way.
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