Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Stanley Kubrick

Writers:

Stanley Kubrick (screenplay) &
Terry Southern (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

29 January 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

the hot-line suspense comedy

Plot:

An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.

Plot Keywords:

General | Bomber | U.S. President | Doomsday | Doomsday Machine

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Peter Sellers	...	Group Captain Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
George C. Scott	...	Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson
Sterling Hayden	...	Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper
Keenan Wynn	...	Col. 'Bat' Guano
Slim Pickens	...	Maj. T.J. 'King' Kong
Peter Bull	...	Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky
James Earl Jones	...	Lt. Lothar Zogg
Tracy Reed	...	Miss Scott
Jack Creley	...	Mr. Staines
Frank Berry	...	Lt. H.R. Dietrich
Robert O'Neil	...	Adm. Randolph
Glenn Beck	...	Lt. W.D. Kivel (as Glen Beck)
Roy Stephens	...	Frank
Shane Rimmer	...	Capt. G.A. 'Ace' Owens
Hal Galili	...	Burpelson AFB Defense Team member

Also Known As:

A Delicate Balance of Terror (USA) (working title)
Dr. Strangelove
Edge of Doom (USA) (working title)
Docteur Folamour (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Docteur Folamour, ou: Comment j'ai appris à ne plus m'en faire et à aimer la bombe (Belgium: French title) (dubbed version) (France) (dubbed version) [fr]
дНЙРНП яРПЕИМДФКЮБ ХКХ ЙЮЙ Ъ МЮСВХКЯЪ МЕ АНЪРЭЯЪ Х ОНКЧАХК ЮРНЛМСЧ АНЛАС (Soviet Union: Russian title) [ru]
¿Teléfono rojo?, volamos hacia Moscú (Spain) [es]
Doctor Insólito, o Como aprendí a no preocuparme y amar la bomba (Uruguay) [es]
Doctor Strangelove (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Doktor Strejndzlav ili: Kako sam naucio da prestanem da brinem i zavoleo bombu (Serbia) [sr]
Dr Strangelove, czyli jak przestalem sie martwic i pokochalem bombe (Poland) [pl]
Dr. Divnoláska aneb Jak jsem se naucil nedelat si starosti a mít rád bombu (Czech Republic) [cs]
Dr. Estranho Amor (Portugal) [pt]
Dr. Fantástico (Brazil) [pt]
Dr. Folamour (France) [fr]
Dr. Insólito (Mexico) (video title) [es]
Dr. Insólito o: Como aprendí a dejar de preocuparme y amar la bomba (Argentina) [es]
Dr. Seltsam oder Gebrauchsanweisung für Anfänger in der sorgenfreien Liebe zu Atomwaffen (Austria) [de]
Dr. Seltsam, oder wie ich lernte, die Bombe zu lieben (West Germany) [de]
Dr. Strangelove eller: Hur jag lärde mig sluta ängslas och älska bomben (Sweden) [sv]
Dr. Strangelove eller: Hur jag slutade ängslas och lärde mig älska bomben (Sweden) [sv]
Dr. Strangelove eller: Hvordan jeg lærte at holde op med at bekymre mig og elske bomben (Denmark) [da]
Dr. Strangelove, avagy rájöttem, hogy nem kell félni a bombától, meg is lehet szeretni (Hungary) [hu]
Il dottor Stranamore, ovvero come imparai a non preoccuparmi e ad amare la bomba (Italy) [it]
S.O.S. Pentagono kalei Mosha (Greece) [el]
SOS - Pentagono kalei Mosha (Greece) (reissue title) [el]
Tri Outolempi (Finland) (short title) [fi]
Tri Outolempi, eli: Kuinka lakkasin olemasta huolissani ja opin rakastamaan pommia (Finland) (complete title) [fi]

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements, some violent content, sexual humor and mild language. (2005 re-rating)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) (Canadian Home Video rating) | Spain:18 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:12 | Brazil:10 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Québec) | Finland:K-16 | France:U (re-release) | Germany:12 (re-rating) | Hong Kong:IIA | Iceland:Unrated | Ireland:PG | Japan:Unrated | Netherlands:AL (video rating) | New Zealand:PG | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG (DVD rating) | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:Approved (Certificate No. 20469) (original rating) | USA:GP (re-rating) (1970) | USA:PG (re-rating) (2004) | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Arctic

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

While shooting aerial footage of wastelands over Greenland, the second unit camera crew accidentally filmed a secret US military base. Their plane was forced down under suspicion of being Russian spies.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The background footage for the model B-52's is filmed from a Boeing B-17G, whose shadow can be seen on the ground. See also Trivia.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: For more than a year, ominous rumors had been privately circulating among high-level Western leaders that the Soviet Union had been at work on what was darkly hinted to be the ultimate weapon: a doomsday device. Intelligence sources traced the site of the top secret Russian project to the perpetually fog-shrouded wasteland below the Arctic peaks of the Zhokhov Islands. What they were building or why it should be located in such a remote and desolate place no one could say.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming (#7.9)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

We'll Meet Again

A must see !!! ***** out of ****

Who else than Stanley Kubrick could take a serious subject like the cold war and tell the story like a comedy ??? He proves his genius in this film more like in any other film of his. It's the story about one general ( with the very appropriate name Jack D. Ripper) gone mad and he launches an attack on Russia all by himself. He's mad, but still smart enough to prevent that anyone can stop him. He's got this strange ( but very funny ) theories about body-fluids, but his men respect him and do everything he says. So 34 fully-armed plains are sent to as many targets. Meanwhile his Colonel, Mandrake, tries to talk sense to him and the president and another General are trying to warn the Russian prime minister. You can have nothing but great respect for Peter Sellers. He plays three roles in this film and every single one of them is flawless. The doctor Strangelove character is hilarious and creepy at the same time. His appearances as the doctor are, along with the telephone conversations between the president and the Russian Prime minister the funniest moments in the film... Also the classic bomb-ride of Major Kong off course. George C. Scott is clearly having fun in his role and the debut of James Earl Jones is also definitely worth mentioning. Like I said already...a must see film if you're a film lover in general.