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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
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29 January 1964 (USA) moreTagline:
the hot-line suspense comedyPlot:
An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(19 articles)
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Frighteningly hilarious moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Peter Sellers | ... | Group Captain Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove | |
| George C. Scott | ... | General 'Buck' Turgidson | |
| Sterling Hayden | ... | Brigadier General Jack Ripper | |
| Keenan Wynn | ... | Colonel 'Bat' Guano | |
| Slim Pickens | ... | Major 'King' Kong | |
| Peter Bull | ... | Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky | |
| James Earl Jones | ... | Lieutenant Lothar Zogg | |
| Tracy Reed | ... | Miss Scott | |
| Jack Creley | ... | Mr. Staines | |
| Frank Berry | ... | Lieutenant Dietrich | |
| Robert O'Neil | ... | Admiral Randolph | |
| Glenn Beck | ... | Lieutenant Kivel (as Glen Beck) | |
| Roy Stephens | ... | Frank | |
| Shane Rimmer | ... | Captain 'Ace' Owens | |
| Hal Galili | ... | Burpelson AFB Defense Team Member |
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A Delicate Balance of Terror (USA) (working title)Dr. Strangelove
Edge of Doom (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG for thematic elements, some violent content, sexual humor and mild language. (2005 re-rating)Parents Guide:
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93 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound 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:16Fun Stuff
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The stock footage shown in the opening credits (a suggestive image of refueling military aircraft) was also used in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Mandrake made the phone call to the president, the communication system was supposed to be dead. moreQuotes:
[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.
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home moreFAQ
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Why did all of those bombs go off during the ending credits?
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This movie is possibly the best comedy ever made, only with one fact against it: it's not very "comical". Hilarious? Yes. Comical? Absolutely not. The horrors of the nuclear war caused by a simple mistake materialize before us, directed with skill by the late maestro, Kubrick.
There are simply not enough words to describe Peter Sellers's BRILLIANT performance in three roles: A british officer, the U.S president and Dr. Strangelove. He is hilarious as the british officer, with his wonderful accent, gloomy and neurotic as the president and simply insane as Dr. Strangelove.
Also note that this movie includes a performance by very young James Earl Jones, who we now all know as the voice behind Darth Vader.
The ending scene is also a masterpiece.