Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
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Cast
as Group Captain Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / D
as Gen. "Buck" Turgidson
as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
as Col. "Bat" Guano
as Major T.J. "King" Kong
as Ambassador de Sadesky
as Miss Scott
as Lt. Lothar Zogg

as Mr. Staines

as Lt. H.R. Dietrich
as Lt. W.D. Kivel
as Capt. G.A. `Ace' Owens

as Lt. B. Goldberg

as Gen. Faceman

as Adm. Randolph

as Frank

as Members of the Defense Team

as Members of the Defense Team

as Members of the Defense Team
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Age has not withered that final queasy nightmare of the mushroom clouds, set to Vera Lynn's hopeful We'll Meet Again - underscoring how the certainties of the second world war ceased to hold their meaning in the nuclear age.

Nothing would seen to be farther apart than nuclear war and comedy, yet Kubrick's caper eloquently tackles a Fail-Safe subject with a light touch.

Kubrick has shown before that he is a director of rare gifts. Dr. Strangelove brings them into full realization.

Of the many films considered great satire, only Dr. Strangelove holds up as a masterpiece with none of its bite removed.

By a whopping margin, this is Kubrick's most radical film and greatest dramatic gamble.
Black comedy Kubrick classic for smart teens+.
Audience Reviews for Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The one problem I have with this film is that for a film called "Dr. Strangelove or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb" Dr. Strangelove isn't in this movie for more than 10 minutes, which was a bit disappointing to me, but the comedy and the acting save the film from falling into obscurity. Geeorge C. Scott and Peter Sellers both do great jobs, Scott is great as the general and Peter Sellers is great as the president, Dr. Strangelove, and the assistant to one of the generals in the film, but to me the funniest part he does in this film is Strangelove, even though he is in the film for only 10 minutes, but the accent for the character is very funny, and how he acts is also very funny. One interesting thing I have to say about the film is that this was James Earl Jones first film, and he was given credit at the beginning of the film as one of the main actors. I haven't seen any of Kubricks other films but after seeing this one, I'd like to see more of them.

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Dr Strangelove is part of the vast collection of Stanley Kubrick's greatest films, and goes down, as the greatest film about the cold war and nuclear scare, which the world has ever seen, combining comedy and a real fright perfectly. Strangelove, or, "How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb", tells the story of what could happen if the US nuclear programme went wrong. Based around the fears of many Americans, and much of the Western World, at the height of the cold war, a US air force general, who is the only one who has the codes to launch and bring back a fleet of planes carrying nuclear weapons, goes mad, and orders his entire fleet to attack the Soviet Union. As the story unfolds we see the pure exceptional talents of Sellers in three characters, the bumbling British RAF pilot, Lionel Mandrake, the worried and hysterical US President, and the former, (perhaps still), Nazi weapon specialist, Dr Strangelove. Through each of these characters, alongside marvellous acting from George C. Scott and Peter Bull, we see the fleet of H-Bombs draw closer to the USSR from four different perspectives, as the possibility of a nuclear war draws ever closer. Released to cinemas just a year after the Cuban Missile Crisis, where the world came closer to nuclear war than ever before, Kubrick, in all his wit and talent, took a very real possibility, exposing the weaknesses of the safeguards of nuclear warfare, and made audiences laugh with joy, despite the fact the event could have happened just later that afternoon. With Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, and the direction of Stanley Kubrick, the film makes for an incredibly entertaining ride, where we are taken along with each of the characters, and allowing us to look right into the weaknesses of the nuclear programme. The acting of each and every character is purely fantastic, and a quality which most people would find hard to top. The cinematography, in the style of a documentary like handheld camera, adds to the realism, whilst at the same time, adding to the ridiculous and humorous connotations of a nuclear war breaking out. The script, based on a serious novel called Red Alert, was adapted perfectly for the funny and sharp style Kubrick was aiming for, balancing moments of serious action and tension, with the laugh out loud moments following straight after. It is hard not to laugh at the fantastic film which Kubrick has produced. Whilst it may be more than 50 years old, and the cold war has come to an end many years ago, Dr Strangelove still impacts on audiences today, in the same way it did in 1964. A fantastically funny, brilliantly acted, and exceptionally directed story, which only the master team of Sellers, Scott and Kubrick could achieve.
Super Reviewer
I never would have thought that such a simple story and such simple situations could turn into such a loveable film. As the military plans nuclear war it's almost as if the cameras have been placed around the board of directors as the plan attacks. The conversations are so well plotted out that it seemed as though I was watching a documentary in moments. I haven't seen that many war films, and although this is less of a man-to-man combat sort of war film and more of a dialogue driven plan execution with extremely intense character motifs throughout, I think that's why I enjoyed it so much. It's a basic film with a lot of effort and I strongly comment Kubrick for that! "Dr. Strangelove" is a great class film!
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Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Quotes
Gen. "Buck" Turgidson: | Your average Ruskie doesn't take a dump without a plan. |
President Merkin Muffley: | Gentlemen! you can't fight in here! This is the War Room! |
Dr. Strangelove: | Mein Fuhrer, I can walk |
Dr. Strangelove: | Mein Fuhrer, I can walk. |
President Merkin Muffley: | General Turgidson. it is the avowed policy of our nation never to strike first with nuclear weapons! |
Gen. Buck Turgidson: | Well sir, I would say that General Ripper has already invalidated THAT policy! |