In Collection
#203
Seen It:
No
Owner:
Ben
Comedy, Political
USA / English
Peter Sellers |
Dr. Strangelove,Cpt. Mandrake, President |
George C. Scott |
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Hayden, Sterling |
General |
Wynn, Keenan |
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Pickens, Slim |
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Reed, Tracy |
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Arguably the greatest black comedy ever made, Stanley Kubrick's cold-war classic is the ultimate satire of the nuclear age.
Dr. Strangelove is a perfect spoof of political and military insanity, beginning when General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden), a maniacal warrior obsessed with "the purity of precious bodily fluids," mounts his singular campaign against Communism by ordering a squadron of B-52 bombers to attack the Soviet Union. The Soviets counter the threat with a so- called "Doomsday Device," and the world hangs in the balance while the U.S. president (Peter Sellers) engages in hilarious hot-line negotiations with his Soviet counterpart. Sellers also plays a British military attaché and the mad bomb-maker Dr. Strangelove; George C. Scott is outrageously frantic as General Buck Turgidson, whose presidential advice consists mainly of panic and statistics about "acceptable losses." With dialogue ("You can't fight here! This is the war room!") and images (Slim Pickens's character riding the bomb to oblivion) that have become a part of our cultural vocabulary, Kubrick's film regularly appears on critics' lists of the all-time best.
--Jeff Shannon
Edition |
Full Screen |
Barcode |
043396061873 |
Region |
Region 1 |
Release Date |
2/27/2001 |
Packaging |
Jewel Case |
Screen Ratio |
1.33 (4:3) |
Subtitles |
Chinese; English; French; Korean; Portuguese; Spanish; Thai |
Audio Tracks |
Mono - English
Mono - French
Mono - Portuguese
Mono - Spanish |
Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
No. of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
"The Making of..." Documentary
Interview - Actor
Photo Gallery
Production Notes
Scene Selection
Theatrical Trailers
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Black & White Closed-captioned Widescreen |
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Purchase Date |
5/26/2005 |
Purchase Price |
$14.99 |
Store |
Best Buy |
Condition |
New (Still Sealed) |
Current Value |
$14.99 |
Links |
Amazon US
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