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Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'

Original title: Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Year: 1964
Running time: 93 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Screenwriter: Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, Peter George. Novel: Peter George
Music: Laurie Johnson. Closing music: Vera Lynn
Cinematography: Gilbert Taylor (B&W)
Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, James Earl Jones, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Peter Bull, Tracy Reed, Jack Creley, Glenn Beck, Shane Rimmer, Paul Tamarin, Gordon Tanner, Robert O'Neil, Roy Stephens
Producer: Columbia Pictures, Hawk Films
Genre: Comedy. War | Satire. Black Comedy. Cold War. Nuclear Holocaust
Synopsis: Convinced that the Russians have infiltrated America's "vital essence", the crazed Ripper gives the go code to the 843rd bomb wing to attack Russia, setting in motion a series of darkly hilarious vignettes involving gung-ho soldiers, wacky generals, spying Russians, drunken premiers, battles with soda machines, fights in the War Room, and the Russians' top-secret Doomsday Machine. The film has three main centers of action: one of the B-52 bombers, on which a group of loyal men know they are about to start World War III; Burpelson Air Force Base, where Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers) is trying to convince everyone that Ripper has gone mad and the bombing must be stopped; and the War Room, where President Merkin Muffley (Sellers again) is trying to make peace with the Russians.

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Awards: 1964: 4 Nominations for Oscar: Best Movie, Director, Actor (Peter Sellers), Screenplay

1964: BAFTA Awards: Best Film, British Film and Art Direction (B&W). 6 Nominations

1964: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Director. 3 Nominations

1964: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director

1964: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Comedy Screenplay

Critics' reviews

"Every time you see a great film, you find new things in it (...) [It] is filled with great comic performances (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"There is so much about it that is grand, so much that is brilliant and amusing, and much that is grave and dangerous."

Bosley Crowther: The New York Times
"Stanley Kubrick has with skill and daring fashioned a sharply satirical comedy (...) It emerges as a most unusual combination of comedy and suspense (...) Peter Sellers is excellent"

Dave Kaufman: Variety
"Zippy, ruthless, and cartoonish (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Eric Henderson: Slant
"With 'Dr. Strangelove', Kubrick shot a brilliant satire like a straight thriller (...) Shooting 'Dr. Strangelove' as if it were 'Paths Of Glory' makes its ridiculous elements at once funnier and more chilling"

Mike D'Angelo: AV Club
"[It] has aged well (...) The manic, cartoonish performances of George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, and Peter Sellers (...) look as brilliant as ever"

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
"A brilliant performance from Peter Sellers (...) It is sometimes said that 'Dr Strangelove', brilliant as it still unquestionably is, has lost its bite. Not at all (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

Sheila Johnston: Telegraph
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