Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
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Stanley Kubrick's brilliant Cold War satire remains as funny and razor-sharp today as it was in 1964.
Average Rating: 8.4/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 0
Stanley Kubrick's brilliant Cold War satire remains as funny and razor-sharp today as it was in 1964.
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In 1964, with the Cuban Missile Crisis fresh in viewers' minds, the Cold War at its frostiest, and the hydrogen bomb relatively new and frightening, Stanley Kubrick dared to make a film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and played the situation for laughs. Dr. Strangelove's jet-black satire (from a script by director Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, and Terry Southern) and a host of superb comic performances (including three from Peter Sellers) have kept the
Jan 29, 1964 Wide
Nov 2, 2004
Sony Pictures
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Cast
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Peter Sellers
Dr. Strangelove, Group ... -
George C. Scott
Gen. Buck Turgidson -
Sterling Hayden
Gen. Jack D. Ripper -
Keenan Wynn
Col. Bat Guano -
Slim Pickens
Maj. T.J. "King" Kong -
Peter Bull
Ambassador de Sadesky -
James Earl Jones
Lt. Lothar Zogg -
Tracy Reed
Miss Scott -
Jack Creley
Mr. Staines -
Frank Berry
Lt. H.R. Dietrich DSO -
Glenn Beck
Lt. W.D. Kivel -
Shane Rimmer
Capt. G.A. "Ace" Owens -
Gordon Tanner
Gen. Faceman -
Robert Vincent O'Neil
Adm. Randolph -
Roy Stephens
Frank -
Laurence Herder
Burpelson Defense Team ... -
John McCarthy
On Defense Team -
Hal Galili
Members of the Defense ... -
Paul Tamarin
Lt. B. Goldberg
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Like most of his work, Stanley Kubrick's deadly black satirical comedy-thriller on cold war madness and its possible effects (1964) has aged well.
Top CriticPerhaps Kubrick's most perfectly realised film, simply because his cynical vision of the progress of technology and human stupidity is wedded with comedy.
This landmark movie's madcap humor and terrifying suspense remain undiminished by time.
Stanley Kubrick's blackest of black comedies.
Is Dr. Strangelove Kubrick's best movie? Along with Paths of Glory, absolutely.
Stanley Kubrick's first genuinely original movie has been seen, reseen, dissected, and iconized, but a few sly truths about it have yet to be fully grokked.
[VIDEO ESSAY] "Dr. Strangelove" pokes fun at the idea of "mutually assured annihilation" and the dubious concept of "nuclear deterrents."
Dr Strangelove is one of Stanley Kubrick's many masterpieces, one of the greatest films about the Cold War and one of the greatest comedies ever made.
Black comedy Kubrick classic for smart teens+.
Kubrick's overt connection of sexuality and violence underlines many of the film's best jokes while placing an exclamation point on many of his most critical assertions
It's easily one of the director's best films of his somewhat controversial career.
A great film in its best home video quality ....
... like a morbidly sick Looney Tunes short with its cartoon heroes struggling impotently to keep hold of a hot potato.
Still no sign of the holy grail pie-fight sequence, but the Blu-ray edition of Dr. Strangelove still preserves the film's purity of essence.
Dr. Strangelove's status as the movie that confirmed both Stanley Kubrick's reputation and the arrival of beat-sick irreverence can no longer be retracted.
Kubrick nos presenteia com uma pérola de humor negro que critica acidamente as guerras e a mediocridade dos homens por trás destas.
It's a nostalgia trip with the new, special edition DVD of Dr. Strangelove.
The funniest film ever made about nuclear holocaust...
[A] supremely ironic comedy on the possibility of nuclear annihilation.
The whole thing is a bit too contemptuous of our defense system for my comfort and taste, wrote NY Times critic Crowther, showing that Kubrick's dark satire was so ahead of its time that critics didn't know what to make of it.
It's as startling today as it was then. Catch it now before it becomes too relevant to be funny again.
'Purity of essence'.... Superbly crafted satire that's neocon fresh to this day.
Audience Reviews for Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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- President Merkin Muffley: Gentlemen! you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!
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- Dr. Strangelove: Mein Fuhrer, I can walk.
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- 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!
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- Dr. Strangelove: The whole point of the doomsday machine is lost... if you [President Muffley] keep it a secret! Why didn't you tell the world, eh?!
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- Lt. Lothar Zogg: Perhaps it might be better, Mr. President, if you were more concerned with the American People than with your image in the history books.
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- President Merkin Muffley: Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is a war room!
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Foreign Titles
- Dr. Seltsam oder: Wie ich lernte, die Bombe zu lieben (DE)
- Dr. Strangelove (UK)
