 Stanley Kubrick's celebrated black comedy classic about an "accidental" nuclear attack was nominated for four 1964 Academy Awards. Created during a time when the paranoia of the Cold War was at its peak, the film still seems surprisingly relevant today. Convinced the Commies are polluting America's "precious bodily fluids," a crazed General (Sterling Hayden) orders a surprise nuclear air strike on the USSR. His aide Captain Mandrake (Peter Sellers) furiously attempts to figure out a recall code to stop the bombing. Meanwhile, the U.S. President (Sellers again) gets on the hot line to convince the drunken Soviet premier that the impending attack is a silly mistake, while the President's advisor (and ex-Nazi scientist) Dr. Strangelove (Sellers once more) confirms the existence of the dreaded Doomsday Machine -- a new secret Soviet retaliatory device guaranteed to end the human race once and for all! Storyline: Paranoid Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper of Burpelson Air Force Base, he believing that fluoridation of the American water supply is a Soviet plot to poison the U.S. populace, is able to deploy through a back door mechanism a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union without the knowledge of his superiors, including the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Buck Turgidson, and President Merkin Muffley. Only Ripper knows the code to recall the B-52 bombers and he has shut down communication in and out of Burpelson as a measure to protect this attack. Ripper's executive officer, RAF Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (on exchange from Britain), who is being held at Burpelson by Ripper, believes he knows the recall codes if he can only get a message to the outside world. Meanwhile at the Pentagon War Room, key persons including Muffley, Turgidson and nuclear scientist and adviser, a former Nazi named Dr. Strangelove, are discussing measures to stop the attack or mitigate its blow-up into an ... Written by Huggo Cast Notes: Peter Sellers (Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake/President Merkin Muffley/Dr. Strangelove), George C. Scott (General "Buck" Turgidson), Sterling Hayden (Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper, Commanding Officer Burpelson Air Force Base), Keenan Wynn (Colonel "Bat" Guano), Slim Pickens (Major T.J. "King" Kong, Pilot), Peter Bull [I] (Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky), James Earl Jones (Lieutenant Lothar Zogg, Bombardier), Tracy Reed [I] (Miss Scott, Gen. Turgidson's Secretary), Jack Creley (Mr. Staines), Frank Berry (Lieutenant H. R. Dietrich), Robert O'Neil [I] (Admiral Randolph), Glenn Beck (Lieutenant W. D. Kivel), Roy Stephens (Frank), Shane Rimmer (Captain G.A. "Ace" Owens, Copilot), Hal Galili (Burpelson Defense Team Member). User Comment: qpalzm Armenia • Stanley Kubrick's first and only comedic masterpiece is still the finest ever made. I love everything in the movie: the brilliant acting, sensational script, flawless direction, and even those quirky visual effects. Not only was this film hilarious, it was a breakthrough for the entire film industry when first released. In addition to it's amazing satirical basis, the film also played a major role in how films were advertised and marketed... as if Peter Seller's performance wasn't enough! The sets were also very convincing and just plain great! So realistic in fact, that the FBI almost investigated how they got the B-52 Bomber replicated to near perfection! In the end, 'Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' is the best comedy. It's also another milestone in film making and another reason to be astonished when looking at the work of Stanley Kubrick. -- An obvious perfect 5/5. Summary: Truly, an incredible and innovative movie IMDb Rating (07/24/14): 8.5/10 from 272,926 users Top 250: #43 IMDb Rating (10/15/07): 8.6/10 from 103,691 users Top 250: #22 IMDb Rating (08/11/01): 8.8/10 from 24,275 users Top 250: #10
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