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

1964 8 54.0K PG views saved
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.

Countries: GB
Languages: English
Content Rating: PG
Runtime: 1hrs 35min
Status: Released
Release date: 1964-01-29
Release format: Streaming — Apr 01, 1985
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@saundrew 9 years ago

This was probably one of the last Stanley Kubrick movies I saw, at least not counting the shorter ones from his super early days. I loved it straight away though. The comedy in this is just spot on. I know Dr. Strangelove is the title, but George C. Scott really steals the peak of my laughter. He's so over the top in his plan explanations and new ideas. Everything in that war room is solid comedy.

Then there is the military base, which also features a plethora of great laughter. Jack D. Ripper is shot in such an indimidating way while explaining his crazy plans. I love it when he explains himself. And by explains, I mean shows off his absolute bat shit craziness. It makes you wonder if something like this could happen if a high up general lost his mind. The military officially says it can't...

BUT CAN IT? Perhaps they are just trying to change our minds with the fluoride they pump into our systems.

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@saundrew 9 years ago

This was probably one of the last Stanley Kubrick movies I saw, at least not counting the shorter ones from his super early days. I loved it straight away though. The comedy in this is just spot on. I know Dr. Strangelove is the title, but George C. Scott really steals the peak of my laughter. He's so over the top in his plan explanations and new ideas. Everything in that war room is solid comedy.

Then there is the military base, which also features a plethora of great laughter. Jack D. Ripper is shot in such an indimidating way while explaining his crazy plans. I love it when he explains himself. And by explains, I mean shows off his absolute bat shit craziness. It makes you wonder if something like this could happen if a high up general lost his mind. The military officially says it can't...

BUT CAN IT? Perhaps they are just trying to change our minds with the fluoride they pump into our systems.

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dunpealhunter
@dunpealhunter 13 years ago

This is a fantastic movie. It came at the right time, right when the weapons race between the Russians and the Americans was at it peak.

Instead of a war/disaster movie where we see the terrifying effects of a nuclear war Stanley Kubrick made a satire out of the nuclear war showing how much of a farce it was in real life.

Peter Sellers is brilliant in his three roles as the british officer, the U.S president and Dr. Strangelove. Especially Dr. Strangelove is hilarious when at the end of the movie we see his old Nazism tendencies (i assume that he was a German scientist escorted to the USA after WWII in Operation Paperclip) get the better of him.

There are only a few movies that have the ability to take such a deadly serious subject as in this case a nuclear war and turn it into a comedy. this movie Dr. Strangelove managed to do it with flying colours. This is truly Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece. And even though it's now 48 years ago that this movie came out and the threat of nuclear war is long gone it's still a very entertaining movie and every movie fan should see at least once in his lifetime.

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silentorbit95
@silentorbit95 10 years ago

Like every Kubrick movie, this gets better with every watch, only Kubrick could choose to make a comedy out of the threat of Nuclear annihilation, at the very height of the cold war.

Even years later this film still sends up that powers that be, and how farcical the human race can be at times. Peter Sellers is hilarious, George C Scott overplays every scene and is fantastic, Sterling Hayden, how he delivers his lines with a straight face I will never know

Kubrick as always defines a genre, and that war room set has been used in so many movies since. Love this film

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Baraa Al Moalem
@probaroa 2 months ago

One of the best dark comedy movies I've ever watched. Such a great movie!

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Tony Bates
@soonertbone 5 months ago

To me, this is a perfect movie. Funny and quotable throughout, and with a pitch-perfect satiric sensibility that holds up no less well 60 years later.

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Marushyne
@marushyne 8 months ago

Just rewatched Dr. Strangelove. Never thought I’d start to agree with General Ripper, but here we are. Great movie.

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ye-jiayu
@ye-jiayu 1 year ago

will never ever see another movie like this

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amirul faiz
@paezfaexz 9 years ago

the background music impressed me.the scene at round table is is rare.

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@milo123 9 years ago

Another masterpiece from one of the greatest directors ever.

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CorsOfLuke
@corsofluke 1 year ago

Feels like 12 Angry Men at times and I love it for that and for so many other reasons.

"You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola Company."

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