| Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition) | 
| Directors: David Naylor, Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (427 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1023
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Special Edition, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Georgian (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Portuguese (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 93 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: COLD06187D
ISBN: 0767863720
UPC: 043396061873
EAN: 9780767863728
ASIN: B000055Y0X
Release Date: February 27, 2001
Theatrical Release Date: January 29, 1964
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Stanley kubricks brilliant classic is the perfect showcase for the versatitlity of peter sellers who takes on three distinctive roles in the film. Funny and frightening this black comedy about a group of military men who plan a nuclear apocalypse seems as relevant today as ever. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/06/2007 Starring: Peter Sellers Sterling Hayden Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Stanley Kubrick
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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 attache 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
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 Peter Sellers Was A Genius December 31, 2008
I didn't get around to seeing this movie till I was almost thirty. I figured it would be another stupid overrated "classic" but instead I found out it's exactly the brilliant piece it's hailed to be. Peter Sellers is amazing here with his trio of performances, filling the screen with his virtuoso presence and embodying three characters who could not be any less similar. This is one of the funniest, scariest, most insane projects ever committed to film.
A masterpiece! December 19, 2008
This is possibly one of the best of Kubrick's works. Darn funny. I love George C. Scott as the nutcase general who is really acting like a high school grad. Then Peter Sellers is there... what a great job. Dr. Strangelove is thus far my most favorite movie.
A classic December 9, 2008
I absolutely loved this movie. It is a dark satire on the Cold War/nuclear war paranoia the United States had and the whole "red scare". If you understand that this is a political satire, then you will find this movie hilarious. It is a classic. You can see it referenced or alluded to in many popular movies and books today. Many presidents even saw the movie and have used it as an odd reference point. This is a great addition to anyone's DVD collection but history buffs would especially love it.
 It's kind of like Catch-22, except not funny December 9, 2008
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
There is nothing worse, when it comes to comedy, than blatant satire; YOU CAN'T FIGHT IN HERE, THIS IS THE WAR ROOM.
Wow, hilarious, because it's a room where they talk about wars, where fighting goes on.
Kubrick made a few masterpieces, and a few mediocre films, this is his one complete and total bomb.
Quintessential Black Comedy of the Cold War November 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A very intelligent yet hilarious look at the insanity of war and those responsible for waging it in the nuclear age. Full of 4 Star performances by Peter Sellers (in multiple roles), Sterling Hayden, George C. Scott and Slim Pickens, the epitome of the commie-fighting cowboy
The behind-the-scenes companion DVD is just as much of a treat as the film itself: the set designers made educated guesses as to the interior of a B-52 bomber, and turned out to be so accurate that the Air Force got concerned and Stanley Kubrick was worried that the FBI would come after him; Peter Sellers was originally set to play the Slim Pickens role in addition to the President, Group Captain Mandrake, and Dr. Strangelove -- but a dispute with Kubrick, Sellers own near-exhaustion from playing 3 other roles, plus an "accident" all conspired to allow Sellers to bow out as the B-52 commander, and in came Slim Pickens in perhaps the most memorable film role of his career. Pickens, as Major Kong, upon being told by his radio operator they've just received orders to bomb the Russians in reponse to an attack on the United States, responds: "Well I been to one World's Fair, a picnic and a rodeo, and that's the stoopidest thing I ever heard come over a pair of earphones!" Do not miss this classic!
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