Cover image for Dr. Strangelove, or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
Title:
Dr. Strangelove, or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
Alternate title:
Doctor Strangelove
Series Number:
821.
Summary:
In this dark comedy, chaos erupts when a general orders an attack on the Russians, which subsequently will trigger the Russian "Doomsday Device." The President, his aides and the Pentagon struggle to find a way to stop the impending doom.
Audience:
[MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements, some violence, sexual humor, and mild language].
General Note:
Title from title frame.

Based on the book "Red Alert" by Peter George.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.

Special features (disc one): Restored 4K Digital transfer; alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack; new interviews with Stanley Kubrick scholars Mick Broderick and Rodney Hill, archivist Richard Daniels, cinematographer and camera innovator Joe Dunton, camera operator Kelvin Pike, and David George, son of Peter George, on whose novel, Red Alert, the film is based; (disc two): excerpts from a 1966 audio interview with Kubrick, conducted by physicist and author Jeremy Bernstein; four short documentaries, about the making of the film, the socio political climate of the period, the work of actor Peter Sellers, and the artistry of Kubrick; Interviews from 1963 with Sellers and actor George C. Scott; excerpt from a 1980 interview with Sellers from NBC's Today Show; trailers. Accompanying print material includes an essay, "The Darkest Room," by scholar David Bromwich; and a 1994 article by screenwriter Terry Southern on the making of the film.
Edition:
Two-DVD special edition.

DVD Edition.
Contents:
disc one. Hi there! [feature film] -- disc two. Dear John [special features].
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (95 min.) : DVD video, sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 pages : illustrations, some color ; 16 cm) + 2 sheets (4 pages ; 23 cm)
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Publication Date:
2016

1964
ISBN:
9781681431710
Publication Information:
[New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Award Note:
Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Peter Sellers); Best Director (Stanley Kubrick); Best Picture (Stanley Kubrick); Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry Southern), 1965 Academy Awards (U.S.).

Named to the National Film Registry in 1989 by the Library of Congress.
Call Number:
DVD DRSTRAN
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