Dr. Strangelove
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Theatrical release poster by Tomi Ungerer
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| Directed by | Stanley Kubrick |
| Produced by | Stanley Kubrick |
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Red Alert by Peter George |
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| Music by | Laurie Johnson |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor |
| Edited by | Anthony Harvey |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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94 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.8 million |
| Box office | $9.4 million (North America) |
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, more commonly known as Dr. Strangelove, is a 1964 political satire black comedy film that satirizes the Cold War fears of a nuclear conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States. The film was directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick, stars Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, and features Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, and Slim Pickens. Production took place in the United Kingdom. The film is loosely based on Peter George's thriller novel Red Alert (1958).
The story concerns an unhinged United States Air Force general who orders a first strike nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. It follows the President of the United States, his advisers, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer as they try to recall the bombers to prevent a nuclear apocalypse. It separately follows the crew of one B-52 bomber as they try to deliver their payload.
Dr. Strangelove is widely regarded as one of cinema's greatest comedies. In 1989, the United States Library of Congress included it in the first group of films selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. It was listed as number three on AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs list.
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