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DR.STRANGELOVE
OR:HOW ILEARNED TO STOP WORRYING
AND LOVE THE BOMB

VISUAL AIDS
POSTERS AND COVER ART



THE BACK OF THE BOX
WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

    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 it's peak, the film 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!

STARRING:

Peter Sellers: (G.C.) Lionel Mandrake/President Merkin Muffley/Dr. Strangelove
George C. Scott: General "Buck" Turgidson
Sterling Hayden: Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
Keenan Wynn: Colonel "Bat" Guano
Slim Pickens: Major T.J. "King" Kong
Tracy Reed: Miss Scott

SCREENWRITER: Stanley Kubrick, Peter George (II), Terry Southern

DIRECTOR: Stanley Kubrick

RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes

STUDIO: Columbia Pictures

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: B

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS
(4 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Picture
(nominated)

Best Actor - Peter Sellers
(nominated)

Best Director - Stanley Kubrick
(nominated)

Best Adapted Screenplay - Stanley Kubrick, Peter George (II), Terry Southern
(nominated)

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GOLDEN GIGGLES

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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GOLDEN GLOBES

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

• This film is based off the book Red Alert by Peter George who also helped adapt the book to the screen.
• Originally Stanley Kubrick was adapting the book Red Alert by himself and was set to make it into a serious and tense drama about nuclear war. However, halfway in he found many of the scenes he was writing were actually very funny. So he brought in Peter George and Terry Southern to help him turn the script into a full fledged dark comedy.
• This film was supposed to be filmed in the US, however Peter Sellers was going through a divorce at the time, and he was not allowed to leave his native England, so the production was moved there. This caused some minor delays, as fellow actor Slim Pickens had never traveled out of the US and it took several weeks to secure his passport.
• George C. Scott did not like Stanley Kubrick's direction of this film, he felt he pushed him and other actors to the point of over-acting, and refused to ever work with the director again.
• Peter Sellers plays three of the major characters in this film himself, but originally he was supposed to play four. He was to play the role of Major T.J. "King" Kong, but Sellers was struggling with the Texas accent, and on top of that broke his ankle while filming this movie. As a result Kubrick had to cast someone else. He first asked several major western stars of the day like John Wayne to play the role, but they all refused. Finally he asked Slim Pickens to play the role and the rest is history.
• Peter Sellers was paid a then unheard of $1 million for his performances in this movie. At the time director Stanley Kubrick remarked "I got 3 actors for the price of 6."
• At the time of the film's release the government was very concerned about the "hot-button" issues this film revolved around, and denied the film access to view the inside of a B-52 bomber or any input on the film in general. In 1989 however, the Library of Congress deemed this film to be socially important, and added to the library for permanent preservation.
• This film was set to premiere on the day that President John F. Kennedy was killed, as a result the film's release was pushed back 3 months. A scene was also cut from the film, the now famous "custard pie" scene in which the President in the film is struck in the head with a pie and the line "Gentlemen! Our gallant young president has just been struck down in his prime!" While Kubrick denies this was cut due to the assassination of the real President, never-the-less the scene was cut.
• This marks the film debut for James Earl Jones.

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