Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

YouTube ^ | 1964 | Stanley Kubrick

[hardspunned]

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a 1964 satirical film that comments on the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War. The film is about a US Air Force general who goes insane and orders his bombers to destroy the Soviet Union. The film's themes include the possibility of nuclear war, the relationship between the US and the Soviet Union, and the doctrine of mutually assured destruction.

[hardspunned]

Up until the Cuban Missile Crisis, there were maniacs in DC who seriously believed a nuclear world war could be fought and “won” against the Soviets. After the trauma of the CMC such war planning became the subject of dark comedies.

Incredibly, Uniparty, DC seems to be full of Buck Turgidsons clamoring for the opportunity of nuclear war toe to toe with the Ruskies again. Perhaps last Tuesday puts the nuclear genie back in the bottle.

If you have not watched this movie, do yourself a favor. It’s terrific.

[ansel12]

Win or lose, the Americans of the past knew that they would rather die on their feet than live on their knees.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

Up until the Cuban Missile Crisis, there were maniacs in DC who seriously believed a nuclear world war could be fought and “won” against the Soviets.

Dr. Strangelove was also Stanley Kubrick's critique of the several German Nazi scientists who worked in the US government after the war.

[Jolla]

Cast includes
Peter Sellers - plays 3 parts
George C Scott
Sterling Hayden
Slim Pickens
James Earl Jones
Keenan Wynn

Peter Sellers final scene playing a Henry Kissinger type character is the funniest scene ever.

[Paladin2]

“...a US Air Force general who goes insane and orders his bombers to destroy the Soviet Union...”

Sounds like Vicky Nuland’s father.

[hardspunned]

Wernher von Braun, in particular.

[mairdie]

Man from Uncle - So Long, Mom, I’m Off to Drop the Bomb - Tom Lehrer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGrNCn4roe0

Blakes 7 - We’ll All Go Together - Tom Lehrer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMixeJSlBNQ

[blitz128]

One of the best films ever made, as a child I saw it and didn’t get the satire woven into the movie

Jack Ripper
Who carries loose change into combat
There will be no fighting in the war room
Las Vegas

As I got older the movie became much more poignant. There is a lot of satire , but also truth woven throughout the movie

The wiki page on this movie is one of the most extensive I have ever looked at

Yeehaw

[hardspunned]

Sellers, Scott, Hayden and Pickens all gave Oscar worthy performances.

[OldMissileer]

If a person was/is in the nuclear weapons business it is mandatory to have this movie as one of your top five favorites.

The premier was delayed because the engineers hired to design the B-52 cockpit set were so close the Air Force started an investigation to see if any classified design documents had been compromised.

[Fiji Hill]

Love That Bomb--Dr. Strangelove & the Fallouts (1964)

[6ppc]

One of my personal top 10. Right up there with Blazing Saddles.

[KierkegaardMAN]

Sterling is golden.

[Lee N. Field]

Peter Sellers final scene playing a Henry Kissinger type character is the funniest scene ever.

"Mein Führer! I can walk!"

[Fiji Hill]

The film concludes with atomic bombs exploding as this tune plays in the background.

We'll Meet Again--Vera Lynn (1953)

[Fiji Hill]

The movie opens with a version of this tune.

Try a Little Tenderness--Eddy Duchin & His Central Park Casino Orchestra (1933)

[sauropod]

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[hardspunned]

You talking about getting off our knees by standing up to the fluoride commie plot? Hopefully, RFK, Jr. won’t resort to such extremes to get us off our knees.

[dpetty121263]

Wonderful movie!

[The_Media_never_lie]

Thanks for the Tom Leher post. One of my favorites: Plagarize!

TL is 96 years old!