Dr. Strangelove : or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

Dr. Strangelove Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

Blu-ray - 2016

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.

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Subjects
Nuclear warfare > Prevention > Drama.
Cold War > Drama.
Military maneuvers > United States > Drama.
Diplomatic relations.
Military maneuvers.
Nuclear warfare > Prevention.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union > Drama.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States > Drama.
Soviet Union.
United States.
Video recordings.
Dark comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Video recordings
Dark comedy films
Drama
Feature films
Fiction films
Film adaptations
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection [2016]
Language
English
Corporate Author
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Corporate Author
Columbia Pictures Corporation (production company)
Other Authors
Stanley Kubrick (screenwriter), Peter George, 1924-1966 (actor), Terry Southern (-), Peter Sellers, 1925-1980, George C. Scott, 1927-1999, Sterling Hayden, 1916-1986, Keenan Wynn, 1916-1986, Slim Pickens, Tracy Reed, Peter Bryant, 1924-1966
Edition
Blu-ray special edition ; Blu-ray edition
Item Description
Based on the book "Red Alert" by Peter George.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
Widescreen (1.66:1).
Special features: 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; Excerpts short documentaries, about the making of the film, the sociopolitical 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; Plus: an essay by scholar David Bromwich and a 1994 article by screenwriter Terry Southern on the making of the film.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
Blu-ray; region A; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience
Not rated.
Awards
Named to the National Film Registry in 1989 by the Library of Congress.
Named to the National Film Registry in 1989 by the Library of Congress.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Gilbert Taylor ; film editor, Anthony Harvey ; music, Laurie Johnson.
ISBN
9781681431703
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Criterion is on a Columbia Pictures streak. On the heels of releases of Easy Rider, Gilda, In Cold Blood, and Only Angels Have Wings, several more of the seasoned Hollywood studio's catalog are getting deluxe upgrades. Relying on the versatile Peter Sellers in three roles, including the titular ex-Nazi, Dr. Strangelove (1964) delivers a darkly brilliant satire of nuclear warfare premised on mutually assured destruction. In a fantastical screwball comedy, Mr. Jordan (1941) tells the tale of a baffled boxer (Robert Montgomery) who dies in a plane crash only to learn that he has gone to heaven too soon, with the amenable pearly gatekeeper (Claude Rains) helping to make amends. In a solid if overrated film noir, Humphrey Bogart shines in Lonely Place (1950) as a volatile screenwriter suspected of murder who depends on the love of an increasingly skeptical woman (Gloria Grahame) for redemption. VERDICT Better looking than ever, and more understood thanks to informative extras, this disparate trio-with Strangelove the clear standout-are recommended for classic-movie fans.-Jeff T. Dick, Davenport, IA © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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