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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 95 min United Kingdom, United States of America PG 12+
★8.9
Comedy, War
Director: Stanley Kubrick
🎭 Based on
«Red Alert»
byPeter George
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Description
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.
Budget:
$1.8M
US Gross:
$9.44M
Worldwide:
$9.5M
Starring
Peter Sellers
Actor
George C. Scott
Actor
Sterling Hayden
Actor
Awards
BAFTA 1965
— Best Picture
BAFTA 1965
— Best Production Design (Black and White)
BAFTA 1965
— Best British Film
BAFTA 1965
— Best Screenplay for a British Film
BAFTA 1965
— Best British Actor
Academy Awards 1965
— Best Director
Academy Awards 1965
— Best Adapted Screenplay
BAFTA 1965
— Best Production Design (Black and White)
BAFTA 1965
— Best British Film
BAFTA 1965
— United Nations Award
BAFTA 1965
— Best International Actor
Key opinion
A masterful political satire that employs black comedy and absurdity to critique Cold War paranoia and nuclear brinkmanship. The film is widely celebrated for its sharp direction and Peter Sellers' exceptional triple performance.
| Acting | Peter Sellers' masterful triple performance anchors the film's ensemble. | |
| Theme | The film uniquely links sexual impulses to nuclear warfare through absurd imagery and character quirks. | |
| Culture | The critique of nuclear brinkmanship remains strikingly relevant to contemporary geopolitical tensions. | |
| Humor | While most find the black comedy hilarious, some argue the heavy irony fails to elicit genuine laughter. |