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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, more commonly known simply as Dr. Strangelove, is a 1964 political satire (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_satire) black comedy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_comedy) film that satirizes the Cold War (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War) fears of a nuclear conflict between the Soviet Union (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union) and the United States (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) . The film was directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick) , stars Peter Sellers (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sellers) , George C. Scott (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Scott) and Slim Pickens (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Pickens) . Production took place in the United Kingdom (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) . The film is loosely based on Peter George (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_George_(author)) 's thriller (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre)) novel Red Alert (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Alert_(novel)) (1958).
TRAILER: youtu.be/ORSxBUGRX5A
The story concerns an unhinged United States Air Force (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force) general who orders a first strike (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_strike) nuclear attack (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_warfare) on the Soviet Union. It follows the President of the United States (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States) , his advisors, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff) , and a Royal Air Force (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force) (RAF) officer as they try to recall the bombers to prevent a nuclear apocalypse (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_apocalypse) . It separately follows the crew of one B-52 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-52_Stratofortress) bomber as they try to deliver their payload.
In 1989, the United States Library of Congress (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress) included Dr. Strangelove in the first group of films selected for preservation in the National Film Registry (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Film_Registry) . It was listed as number three on AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Laughs) list.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, more commonly known simply as Dr. Strangelove, is a 1964 political satire (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_satire) black comedy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_comedy) film that satirizes the Cold War (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War) fears of a nuclear conflict between the Soviet Union (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union) and the United States (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) . The film was directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick) , stars Peter Sellers (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sellers) , George C. Scott (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Scott) and Slim Pickens (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Pickens) . Production took place in the United Kingdom (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) . The film is loosely based on Peter George (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_George_(author)) 's thriller (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre)) novel Red Alert (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Alert_(novel)) (1958).
TRAILER: youtu.be/ORSxBUGRX5A
The story concerns an unhinged United States Air Force (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force) general who orders a first strike (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_strike) nuclear attack (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_warfare) on the Soviet Union. It follows the President of the United States (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States) , his advisors, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff) , and a Royal Air Force (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force) (RAF) officer as they try to recall the bombers to prevent a nuclear apocalypse (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_apocalypse) . It separately follows the crew of one B-52 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-52_Stratofortress) bomber as they try to deliver their payload.
In 1989, the United States Library of Congress (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress) included Dr. Strangelove in the first group of films selected for preservation in the National Film Registry (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Film_Registry) . It was listed as number three on AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Laughs) list.
