In 1964, with the Cuban Missile Crisis fresh in viewers' minds, the Cold War at its frostiest, and the hydrogen bomb relatively new and frightening, Stanley Kubrick dared to make a film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and played the situation for laughs. Dr. Strangelove's jet-black satire and a host of superb comic performances have kept the film fresh and entertaining, even as its issues have become (slightly) less timely. Loaded with thermonuclear weapons, a U.S. bomber piloted by Maj. T.J. "King" Kong (Slim Pickens) is on a routine flight pattern near the Soviet Union when they receive orders to commence Wing Attack Plan R, best summarized by Maj. Kong as "Nuclear combat! Toe to toe with the Russkies!" On the ground at Burpleson Air Force Base, Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers) notices nothing on the news about America being at war. Gen. Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) calmly informs him that he gave the command to attack the Soviet Union because it was high time someone did something about fluoridation, which is sapping Americans' bodily fluids. Meanwhile, President Merkin Muffley (Sellers again) meets with his top Pentagon advisors, including super-hawk Gen. Buck Turgidson (George C. Scott), who sees this as an opportunity to do something about Communism in general and Russians in particular. However, the ante is upped considerably when Soviet ambassador de Sadesky (Peter Bull) informs Muffley and his staff of the latest innovation in Soviet weapons technology: a "Doomsday Machine" that will destroy the entire world if the Russians are attacked.


STARS.........: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden 
DIRECTOR......: Stanley Kubrick
WRITERS.......: Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, Peter George
GENRE.........: Comedy
METASCORE.....: 96
IMDB RATING...: 8.5/10  346,763 votes
IMDB link.....: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012
RUNTIME.......: 1h 34mn
SIZE..........: 3.73GB
VIDEO CODEC...: x264 ([email protected])
RESOLUTION....: 1792x1080
ASPECT RATIO..: 1.66:1
BITRATE.......: 5000 Kbps (3-pass)
FRAMERATE.....: 23.976 fps
AUDIO.........: English E-AC3 5.1 640kbps
SUBTITLES.....: ENG   
CHAPTERS......: Yes
SOURCE........: Criterion Blu Ray
ENCODED BY....: Sartre
ENCODE DATE...: 2016-10-06


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