Dr. Strangelove is a 1964 American and British film directed by Stanley Kubrick, a dark comedy in which a paranoid United States Air Force general orders an unauthorized nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, setting off a frantic and increasingly absurd effort by American and Soviet officials to recall the bombers before they can trigger a Soviet doomsday device. The film treats the machinery of Cold War nuclear deterrence as fundamentally irrational, satirizing military and political leaders through several roles played by Peter Sellers. Dr. Strangelove is widely regarded as one of the greatest film comedies ever made and one of the most influential satires of Cold War nuclear policy in American popular culture.
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Original Language AwardBAFTA Award for Best British Film 2 AwardBAFTA Award for Best Film 2 AwardBodil Award for Best Non-American Film 2 AwardHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation 2 AwardNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director 2 Release Year CountryUnited Kingdom;United States 1 FAQs
Was Dr. Strangelove always meant to be a comedy?
It began as a serious Cold War drama based on Red Alert; Kubrick judged satire more effective.
No. The film was originally envisioned as a dramatic look at the Cold War, and it is loosely based on the novel Red Alert by Peter George. Stanley Kubrick then felt the material would be more effective as satire, which is how the finished film came to be a black comedy.
How was the ending of Dr. Strangelove changed?
A pie fight in the war room was cut and replaced with nuclear explosions.
The film originally ended with an elaborate pie fight inside the war room. That scene was cut, and the revised ending instead shows a series of nuclear explosions.
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (known simply and more commonly as Dr. Strangelove) is a 1964 political satire black comedy film co-written, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick.
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Dr. Strangelove, Description, original language
Strangelove is a 1964 American and British film directed by Stanley Kubrick, a dark comedy in which a paranoid United States Air Force general orders an unauthorized nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, setting off a frantic and increasingly absurd effort by American and Soviet officials to recall the bombers before they can trigger a Soviet doomsday device.
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (known simply and more commonly as Dr. Strangelove) is a 1964 political satire black comedy film co-written, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is loosely
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Strangelove) is a 1964 political satire black comedy film co-written, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick.
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Wikidata P166: BAFTA Award for Best British Film
Wikidata P166 (award received): BAFTA Award for Best British Film.
Wikidata P166: BAFTA Award for Best Film
Wikidata P166 (award received): BAFTA Award for Best Film.
Wikidata P166: Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film
Wikidata P166 (award received): Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film.
Wikidata P166: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Wikidata P166 (award received): Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
Wikidata P166: New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director
Wikidata P166 (award received): New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director.
Wikidata P166: United Nations Awards
Wikidata P166 (award received): United Nations Awards.
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