Edition |
Special ed. |
Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Special features: digitally mastered audio & video; new documentary, The Art of Stanley Kubrick from short films to Strangelove; inside the making of Dr. Strangelove; original split-screen interview with Peter Sellers and George C. Scott; original advertising gallery; theatrical trailers; talent files; animated menus; production notes; scene selections. |
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Based on the book Red alert by Peter George. |
Credits |
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Peter George & Terry Southern ; based on the book Red Alert by Peter George ; produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. |
Cast |
Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Trach Reed. |
Summary |
A satire in which the president of the U.S. and his military advisors struggle ineptly to avert a nuclear holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union because he fears the Soviets are poisoning the U.S. water supply. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, Dolby digital. |
Awards |
Best picture, best director (Stanley Kubrick), best actor (Peter Sellers) and best screenplay adaptation (Stanley Kubrick, Peter George & Terry Southern). |
Language |
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai. |
Subject |
Nuclear warfare -- Drama.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- Drama.
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Drama.
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Cold War -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Subject |
DVD-Video discs.
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Genre/Form |
Parodies.
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Comedies.
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Adaptations.
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Features.
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Videodiscs.
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Added Author |
Kubrick, Stanley, 1928-1999.
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Southern, Terry, 1924-1995.
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George, Peter, 1924-1966.
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Lyndon, Victor, 1918-1996.
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Taylor, Gilbert, 1914-2013.
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Adam, Ken, 1921-2016.
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Harvey, Anthony, 1930-2017.
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Johnson, Laurie, 1927-
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Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980.
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Reed, Tracy.
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Hayden, Sterling, 1916-1986.
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Added Title |
Doctor Strangelove, or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb |
ISBN |
0767863720 |
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9780767863728 |
Standard No. |
043396061873 |
Music No. |
06187 Columbia Pictures |
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