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Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

An insane American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

Director

Stanley Kubrick

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Production

Hawk Films

Awards

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 7 nominations.

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake

Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson

George C. Scott

Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper

Sterling Hayden

Col. 'Bat' Guano

Maj. 'King' Kong

Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky

Lt. Lothar Zogg

James Earl Jones

Miss Scott

Mr. Staines

Lt. H.R. Dietrich

Adm. Randolph

Lt. Kivel (as Glen Beck)

Frank

Capt. 'Ace' Owens

Burpelson AFB Defense Team Member

Lt. Goldberg

Burpelson AFB Defense Team Member

Laurence Herder

Gen. Faceman

Burpelson AFB Defense Team Member

War Room Aide

War Room Aide

War Room Aide

Victor Harrington

Computer Room Officer

War Room Aide

George Holdcroft

War Room Aide

General in War Room

War Room Aide

Advisor in War Room

War Room Aide

Mandrake' aide

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Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake General "buck" Turgidson Gen. 'buck' Turgidson Colonel "bat" Guano General Jack D. Ripper Major T. J. "king" Kong Adm. Randolph Mr. Staines Miss Scott Gen. Faceman General Buck Turgidson

We must not allow a mineshaft gap - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

We must not allow a mineshaft gap

Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water

It would not be difficult - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

It would not be difficult

Narrator: For more than a year, ominous rumors had been privately circulating among high-level western leaders that the Soviet union had been at work on what was darkly hinted to be the ultimate weapon: A doomsday device. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Narrator: For more than a year, ominous rumors had been...

For more than a year - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

For more than a year

The base is being put on condition redI want this flashed to all sections immediatelyCondition red sir yes Jolly good idea Keeps the men on their toesGroup captain I'm afraid this is not an exerciseNot an exercise sirI shouldn't tell you this mandrake but - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

The base is being put on condition redI want this flashed to...

Plan r for Robert Is it that bad sirLooks like it's pretty hairy Yes sir - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Plan r for Robert Is it that bad sirLooks like it's...

Major Kong, I know you'll think this is crazy, but I just got a message from base over the crm 114. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Major Kong, I know you'll think this is crazy, but I...

Goldie, did you say wing attack plan r? - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Goldie, did you say wing attack plan r?

Goldie, how many times have I told you guys that I don't want no horsing around on the airplane? - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Goldie, how many times have I told you guys that I...

Well I've been to one world fair a picnic and a rodeoand that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphonesYou sure you got today's code - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Well I've been to one world fair a picnic and a...

Maybe you'd better get a confirmation from base. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Maybe you'd better get a confirmation from base.

Major Kong, is it possible this is some kind of loyalty test? - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Major Kong, is it possible this is some kind of loyalty...

Well boys I reckon this is itNuclear combat toe to toe with the russkiesNow look boys I ain't much of a hand at making speechesBut I got a pretty fair idea that something doggone importantis going on back thereNow I've got a fair idea of the kind of - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Well boys I reckon this is itNuclear combat toe to toe with...

I'd say that you're all in line for some important promotionsand personal citations when this thing's over withAnd that goes for every last one of youregardless of your race color or your creed - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

I'd say that you're all in line for some important...

Buck, should I get it? - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Buck, should I get it?

It's 3 00 in the morningThe air force never sleepsBuck honey I'm not sleepy eitherI know how it is babyTell you what you doYou just start your countdown and old bucky will be back herebefore you can say blastoff - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

It's 3 00 in the morningThe air force never sleepsBuck...

Ripper Over loudspeaker Your commie has no regard for human life not even his own - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Ripper Over loudspeaker Your commie has no regard for human...

Ripper Your commie has no regard for human life not even his ownAnd for this reason men I want to impress upon youthe need for extreme watchfulnessThe enemy may come individually or he may come in strengthHe may even come in the uniform of our own - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Ripper Your commie has no regard for human life not even his...

Goldie: Code prefix
set. Lock code prefix. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Goldie: Code prefix set. Lock code prefix.

- Goldie: Code prefix set. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

- Goldie: Code prefix set.

Primary target: The icbm complex at laputa. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Primary target: The icbm complex at laputa.

What about the planes Surely we must issue the recall code immediatelyGroup captain the planes are not gonna be recalledMy attack orders have been issued and the orders standWell if you'll excuse me saying so sir that would be to my way of thinking - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

What about the planes Surely we must issue the recall code...

General ripper, sir, as an officer in her majesty's air force, it is my clear duty under the present circumstances, to issue the recall code upon my own authority and bring back the wing. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

General ripper, sir, as an officer in her majesty's air...

I'm afraid, sir, I must ask you for the key and the recall code. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

I'm afraid, sir, I must ask you for the key and the...

Mandrake I suppose it never occurred to youthat while we're chatting here so enjoyablya decision is being made by the presidentand the joint chiefs in the war room at the PentagonAnd when they realize there is no possibility of recalling the wingthere - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Mandrake I suppose it never occurred to youthat while...

Mandrake do you recall what clemenceau once said about warNo I don't think I do sir NoHe said war was too important to be left to the generalsWhen he said that 50 years agohe might have been rightBut todaywar is too important to be left to politiciansThey - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Mandrake do you recall what clemenceau once said about warNo...

I can no longer sit back and allow communist infiltration, communist indoctrination, communist subversion and the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

I can no longer sit back and allow communist infiltration,...

Ahem Mr Presidentabout 35 minutes agogeneral Jack ripper the commanding generalof burpelson air force baseissued an order to the 34 b 52s of his wingwhich were airborne at the timeas part of a special exercise we were holding called operation dropkickNow - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Ahem Mr Presidentabout 35 minutes agogeneral Jack ripper the...

Clears throat Mr President - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Clears throat Mr President

Then why haven't you radioed the planes countermanding the go codeWell I'm afraid we're unable to communicate with any of the aircraftWhyAs you may recall sirone of the provisions of plan r providesthat once the go code is receivedthe normal 888 radios in - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Then why haven't you radioed the planes countermanding...

General ripper calledstrategic air command headquarters shortly after he issued the go codeI have a portion of the transcript of that conversation if you'd like me to read itThe duty officer asked general ripperto confirm the fact that he had issued the - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

General ripper calledstrategic air command headquarters...

Hello? I told you never to call me here. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Hello? I told you never to call me here.

Mr President there are one or two points I'd like to make if I mayGo ahead generalOne Our hopes for recalling the 843rd bomb wingare quickly being reduced to a very low order of probabilityTwo In less than 15 minutes from nowthe russkies will be making - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Mr President there are one or two points I'd like to...

Three when they do they are going to go absolutely ape - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Three when they do they are going to go absolutely ape

General it is the avowed policy of our countrynever to strike first with nuclear weaponsWell Mr President I would say that general ripper has already invalidated that policy - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

General it is the avowed policy of our countrynever to...

Mr Presidentwe are rapidly approaching a moment of truthboth for ourselves as human beings and for the life of our nationNow truth is not always a pleasant thingBut it is necessary now to make a choiceTo choose between two admittedly regrettablebut - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Mr Presidentwe are rapidly approaching a moment of truthboth...

I will not go down in history as the greatest mass murderer since Adolf HitlerPerhaps it might be better Mr President if you were more concernedwith the American people than with your image in the history books - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

I will not go down in history as the greatest mass murderer...

Is that the Russian ambassador you're talking aboutYes it is generalAm I to understand the Russian ambassadoris to be admitted entrance to the war roomThat is correct He is here on my ordersI don't know exactly how to put this sirbut are you aware of what - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Is that the Russian ambassador you're talking aboutYes...

I mean he'll see everything He'll see the big board - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

I mean he'll see everything He'll see the big...

Staines get premier kissoff on the hot line - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Staines get premier kissoff on the hot line

Kong: Survival kit contents check. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Kong: Survival kit contents check.

- You don't have any fresh fish? - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

- You don't have any fresh fish?

Try one of these Jamaican cigars ambassador They're pretty goodThank you no I do not support the work of imperialist stoogesOh only commie stooges huh - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Try one of these Jamaican cigars ambassador They're...

You're gonna let that lousy commie punk vomit all over us like this? - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

You're gonna let that lousy commie punk vomit all over...

They haven't been able to reach premier kissoff in the kremlin They say they don't know where he isand he won't be back for another two hoursTry 886543 Moscow Yes sirYou would never have found him through his office Mr PresidentOur premier is a man of the - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

They haven't been able to reach premier kissoff in the...

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here.

You sure gotta hand it to those commies. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

You sure gotta hand it to those commies.

President: Tell him where you are and that you'll enter the conversation if I say anything that's untrue, but please don't tell him anything more than that. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

President: Tell him where you are and that you'll enter...

I've done as you asked Be careful Mr President I think he is drunkHello Hello DimitriListen I can't hear too wellDo you suppose you could turn the music down just a littleOh that's much betterFine I can hear you now DimitriClear and plain and coming - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

I've done as you asked Be careful Mr President I think...

Hello? Hello, Dimitri? Listen, I can't hear too well. Do you suppose you could turn the music down j - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Hello? Hello, Dimitri? Listen, I can't hear too well....

What? What is it? What? The fools. The mad fools. What's happened? The doomsday machine. The doom... - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

What? What is it? What? The fools. The mad fools....

The fools The mad foolsWhat's happenedThe doomsday machineThe doom The doomsday machine What is thatAlexi A device which will destroy all human and animal life on earth - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

The fools The mad foolsWhat's happenedThe doomsday...

Have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of waterWell no I can't say I have Jack Ha haVodka That's what they drink isn't it Never waterWell I believe that's what they drink Jack yesOn no account will a commie ever drink waterand not without good reasonOh - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of waterWell no I...

Mandrake water is the source of all lifeSeven tenths of this earth's surface is waterWhy do you realize that70 percent of you is waterOh good lordAnd as human beings you and I need fresh pure waterto replenish our precious bodily fluids YesAre you - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Mandrake water is the source of all lifeSeven tenths of this...

Mandrake... - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Is the most monstrously conceivedand dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Is the most monstrously conceivedand dangerous communist...

Two can play at that game soldierThat's nice shooting soldier - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Two can play at that game soldierThat's nice shooting...

Come over here and help me with this beltI uhI haven't had very much experienceyou know with those sort of machines JackI've only ever pressed a button in my old spitfireMandrake in the name of her majesty and the continental congress come here and feed - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Come over here and help me with this beltI uhI haven't...

Mandrake come over here The redcoats are coming Come on - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Mandrake come over here The redcoats are coming Come on

Our studies show that even the worst falloutis down to a safe level after two weeksYou've obviously never heard of cobalt thorium gWell what about itCobalt thorium g has a radioactive half life of 93 yearsIf you take say 50 h bombs in the 100 megaton - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Our studies show that even the worst falloutis down to a...

I'm afraid I don't understand something AlexiIs the premier threatening to explode this if our planes carry out their attackNo sir It is not a thing a sane man would doThe doomsday machine is designed to trigger itself automaticallyBut surely you can - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

I'm afraid I don't understand something AlexiIs...

But this is absolute madness ambassador Why should you build such a thingThere were those of us who fought against itBut in the end we could not keep up with the expense involved in the arms racethe space race and the peace raceAt the same time our people - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

But this is absolute madness ambassador Why should you build...

Based on the findings of the reportmy conclusion was that this idea was not a practical deterrentfor reasons which at this moment must be all too obvious - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Based on the findings of the reportmy conclusion was that...

But how is it possible for this thing to be triggered automaticallyand at the same time impossible to UN triggerMr President it is not only possibleit is essentialThat is the whole idea of this machine you knowDeterrence is the art of producing in the - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

But how is it possible for this thing to be triggered...

Gee I wish we had one of them doomsday machines stainesy - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Gee I wish we had one of them doomsday machines stainesy

What kind of a name is that That ain't no kraut name is it stainesyHe changed it when he became a citizenIt used to be merkwurdichliebeWell a kraut by any other name huh stainesy - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

What kind of a name is that That ain't no kraut name is...

Is that the whole point of the doomsday machineis lost if you keep it a secretWhy didn't you tell the world ehIt was to be announced at the party congress on MondayAs you know the premier loves surprises - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Is that the whole point of the doomsday machineis lost if...

Mandrake do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water whythere are studies underway to fluoridate salt flourfruitjuices soup sugar milk ice creamIce cream mandrakeChildren's ice cream Good lordYou know when fluoridation first beganUh no No I - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Mandrake do you realize that in addition to fluoridating...

I do not avoid women mandrake NoBut I do deny them my essence - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

I do not avoid women mandrake NoBut I do deny them my...

But you look at me Do I look all rancid and clottedYou look at me Jack eh Look ehAnd I drink a lot of water you know I'm what you might call a water man Jack that's what I amAnd I can swear to you my boy swear to youthat there's nothing wrong with my - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

But you look at me Do I look all rancid and clottedYou look...

What Were you ever a prisoner of warUh yes I was as a matter of fact Jack I wasDid they torture youYes they did I was tortured by the Japanese Jack if you must knowNot a pretty story Well what happenedOh well I don't know Jack It's difficult to think of - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

What Were you ever a prisoner of warUh yes I was as a matter...

Yes, well, of course you can, Jack. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Yes, well, of course you can, Jack.

Co-pilot to navigator. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Co-pilot to navigator.

Missile still closing range. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Missile still closing range.

Electronic guidance scrambler to blue grid. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Electronic guidance scrambler to blue grid.

Range, 20 miles. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Range, 20 miles.

Range, two miles. Missile
still deflecting. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Range, two miles. Missile still deflecting.

Range, two miles. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Range, two miles.

Re-select essential power! - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Re-select essential power!

The hatch is stuck! - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

The hatch is stuck!

- Hit emergency power! - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

- Hit emergency power!

- Transfer switches! - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

- Transfer switches!

Give me full power! Roger. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Give me full power! Roger.

Mandrake: "Peace on earth. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Mandrake: "Peace on earth.

Put your hands over your head. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Put your hands over your head.

All the radio gear is out, including the crm 114. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

All the radio gear is out, including the crm 114.

The fire is out. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

The fire is out.

Well, boys, we got three engines out, we got more holes in us than a horse trader's mule, the radio is gone and we're leaking fuel. - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Well, boys, we got three engines out, we got more holes in...

ColonelColonel I must know what you think has been going on hereYou wanna know what I think YesI think you're some kind of deviated prevertI think general ripper found out about your preversionand that you were organizing some kind of mutiny of preverts - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

ColonelColonel I must know what you think has been going on...

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An insane American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

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Director: Stanley Kubrick

Writer: Stanley Kubrick (screenplay), Terry Southern (screenplay), Peter George (screenplay), Peter George (based on the book: "Red Alert" by)

Production: Hawk Films

Genre: comedy, war

Year: 1964

MetaScore: 97/100

ImdbRating: 8.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 29 Jan 1964

Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 7 nominations.

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