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Dr. Strangelove, or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

Kubrick, Stanley, (film director,, screenwriter,, film producer.). Southern, Terry, (screenwriter.). George, Peter -- 1924-1966 (screenwriter.). Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980 (actor.). Scott, George C., 1927-1999 (actor.). Hayden, Sterling, 1916-1986 (actor.). Wynn, Keenan, 1916-1986 (actor.). Burns, Eddie, 1928-2012 (actor.). Bull, Peter, 1912-1984 (actor.). Reed, Tracy, 1941-2012 (actor.). Jones, James Earl, (actor.). Creley, Jack, 1926-2004 (actor.). Taylor, Gilbert, (director of photography.). Harvey, Anthony, 1930-2017 (editor of moving image work.). Adam, Ken, 1921-2016 (production designer.). Johnson, Laurie, 1927- (composer (expression)). Bryant, Peter, 1924-1966 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Red alert. (Added Author). Columbia Pictures, (production company.). Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm), (publisher.). Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Peter Bull, Tracy Reed, James Earl Jones, Jack Creley, Frank Berry, Robert O'Neil, Glen Beck, Roy Stephens, Shane Rimmer, Hal Galili, Paul Tamarin, Laurence Herder, Gordon Tanner, John McCarthy. (Cast).

A satire in which the U.S. president and his military advisors struggle ineptly to avert a holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union because he fears that the Russians are poisoning the water supply in the United States.

DVD  - 2001
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George, Peter, 1924-1966 > Film adaptations.
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Nuclear warfare > Drama.
Cold War > Drama.
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Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States > Drama.
Guerra nuclear > Teatro.
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Comedy films.
Dark comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Parody films.
Satirical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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  • ISBN: 0767863720
  • Physical Description videodisc
    1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound., black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition Special edition.
  • Publisher Culver City, California : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [2001]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963.
Based on the book "Red alert" by Peter George.
Special features: 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.
GMD: videodisc.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Music, Laurie Johnson ; director of photography, Gilbert Taylor ; editor, Anthony Harvey ; production design, Ken Adam.
Participant or Performer Note: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Peter Bull, Tracy Reed, James Earl Jones, Jack Creley, Frank Berry, Robert O'Neil, Glen Beck, Roy Stephens, Shane Rimmer, Hal Galili, Paul Tamarin, Laurence Herder, Gordon Tanner, John McCarthy.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG.
System Details Note:
DVD; region 1; Dolby digital; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Language Note:
Soundtracks: English; dubbed French; dubbed Spanish; dubbed Portuguese; with optional English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, or Thai subtitles; closed captioned.
Awards Note:
Best picture, best director (Stanley Kubrick), best actor (Peter Sellers) and best screenplay adaptation (Stanley Kubrick, Peter George & Terry Southern).