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

Author

Stanley Kubrick

Call Number

• DVD COMEDY (CEN, OSH, WSQ)

Edition

Two-DVD special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Tracy Reed, James Earl Jones.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2016]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (95 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 pages : illustrations, some color ; 16 cm.) + 2 pages (23 cm.)

Audience

MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements, some violent content, sexual humor and mild language.

Summary

An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.

Notes

Based on the book "Red alert" by Peter George.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.

Special features: Restored 4K digital transfer ; alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack ; new interviews with Stanley Kubrick scholars Mick Broderick and Rodney Hill, archivist Richard Daniels, cinematographer and camera innovator Joe Dunton, camera operator Kelvin Pike, and David George, son of Peter George, on whose novel, Red Alert, the film is based ; excerpts from a 1966 audio interview with Kubrick, conducted by physicist and author Jeremy Bernstein ; four short documentaries, about the making of the film, the sociopolitical climate of the period, the work of actor Peter Sellers, and the artistry of Kubrick ; interviews from 1963 with Sellers and actor George C. Scott ; excerpt from a 1980 interview with Sellers from NBC's Today Show ; trailers.