Title from web page. Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Tracy Reed. Based on the book "Red Alert" by Peter George. Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. Widescreen (1.66:1). Special features: New interviews with Stanely 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 short documentaries, about the making of the film, the sociopolitical climate of the period, the work of actor Peter Sellers, and the aritstry 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; Plus: an essay by scholar David Bromwich and a 1994 article by screenwriter Terry Southern on the making of the film.
Summary:
An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.
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