Dr. Strangelove : or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb / Columbia Pictures presents ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Peter George & Terry Southern ; produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Edition:
Two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; widescreen.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
2 videodiscs (95 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Container of (work): Dr. Strangelove, or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb (Motion picture)
Notes:
Based on the book, Red alert, by Peter George. Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. Widescreen (1.66:1). 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 socio political 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. I. Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Tracy Reed.
Contents:
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features.
Summary:
In this dark comedy, chaos erupts when a general orders an attack on the Russians, which subsequently will trigger the Russian "Doomsday Device." The President and his aides struggle to find a way to stop the impending doom.
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