| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
013500 |
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1; Dolby digital; 1.33:1 aspect ratio. |
| Language |
Soundtracks: English; dubbed French; dubbed Spanish; dubbed Portuguese; with optional English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, or Thai subtitles; closed captioned. |
| Cast |
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. |
| Credits |
Music, Laurie Johnson ; director of photography, Gilbert Taylor ; editor, Anthony Harvey ; production design, Ken Adam. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963. |
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MPAA rating: PG. |
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Based on the book "Red alert" by Peter George. |
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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. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Awards |
Best picture, best director (Stanley Kubrick), best actor (Peter Sellers) and best screenplay adaptation (Stanley Kubrick, Peter George & Terry Southern). |
| Subject |
Bryant, Peter, 1924-1966 -- Film adaptations.
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Nuclear warfare -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Cold War -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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George, Peter, 1924-1966.
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George, Peter, 1924-1966 -- Videodiscs. |
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Cold War (1945-1989) -- Videodiscs. |
| Genre |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Satirical films.
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Comedy films.
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Dark comedy films.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Film adaptations.
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Videodiscs.
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Parody films.
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Comedy films.
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Dark comedy films.
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Fiction films.
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Parody films.
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Satirical films.
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Comedy Feature.
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Parodies.
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Comedies.
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Adaptations.
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Features.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Kubrick, Stanley, film director, screenwriter, film producer.
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Southern, Terry, screenwriter.
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George, Peter, 1924-1966, screenwriter.
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Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980, actor.
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Scott, George C., 1927-1999, actor.
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Hayden, Sterling, 1916-1986, actor.
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Wynn, Keenan, 1916-1986, actor.
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Burns, Eddie, 1928-2012, actor.
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Bull, Peter, 1912-1984, actor.
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Reed, Tracy, 1941-2012, actor.
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Jones, James Earl, actor.
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Creley, Jack, 1926-2004, actor.
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Taylor, Gilbert, director of photography.
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Harvey, Anthony, 1930-2017, editor of moving image work.
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Adam, Ken, 1921-2016, production designer.
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Johnson, Laurie, 1927- composer (expression)
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Bryant, Peter, 1924-1966.
Red alert.
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Columbia Pictures, production company.
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Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Dr. Strangelove |
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How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb |
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Doctor Strangelove |
| ISBN |
0767863720 |
| Standard No. |
043396061873 |
| Music No. |
06187 Columbia Tristar Home Video |
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