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One of the most interesting films of all time, Dr Strangelove is a farcical look at the insane underpinnings of some of the Cold War theories regarding Mutual Assured Destruction. With the Soviet Union and the United States threatening to utilize the tools of nuclear war (sanity began to sink in following the Cuban Missile Crisis) – each to prevent the other from dominating his realm – a brilliant satire on the situation was inevitable. Highly regarded director Stanley Kubrick (of A Clockwork Orange and 2001: A Space Odyssey) rose to the challenge. Despite the four decades which have passed since the release of Dr Strangelove, the film retains its place as a masterpiece of social commentary. And regardless of one’s political ideology, Dr Strangelove is outrageously funny…
Gathering a collection of oddball kooks, paranoid wackos, and outright insane individuals, the characters in Dr Strangelove bring the world to the very edge of destruction – without batting an eye, and all the while inexplicably protecting their petty fiefdoms from the greedy hands of their perceived enemies. After all, what if some bombs are left over after the nuclear war and the other side uses them to strike at our cave dwellings – to seize our caves!!!! In short, Dr Strangelove is a film beyond description. One just has to see it for himself…
When U.S. Air Force Colonel Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) goes completely insane, believing the communists are conspiring to poison the ‘bodily fluids’ of the American populace, he orders his squadrons to attack the U.S.S.R. and drop a payload of nuclear bombs. The lone renegade sparks U.S. military action against his stronghold and a top level meeting between US President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers) and his top advisors. Conversing with Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky (Peter Bull), the president tries to put an end to the crisis and avert nuclear war. But he learns instead that a nuclear strike by the US would automatically trigger a Soviet ‘Doomsday’ machine which will destroy all known life on Earth.
Desperate to save the world, the president must deal with a drunken Soviet Premier, the warmonger General ‘Buck’ Turgidson (George C. Scott), and listen to the droning monologues of former Nazi-scientist, turned genius advisor, Dr. Strangelove (Sellers). Sellers is hilarious in this role as well as his others. Overall, this movie is a hilarious series of laughs with an endless number of one-liners such as “Gentleman, you can’t fight in here! This is the war room!”
Hilarious to the end, Dr Strangelove is a modern satire that would make Jonathan Swift proud. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, Dr Strangelove nevertheless went home from the Oscars empty handed. But the picture’s legacy only seems to grow with the passing of time. Standout, Oscar-worthy performances by Peter Sellers and George C. Scott strengthen every aspect of the film, and the end of the Cold War only witnessed the rise of a new war against Islamic terrorism – with some similarly ridiculous ideas emanating from Washington’s power brokers… Overall, this is a funny movie that puts the world political stage back in perspective. Its enduring success makes Dr. Strangelove a definite must-see film…
About the Author
Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a movie review site [http://thedvdreport.blogspot.com] where you can find more reviews like this one of the Dr. Strangelove (DVD) Review [http://thedvdreport.blogspot.com/2006/02/dr-strangelove-dvd.html].
The Shining… full length ?
Hey!! For ages now I’ve been looking for the full version of Stanley Kubrick’s, The Shining (not the mini series) and over here in the UK I can only find the cut one at 116mins I think. The full one has another half an hour or that about. So heres the question does anyone know where I can get the full version on a region 2 DVD?
Thanks in advance 
Try Play.com
x
DVD Update 31.12.2008 Part 2/2
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Medicom Toy Devil Robots Evirob Kubrick Series 3 $30.00 |
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Medicom 100% Kubrick Star Wars Series 7 Scout Trooper (Biker Scout) $3.25 |
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Medicom 100% Kubrick Star Wars Series 2 Cantina Band Member $1.29 |
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Medicom 100% Kubrick Star Wars Series 2 Tusken Raider $2.29 |
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Medicom 100% Kubrick Star Wars Series 10 Clone Trooper (EP3) $6.38 |
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Medicom 100% Kubrick Star Wars Series 10 Darth Vader (EP3) $9.00 |
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Medicom 100% Kubrick Star Wars DX Series 4 Imperial Dignitary $1.29 |
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Medicom 100% Kubrick Star Wars DX Series 4 Captain Antilles $4.25 |
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Medicom 100% Kubrick Star Wars DX Series 1 Set of 6 figures w/Display Carton $11.50 |
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Medicom 100% Kubrick Star Wars DX Series 4 Tie Fighter Pilot (EP4) $5.50 |
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Medicom 100% Kubrick Star Wars Series 10 Darth Sidious (EP3) $9.38 |
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Medicom 100% Kubrick Star Wars DX Series 3 R5-D4 $1.04 |
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Medicom 100% Kubrick Star Wars DX Series 3 Sandtrooper $9.51 |
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Medicom 100% Kubrick Star Wars Series 5 Death Star Gunner $0.99 |
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Medicom 100% Kubrick Star Wars Series 7 Spirit of Anakin Skywalker $0.55 |
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Spartacus $8.95 Stanley Kubrick’s epic adventure stars Kirk Douglas as the Thracian Spartacus, a slave trained to become a mighty gladiator. Uniting his fellow slaves, Spartacus heroically leads the fight to freedom from Roman rule, setting the stage for a vicious power struggle between two Roman senators. Restored version includes the infamous bathing scene. With Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton,… |
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Spartacus (50th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] $9.94 Stanley Kubrick’s epic adventure stars Kirk Douglas as the Thracian Spartacus, a slave trained to become a mighty gladiator. Uniting his fellow slaves, Spartacus heroically leads the fight to freedom from Roman rule, setting the stage for a vicious power struggle between two Roman senators. Restored version includes the infamous bathing scene. With Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton,… |
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Stephen King’s The Shining (Two Disc Special Edition) $5.10 The psychic powers of a young boy bring out the evil in an old hotel and drive his father insane, to the point that the father tries to murder everyone with an ax.Genre: HorrorRating: RRelease Date: 4-OCT-2005Media Type: DVD… |
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Dark Cyborg: Lego Mini-figures Series #3 [#06] $9.99 What makes Lego fun? The joy of how easy it is to create. Now, Lego is going to bring its fans even more funs. Introducing the Lego mini-figure series! Each Lego mini-figure is about 1.75″, and comes with accessories that you can take off to mix and match with other mini-figures’ accessories you collect. A mini lego stand is also included with each figure. To purchase other figures in this se… |
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Alien Kubrick Series 2, Single Blind Packaged Figure $3.89 Imported from Japan! From the 1979 sci-fi/horror hit, Alien, comes this second series of Medicom’s Alien Kubricks! Featuring the characters and creatures from the first film in the ‘Alien Quadrilogy,’ this series will include: Dallas in Spacesuit (w/Removable Helmet), Lambert in Spacesuit (w/Removable Helmet), Kane in White Spacesuit (w/Removable Helmet & non-removable Facehugger), Ripley in Fligh… |
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Medicom – Alien Kubricks série 1 assortiment figurines 5 cm (24) $4.99 Assortiment de 24 figurines Kubricks articulées taille env. 5 cm. Contient les modèles Alien Warrior, White Spacesuit Ripley, Patient Kane with Facehugger, Ash with Wrench, Parker with Flamethrower. L’assortiment peut varier…. |
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Spy Kubrik Sunglasses – Spy Optic Addict Series Casual Eyewear – Shiny Dark Tortoise/Grey Green Inspired by a passion for finding fantasy in the mundane, a nod to noir in full color. Hand crafted from luxurious acetate 6-base lenses Custom metal details 100% UV protection Frame mesures: 55-21-140 … |
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2001: A Space Odyssey $3.81 2001: A Space Odyssey is the classic science fiction novel that changed the way we looked at the stars and ourselves…. 2001: A Space Odyssey inspired what is perhaps the greatest science fiction film ever made–brilliantly imagined by the late Stanley Kubrick…. 2001 is finally here…. … |
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Stanley Kubrick: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series) $14.95 From his first feature film, Fear and Desire (1953), to his final, posthumously released Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Stanley Kubrick excelled at probing the dark corners of human consciousness. In doing so, he adapted such popular novels as The Killing, Lolita, A Clockwork Orange, and The Shining and selected a wide variety of genres for his films — black comedy (Dr. Strangelove), science fiction (200… |
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Masters of Cinema: Stanley Kubrick $5.74 Stanley Kubrick (USA, 1928-99) was a master who took the art of filmmaking further than any other contemporary director, a creative perfectionist whose work now fascinates new generations. He started out as a photographer before moving into film noir aged barely 25, after which the power and originality of his work soon brought him box-office success. In the 1960s, he lived and worked in London, a… |
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