Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Paranoid Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper of Burpelson Air Force Base, believing that fluoridation of the American water supply is a Soviet plot to po...ison the U.S. populace, is able to deploy through a back door mechanism a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union without the knowledge of his superiors, including the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Buck Turgidson, and President Merkin Muffley. Only Ripper knows the code to recall the B-52 bombers and he has shut down communication in and out of Burpelson as a measure to protect this attack. Ripper's executive officer, RAF Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (on exchange from Britain), who is being held at Burpelson by Ripper, believes he knows the recall codes if he can only get a message to the outside world. Meanwhile at the Pentagon War Room, key persons including Muffley, Turgidson and nuclear scientist and adviser, a former Nazi named Dr. Strangelove, are discussing measures to stop the attack or mitigate its blow-up into an all out nuclear war with the Soviets. Against Turgidson's wishes, Muffley brings Soviet Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky into the War Room, and get his boss, Soviet Premier Dimitri Kisov, on the hot line to inform him of what's going on. The Americans in the War Room are dismayed to learn that the Soviets have an as yet unannounced Doomsday Device to detonate if any of their key targets are hit. As Ripper, Mandrake and those in the War Room try and work the situation to their end goal, Major T.J. "King" Kong, one of the B-52 bomber pilots, is working on his own agenda of deploying his bomb where ever he can on enemy soil if he can't make it to his intended target. Show More

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In the 1964 film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper becomes convinced that the Soviet Union is plotting to poison the American water supply through fluoridation. Without the knowledge of his superiors, Ripper deploys a nuclear attack on the Soviets using a secret back door mechanism. He is the only one who knows the code to recall the B-52 bombers, and he cuts off all communication in and out of Burpelson Air Force Base to protect his attack.

RAF Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, held at Burpelson by Ripper, believes he knows the recall codes and desperately tries to send a message to the outside world. In the Pentagon War Room, President Merkin Muffley, General Buck Turgidson, and Dr. Strangelove discuss ways to stop the attack or prevent an all-out nuclear war with the Soviets. Muffley brings in Soviet Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky and tries to contact Soviet Premier Dimitri Kisov to inform him of the situation.

The Americans in the War Room learn that the Soviets have a Doomsday Device that will detonate if any of their key targets are hit. As Ripper, Mandrake, and the officials in the War Room work towards their goals, B-52 bomber pilot Major T.J. King Kong plans to deploy his bomb anywhere on enemy soil if he can't reach his intended target.

The film explores themes of paranoia, the absurdity of war, and the dangerous consequences of human error. It is a dark satire that highlights the potential for catastrophic outcomes in the nuclear age.

Also Known As:

Dr. Strangelove

Release Date:

29 Jan 1964

Writers:

Stanley Kubrick (screenplay), Terry Southern (screenplay), Peter George (screenplay), Peter George (based on the book: "Red Alert" by)

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 7 nominations.