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Dr. Strangelove : or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC2639BD | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 821.Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]Edition: Blu-ray special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 cm) + 2 sheets (4 pages ; 23 cm) + 1 miniature booklet (5 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781681431703
  • 168143170X
Other title:
  • Doctor Strangelove
  • How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
  • Title on disc label: Hi there!
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Bryant, Peter, 1924-1966. Red alert
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .D7 2016
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Gilbert Taylor ; film editor, Anthony Harvey ; music, Laurie Johnson.
Awards:
  • Named to the National Film Registry in 1989 by the Library of Congress.
  • Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Peter Sellers); Best Director (Stanley Kubrick); Best Picture (Stanley Kubrick); Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry Southern), 1965 Academy Awards (U.S.).
Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Tracy Reed, James Earl Jones.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, his aides and the Pentagon struggle to find a way to stop the impending doom.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00428 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050314470

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 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 short documentaries, about the making of the film, the sociopolitical 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; Plus: an essay by scholar David Bromwich and a 1994 article by screenwriter Terry Southern on the making of the film.

[MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements, some violence, sexual humor, and mild language].

Blu-ray; region A.

This Blu-ray disc will not play on standard DVD players.

In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH). Closed-captioned.

Named to the National Film Registry in 1989 by the Library of Congress.

Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Peter Sellers); Best Director (Stanley Kubrick); Best Picture (Stanley Kubrick); Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry Southern), 1965 Academy Awards (U.S.).

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