Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, more commonly known as Dr. Strangelove, is a 1964 political satire black comedy film that satirizes the Cold War fears of a nuclear conflict between the USSR and the US. The film was directed, produced, and cowritten by Stanley Kubrick, stars Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, and features Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, and Slim Pickens. Production took place in the United Kingdom. The film is loosely based on Peter Georges thriller novel Red Alert.

United States Air Force Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper Sterling Hayden is commander of Burpelson Air Force Base, which houses the Strategic Air Command 843rd Bomb Wing, equipped with B52 bombers. The 843rd is currently inflight on airborne alert, a few hours from the Soviet border.General Ripper orders his executive officer, Group Captain Lionel Mandrake Peter Sellers of the UK Royal Air Force, to put the base on alert. Ripper also issues Wing Attack Plan R to the patrolling aircraft, one of which is commanded by Major T. J. King Kong Slim Pickens. All of the aircraft commence an attack flight on Russia and set their radios to allow communications only through the CRM 114 discriminator, which is programmed to accept only communications preceded by a secret threeletter code known only to General Ripper. ........

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