Browning Cinema
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Sunday, December 8, 2024
Classics in the Browning
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
With Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden
Rated PG, 95 minutes, Blu-Ray
Based on the novel Red Alert by Peter George, Stanley Kubrick's Cold War masterpiece drops you right at the height of the tensions between Russia and the United States, world destruction literally at folks' fingertips. And General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) has itchy fingers. Convinced that the Russians have infiltrated America's "vital essence," the crazed Ripper gives the go code to the 843rd bomb wing to attack Russia, setting in motion a series of darkly hilarious vignettes involving gung-ho soldiers, wacky generals, spying Russians, drunken premiers, battles with soda machines, fights in the War Room, and the Russians' top-secret Doomsday Machine.
Shot in black and white, the film has three main centers of action: one of the B-52 bombers, on which a group of loyal men know they are about to start World War III; Burpelson Air Force Base, where Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers) is trying to convince everyone that Ripper has gone mad and the bombing must be stopped; and the War Room, where President Merkin Muffley (Sellers again) is trying to make peace with the Russians. Hayden, George C. Scott, Slim Pickens, Keenan Wynn, and Sellers (in three roles) shine in what may be the funniest and most poignant black comedy ever made.
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
With Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden
Rated PG, 95 minutes, Blu-Ray
Based on the novel Red Alert by Peter George, Stanley Kubrick's Cold War masterpiece drops you right at the height of the tensions between Russia and the United States, world destruction literally at folks' fingertips. And General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) has itchy fingers. Convinced that the Russians have infiltrated America's "vital essence," the crazed Ripper gives the go code to the 843rd bomb wing to attack Russia, setting in motion a series of darkly hilarious vignettes involving gung-ho soldiers, wacky generals, spying Russians, drunken premiers, battles with soda machines, fights in the War Room, and the Russians' top-secret Doomsday Machine.
Shot in black and white, the film has three main centers of action: one of the B-52 bombers, on which a group of loyal men know they are about to start World War III; Burpelson Air Force Base, where Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers) is trying to convince everyone that Ripper has gone mad and the bombing must be stopped; and the War Room, where President Merkin Muffley (Sellers again) is trying to make peace with the Russians. Hayden, George C. Scott, Slim Pickens, Keenan Wynn, and Sellers (in three roles) shine in what may be the funniest and most poignant black comedy ever made.
Sponsored by the Meg and John P. Brogan Endowment for Classic Cinema.
Event Dates
Sunday, December 8, 2024 - 4:00 PM
