Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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IMDB rating: 8.70 Plot: U.S. President Merkin Muffley is on the hot line to Moscow with some rather embarrassing news for the Soviet premier: “Hello, Dimitri….I’m fine….Now then, you know how we’ve always talked about the possibility of something going wrong with the bomb….The bomb, Dimitri. The hydrogen bomb….Well, now, what happened is that, uh, one of our base commanders…he went a little funny in the head….and he went and did a silly thing….He ordered his planes to attack your country.” A comedy about an accidental nuclear attack? One that ends with total annihilation, thermonuclear apocalypse? Preposterous! Stanley Kubrick thought otherwise. In the end his thinking prevailed. The mad saga revolves around a psychotic Strategic Air Command officer, Gen. Jack D. Ripper, who lets loose his B-52 bomber squadron on the Soviet Union. Ripper takes this unilateral action because of his paranoid belief that Communists are sapping and contaminating “all our precious bodily fluids” as part of their plan to take over the world.” Unbeknownst to Ripper, his attack will trigger the Russian’s ultimate weapon, the Doomsday Machine, a diabolical retaliatory device set to blow up the planet. |
Actors: Sellers Peter,Sellers Peter,Sellers Peter,Scott George C.,Hayden Sterling,Wynn Keenan,Pickens Slim,Bull Peter,Jones James Earl,Creley Jack,Berry Frank,O’Neil Robert,Beck Glenn,Stephens Roy,Comedy,
Cold War Film Help? 10 Points!?
the film is called "Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb"
i need to know how this movie reflects important themes and ideas of the Cold War.
if there is a website for help with this please do post it here. if not please be specific in your answer. 10 points to whoever best answers this. i do NOT want a plot summary of this - i need an analysis of Cold War themes. Thank You!!!!!!
http://www.miracosta.edu/home/gfloren/ds -history.htm
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/exp erience/culture/movie.club/strangelove/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strange love_or:_How_I_Learned_to_Stop_Worrying_ and_Love_the_Bomb
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa 3686/is_199808/ai_n8809943
try these. they might give you some ideas. good luck!
tattooraven1 | Jun 04, 2008
I’ll need more than 10 points to answer that question. lol
greenlantern | Jun 04, 2008
Here you go. This seems to be a pretty good analysis. I love that movie…one of my all time favorites!
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article /34908/dr_strangelove_a_satirical_study_ of.html
The girl is a geek. | Jun 04, 2008
That’s one Jimmy Carter would like. I’m a Red Dawn and Ronald Reagan fan myself!
SMITIMB | Jun 04, 2008
It was the classic "Us aganst Them" mindset. The movie came out right around the time of the Cuban Missle Crisis, so making fun of a potentially fatal situation was needed.
The line by the Soviet diplomat about the cost of the Arms Race, Space Race, and Peace Race was true enough.
You can just look at old copies of "Time" and "Newsweek" from 1960-1965 to get an idea of what was going on in the real world.
Kevin k | Jun 05, 2008









