Dr. Strangelove (Blu-ray)
45th Anniversary Special Edition
APPROX. 95 MINS. - PROD. YEAR: 1964 - MPA RATING: NR
Blu-ray Specifications
| Release date: | Jun 16, 2009 |
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| Studio: | Sony Pictures |
| Year: | 1964 |
| Video: |
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Film in 1080p HD resolution. |
| Audio: |
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 French: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English: Dolby Digital 1.0 |
| Genre: | Action, Adventure, Comedy, War |
| Subtitles: | English, French, Arabic, Dutch |
Special Features
- Features a 32-page booklet in a deluxe Blu-ray book package!
- Interview with former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara
- Interviews with Peter Sellers and George C. Scott
- The Cold War: Picture-in-Picture and Pop-Up Trivia Track - Embark on a journey into the very heart of the Cold War exploring, in fascinating detail, the military and political world in which Dr. Strangelove takes place. What did the film get right and where did it take liberties with established military procedures? And just how close were we in the early 1960s to a real atomic exchange? This multimedia experience includes Graphic-in-Picture pop-up trivia and Picture-in-Picture commentary that help shed some light on an era of secrets and heightened paranoia, all of which helped inspire this classic film. Picture-in-Picture interviews include:
- -Thomas Schelling (RAND Corp. employee during late 1950s and early 1960s – wrote article on novel "Red Alert" that prompted Kubrick's interest in adapting the book to a film)
- -Richard A. Clarke (author of "Against All Enemies," counter-terrorism and command and control systems expert)
- -Daniel Ellsberg (RAND Corp. employee during late 1950s and early 1960s; consultant to JFK admin., Dept. of Defense)
- -George Quester (Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland; expert on nuclear proliferation, deterrence, and nuclear diplomacy)
- -David Alan Rosenberg (Temple University professor; Historian of Nuclear Strategy; ex-military)
- Four Documentaries:
- "No Fighting in the War Room or: Dr. Strangelove and the Nuclear Threat"
- "Inside: Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"
- "The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove"
- "Best Sellers Or: Peter Sellers and Dr. Strangelove Remembered"
- (BD-Live Enabled)
- (All-Region Blu-ray Disc: A, B, & C)
Special Features are not always in HD. Look for details on the back of the cover art.
Synopsis
Or: How I Learned To Stop Worring And Love The BombStanley Kubrick's classic black comedy about a group of war-eager military men who plan a nuclear apocalypse is both funny and frightening - and seems as relevant today as ever. Through a series of military and political accidents, two psychotic generals - U.S. Air Force Commander Jack D. Ripper and joint chief of Staff Buck Turgidson - trigger an ingenious, irrevocable scheme to attack Russia's strategic targets with nuclear bombs. The brains behind the scheme belong to Dr. Strangelove, a wheelchair-bound nuclear scientist who has bizarre ideas about man's future. The President is helpless to stop the bombers, as is Captain Mandrake, the only man who can stop them.
Stanley Kubrick's classic about an "accidental" nuclear attack received four Oscar® nominations (including Best Picture, 1964). Convinced the Commies want to pollute America’s "precious bodily fluids," a crazed general (Sterling Hayden) orders a nuclear air strike on the U.S.S.R. As his aide, Captain Mandrake (Peter Sellers) scrambles to unlock a recall code to prevent the bombing, the U.S. President (Sellers again) calls a drunken Soviet Premier on the hotline claiming the proposed attack is a silly mistake, while the President's advisor (an ex-Nazi scientist Dr. Strangelove (Sellers once again) verifies the existence of a dreaded Doomsday machine – a retaliatory device designed by the Soviets to end the human race once and for all!
Cast & Crew
Sony Pictures
presents
James Earl JonesPeter BullPeter SellersGeorge C. ScottSterling HaydenSlim PickensTracy ReedKeenan Wynn
"Dr. Strangelove"
Written byPeter GeorgeWritten byTerry SouthernWritten byStanley Kubrickproduced byVictor Lyndon
produced byLeon Minoff
produced byStanley Kubrick
directed byStanley Kubrick
Production Year: 1964
"Dr. Strangelove"
Written byPeter GeorgeWritten byTerry SouthernWritten byStanley Kubrickproduced byVictor Lyndon
produced byLeon Minoff
produced byStanley Kubrick
directed byStanley Kubrick
Production Year: 1964
