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The Resource Dr. Strangelove : or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb, Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Stanley Kubrick production ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern & Peter George ; directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick

Dr. Strangelove : or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb, Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Stanley Kubrick production ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern & Peter George ; directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick

Label
Dr. Strangelove : or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
Title
Dr. Strangelove
Title remainder
or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
Statement of responsibility
Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Stanley Kubrick production ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern & Peter George ; directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick
Title variation
  • How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
  • Doctor Strangelove
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Composer
Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film producer
Production company
Production designer
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
In this dark comedy, chaos erupts when a general orders an attack on the Russians that will trigger the Russian "Doomsday Device." The President, his aides and the Pentagon struggle to find a way to stop the impending doom
Member of
Awards note
  • 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.)
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Dr. Strangelove (Motion picture)
Credits note
Director of photography, Gilbert Taylor ; film editor, Anthony Harvey ; music, Laurie Johnson ; production designer, Ken Adam
Language note
In English, with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
PerformerNote
Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Peter Bull, Tracy Reed, James Earl Jones, Jack Creley
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1924-1966,
  • 1925-1980,
  • 1927-1999,
  • 1916-1986,
  • 1916-1986,
  • 1912-1984,
  • 1941-2012,
  • 1926-2004,
  • 1930-2017,
  • 1927-
  • 1921-2016,
  • 1924-1966
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Kubrick, Stanley,
  • Southern, Terry,
  • George, Peter
  • Sellers, Peter
  • Scott, George C.
  • Hayden, Sterling
  • Wynn, Keenan
  • Pickens, Slim,
  • Bull, Peter
  • Reed, Tracy
  • Jones, James Earl,
  • Creley, Jack
  • Taylor, Gilbert,
  • Harvey, Anthony
  • Johnson, Laurie
  • Adam, Ken
  • Bryant, Peter
  • Columbia Pictures Corporation,
  • Criterion Collection (Firm),
Runtime
95
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
821
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • George, Peter
  • George, Peter
  • Cold War (1945-1989)
  • Nuclear warfare
  • Cold War
  • Military maneuvers
  • Diplomatic relations
  • Nuclear warfare
  • United States
  • Soviet Union
  • Soviet Union
  • United States
Technique
live action
Label
Dr. Strangelove : or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb, Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Stanley Kubrick production ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern & Peter George ; directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based on the book Red alert by Peter George
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1964
  • Special features (disc one): interviews with Kubrick scholar Mick Broderick; cinematographer Joe Dunton and camera operator Kelvin Pike; archivist Richard Daniels; David George (son of novelist Peter George); and Kubrick scholar Rodney Hill
  • Special features (disc two): excerpts from a 1966 audio interview with Kubrick, conducted by physicist and author Jeremy Bernstein; four short documentaries (Inside Dr. Strangelove; No fighting in the War Room; The art of Stanley Kubrick; Best Sellers); 1963 interview with George C. Scott and Peter Sellers; excerpt from a 1980 Today show interview with Peter Sellers; exhibitor's trailer; theatrical trailer
  • Accompanying print material (in envelope:19 cm) includes an essay, The darkest room, by scholar David Bromwich; and a 1994 article by screenwriter Terry Southern on the making of the film
Accompanying material
1 booklet (20 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm) + 2 folded sheets (4 pages ; 23 cm, folded to 12 x 16 cm) + 1 miniature booklet (5 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
949858808
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
  • DVD Edition
  • Two-DVD special edition
Extent
2 videodiscs (95 min.)
Isbn
9781681431710
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515179614
Other physical details
sound, black & white
Publisher number
  • CC2640D
  • CC2640D-1
  • CC2640D-2
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)949858808
System details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; wide screen (1.66:1); Dolby digital mono and 5.1 surround soundtracks
Terms governing use
  • Bates: No public performance rights purchased; home, library, or classroom use only
  • Bates: Accompanying print material with Audio Supervisor
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Dr. Strangelove : or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb, Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Stanley Kubrick production ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern & Peter George ; directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick
Publication
Note
  • Based on the book Red alert by Peter George
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1964
  • Special features (disc one): interviews with Kubrick scholar Mick Broderick; cinematographer Joe Dunton and camera operator Kelvin Pike; archivist Richard Daniels; David George (son of novelist Peter George); and Kubrick scholar Rodney Hill
  • Special features (disc two): excerpts from a 1966 audio interview with Kubrick, conducted by physicist and author Jeremy Bernstein; four short documentaries (Inside Dr. Strangelove; No fighting in the War Room; The art of Stanley Kubrick; Best Sellers); 1963 interview with George C. Scott and Peter Sellers; excerpt from a 1980 Today show interview with Peter Sellers; exhibitor's trailer; theatrical trailer
  • Accompanying print material (in envelope:19 cm) includes an essay, The darkest room, by scholar David Bromwich; and a 1994 article by screenwriter Terry Southern on the making of the film
Accompanying material
1 booklet (20 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm) + 2 folded sheets (4 pages ; 23 cm, folded to 12 x 16 cm) + 1 miniature booklet (5 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
949858808
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
  • DVD Edition
  • Two-DVD special edition
Extent
2 videodiscs (95 min.)
Isbn
9781681431710
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515179614
Other physical details
sound, black & white
Publisher number
  • CC2640D
  • CC2640D-1
  • CC2640D-2
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)949858808
System details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; wide screen (1.66:1); Dolby digital mono and 5.1 surround soundtracks
Terms governing use
  • Bates: No public performance rights purchased; home, library, or classroom use only
  • Bates: Accompanying print material with Audio Supervisor
Video recording format
DVD

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