Dr. Strangelove : or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

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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

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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

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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.)

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

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