"Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, which has won wide and continued acceptance from the time of its release, has come to be considered one of the screen's great masterpieces of black comedy." - FILMREFERENCE.COM

The Plot

Dr. Strangelove satirizes the nuclear scare.

The story concerns a mentally unstable US Air Force general who orders a first strike nuclear attack on the Soviet Union, and follows the President of the United States, his advisors, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer as they try to recall the bombers to prevent a nuclear apocalypse, as well as the crew of one B-52 as they attempt to deliver their payload.

Acting

Starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, this film is particularly famous because Peter Sellers plays 3 different roles in the film.

Peter Sellers is such an incredible actor in this film, that if you don't know that he plays several roles, there is a chance you do not notice it.

Reviews....

"Perhaps Kubrick's most perfectly realised film, simply because his cynical vision of the progress of technology and human stupidity is wedded with comedy." - TIME OUT

"A supremely ironic comedy on the possibility of nuclear annihilation." - CHANNEL FOUR FILM

"This landmark movie's madcap humor and terrifying suspense remain undiminished by time." - CHICAGO TRIBUNE

NEED MORE?

"Stunning. Incredible. Funny. Clever. Powerful. GENIUS. PERFECT. One of the best films in the history of the universe." - THE STAR AND SHADOW VOLUNTEERS

More?

• Rated as the fifth greatest film – the highest rated comedy – in Sight & Sound’s directors’ poll.
• Ranked 15th top movie of all time on TopTenReviews Movies
• In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted it the 24th greatest comedy film of all time.
• Roger Ebert (famous American critic) has Dr. Strangelove in his list of Great Movies, saying it is 'arguably the best political satire of the century.'

KUBRICK SEASON

Kubrick is a cinema genius, and this is hardly debatable. Why is he a genius and were his first films as good as his later ones?

These are some of the questions that we are trying to explore with this season, in which we are showing 3 of his early films, and one of his absolute masterpieces - TOTALLY UNMISSSABLE - Dr Strangelove.

Here is the listing:

Sunday 17th May 7.30pm: Killers Kiss (1955)

Tue 26th May 7.30pm: The Killing (1956)

Thurs 28th May 7.30pm: Paths of Glory (1957)

And last but not least, the absolute masterpiece...

Sun 31st May 7.30pm: Dr Strangelove (1964)