Dr. Strangelove (6/8) Movie CLIP - No Point in Getting Hysterical (1964) HD

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Upon learning that the doomsday device may still detonate, the President (Peter Sellers) and the Russian Premier argue about what to do.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
In 1964, with the Cuban Missile Crisis fresh in viewers' minds, the Cold War at its frostiest, and the hydrogen bomb relatively new and frightening, Stanley Kubrick dared to make a film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and played the situation for laughs. Dr. Strangelove's jet-black satire (from a script by director Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, and Terry Southern) and a host of superb comic performances (including three from Peter Sellers) have kept the film fresh and entertaining, even as its issues have become (slightly) less timely. Loaded with thermonuclear weapons, a U.S. bomber piloted by Maj. T.J. "King" Kong (Slim Pickens) is on a routine flight pattern near the Soviet Union when they receive orders to commence Wing Attack Plan R, best summarized by Maj. Kong as "Nuclear combat! Toe to toe with the Russkies!" On the ground at Burpleson Air Force Base, Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers) notices nothing on the news about America being at war. Gen. Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) calmly informs him that he gave the command to attack the Soviet Union because it was high time someone did something about fluoridation, which is sapping Americans' bodily fluids (and apparently has something to do with Ripper's sexual dysfunction). Meanwhile, President Merkin Muffley (Sellers again) meets with his top Pentagon advisors, including super-hawk Gen. Buck Turgidson (George C. Scott), who sees this as an opportunity to do something about Communism in general and Russians in particular. However, the ante is upped considerably when Soviet ambassador de Sadesky (Peter Bull) informs Muffley and his staff of the latest innovation in Soviet weapons technology: a "Doomsday Machine" that will destroy the entire world if the Russians are attacked.
CREDITS:
TM & © Sony (1964)
Cast: George C. Scott, Peter Sellers
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Producers: Victor Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick
Screenwriters: Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, Peter George
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[@jimduffy7199]

Sellers is utterly hilarious in that scene. The way he uses his voice, the hesitancies, the breaking of his voice, the whole thing. It is a masterpiece of acting.

[@tomterry2370]

I'm worried that's all!

[@justicegusting2476]

And the borderline hysterical inflection he puts into saying the word hysterical.

[@AAMPictures]

Funniest movie I’ve ever watched. Nolan should try out a dark comedy!

[@AAMPictures]

@@justicegusting2476What did you think of Oppenheimer?

[@andreasbaag7516]

President sounds like a wife talking to a husband on the telephone.

[@brinsonharris9816]

Supposedly most of the telephone stuff was Sellers’ improv skills on parade, and several of the surrounding cast are on the verge of busting out laughing. The Russian Ambassador guy almost blew a take (you can see the grin he’s trying to suppress at Sellers’ unchained) but it’s easy to miss. Kubrick used that take because Sellers was so damned good on his feet.

[@HermitKing731]

Its almost like they are talking about accidentally getting him pregnant. the one plane is like the single sperm making it through.

[@PierluigiPuccini]

George C. Scott's facial expressions are priceless

[@monsta64]

+Pierluigi Puccini GCS RULES!!!

[@spackle9999]

+Pierluigi Puccini God, I just love how he says that "Spaghetti hits the fan" line, it's perfect.

[@matthewridgway8374]

I love the way they keep cutting back to him and he's frozen solid with his hand on his head and his eyes bugging out, by the third time they cut back and he hadn't moved I was losing it.

[@oldgoat142]

Matthew Ridgway He's actually a very underrated comedic actor. He did a movie with Tony Curtis in which they were both fighter pilots. The name of the movie might be Not with my wife you don't! Anyway, there's a scene which involves GCS having an affair with Tony Curtis' wife in old fashioned black and white. Holy smokes, it was damn funny! His facial expressions alone were gems.

[@amtlpaul]

The disturbing thing about this is that you end up rooting for that plucky little aircraft running the gauntlet of Soviet defences and their victory results in nuclear annihilation.

[@37Dionysos]

From 0:54-1:03 it's GC Scott's greatest comic moment, just the look on his face and his change of posture..."Holy shit!"

[@OreadNYC]

***** Actually, here's one interesting little piece of trivia. Kubrick told George C. Scott that he wanted to take several of what he called "practice takes" so that Scott could "warm up" for the real takes and encouraged him to go over the top...but Kubrick actually wanted the character to be more extreme than Scott was willing to play him, and he used the "practice" takes as the real takes even though he had told Scott he wouldn't. When he found out the truth, Scott stated that he would not work with Kubrick ever again.

[@Nick-ty9us]

That face is just priceless

This movie is in a class by itself. Brilliantly cast and brilliantly acted.

[@patois231]

George Scott's performance in this movie is, to my mind, outrageously funny. I read somewhere that Kubrick encouraged him to ham it up, to overact, and that Scott didn't realize that it was being filmed. He was pissed with K as a result. But what a stupendous comedic performance!

[@mattclayer6541]

George C. Scott proved in this movie, that overacting isn't always a bad thing.

[@ImnotNorm]

Cult1234 Coz it's a comedy.

[@mattclayer6541]

Ohh, i know.

[@gigyde99]

That over acting was the general's sexual frustration. Haha

[@Fedakeen]

He wouldn't originally act in such a way, so Kubrick just tricked him into thinking it was just a practice run. George C. Scott was outraged after realizing that this was the take they put in the movie.

[@danielplainview2584]

Part of the reason it's so funny is the contrast between him and everyone else in the film

[@MegaZeta]

George C. Scott's face carries so much of this scene. It's amazing how much range he has: this, "Patton", even "Exorcist III" all depend so much on his ability to convey emotion through his face, and those three movies require three _very_ different tones from his performance.

[@wrevflatwoods6225]

He was also in a movie called The Changeling and honestly no one could have made that movie work the way it did except for him.

[@cameronratliff305]

​@Wrev Flatwoods that movie is excellent.

[@sananto6896]

at 1:33, "Dimitri there is no point in getting hysterical, in a moment like this". LOL.....How can anyone remain cool when domesday machine is about to go off.

[@thatguy6919]

DIMITRIII, I love how their conversation between a married couple

[@tiaaaron3278]

Scott's character is the only straight character here.

[@SaturnBoy87]

Kudos to all the background actors for keeping a straight face through all of this

[@ZilogBob]

The editors had a tough time, especially when Sellers was doing his "Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!" part. Even so, Peter Bull was making a huge effort not to smile.

[@robertdogg9499]

This whole movie is one quote-able line after another.

[@moviesgalore9947]

George was brilliant and he stupidly thought his performance was "too over the top" but it was hilarious and Kubrick was a genius for getting George to act in this way for it.

[@winstonchurchill8974]

Kubrick eclipses every satire in film with this one scene.

[@KawaiiStars]

the voice crack on "hysterical" always gets me XD

[@davidw.2791]

Cuz President Muffley is getting quite hysterical himself.

[@garrison6863]

Scott was just excellent in this film. Talk about mugging in comedy. He brought it to a new level.

[@oceanofoil]

I think what I love the most about the war room scenes are how all the top brass and government officials are completely silent aside from Turgidson and the President.

[@janegrantz2723]

The truly great, darkly comical, and absolutely riveting DR. STRANGELOVE was beat out that year (for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director) by a ridiculous musical. That the winners were not Strangelove, Sellers, and Kubrick is the single worst travesty in the entire history of the Academy Awards. Unbelievable.

[@jayt2938]

Single worst travesty? The academy awards for the better part have always been a joke.

[@bigimskiweisenheimer8325]

It was the times. Kind of like now. Musicals were "woke"

[@wyattd2941]

Yeah really bad, also Val Kilmer in Tombstone

[@tiaaaron3278]

I was shocked to know that Golden Globe had ENTIRELY snubbed this film! Not a single nomination was given to Dr. Strangelove. In fact, the award list for this film is astonishingly short. It's a surprise Academy didn't snub it as well. I guess it really was a controversial movie at the time. Perhaps too ahead of its time.

[@furioussherman7265]

As much as this is a great movie that deserved to win awards, you don't get to call My Fair Lady a "ridiculous musical". It's excellent in its own right just as Dr. Strangelove in its own right.

[@smichelle65]

"Excuse me, Mr President--Premier Kissov's on the phone and he's hopping mad!"

[@allys744]

Fun fact: George C Scott wanted to play his character as serious, but Kubrick wanted something funny for this black comedy film. So he encouraged George to go crazy during rehearsal. However, he silently signaled his crew members to roll cameras. The rehearsals are what ended up in the final print 🤣✋

[@EpigeneticAlteration]

Have they got a chance?! HELLLL YA THEY GOT A....

[@tangocash7304]

Love how he put his hand over his mouth to stop talking.

[@crimsonstrykr]

Fryin' chickens in the barn yards!!!!

[@HacksignKT]

@@crimsonstrykr VROOOM!

[@Nick-ty9us]

Scott really steals the scene with his hilarious facial expressions

[@johnharrison387]

George brilliant. Peter Sellers brilliant.

[@wraith1066]

George C. Scott's expression during this scene just kills me!

[@oldgoat142]

"You oughta see it, Mr President. Big plane like a B-52 just zooming so low they'll fry chickens in the barnyard!" "But do they have a chance?" "HELL YEAH! They've got....a...chance....(hand over mouth) I agree with a lot of folks. George should've gotten an Oscar for this. You should see a dream sequence scene he does with Tony Curtis in the movie, Not with my wife you don't. Talk about ham it up.

[@mikeoyler2983]

You know it's funny because I truly enjoy this role better than Patton especially because of lines like that. These are not real characters but approximations and parodies. Some of it generally mocks things that certain people said and did, and it also illustrates certain personality disorders as well. This portrayal is always fresh while Patton becomes stale. Because Patton is based on a real person, no matter how fictionalized, it is a predictable character study. While I assume he got the role of Patton because of this, his portrayal of General Buck Turgidson is completely in line with the method. This one I can watch again-and-again.

[@GenkiGanbare]

Every time they zoom back to George's reaction I completely lose my shit.

[@timmaulden3640]

One of the greatest movies EVER !!!

[@fredlandry6170]

One of the greatest films in history.

[@LAVATORR]

I just now realized Sellers is President Adlai Stevenson

[@LPJack02]

RIP Peter Sellers (September 8, 1925 - July 24, 1980), aged 54 And RIP George C. Scott (October 18, 1927 - September 22, 1999), aged 71 You both will always be remembered as legends.

[@robertschmidt7879]

I’m sorry there are jamming your radar and flying so low their trained to do it. Arguably, in my estimation, one of the best lines in movie history

[@jameskielland5018]

It's... initiative!

[@robertschmidt7879]

@@jameskielland5018 🤣🤣. The great lines in this movie.

[@BlotRorschach]

Scott is an absolute Looney Tune. Astonishing physical comedy.

[@jdahighroller9389]

Put everything you got those two sectors, you cant miss!! Lol I laughed ao hard.. can you imagine

[@Gsloth301]

GC Scott was magnificient in that film

[@Nick-ty9us]

George C Scott’s expressions are priceless

[@jst7714]

I noticed there's always a pitcher of (fluorinated) water on the table of the War Room

[@not.supermario]

What makes this scene more hilarious, is that Kubrick told George C. Scott that his scenes where he is acting crazy, would never be used.

[@pitfighter871]

in case you forgot, Major Kong's plane loses fuel and they reroute for a new target :P

[@jameswhite5720]

This movie was absolutely brilliant when it was made. And, much like a fine wine, has only improved with age.

[@colebayer25]

This is basically a Tim Robinson character lol

[@GRasputin91]

"I agree its great to be fine!" Love that line 😂😂

[@kascnef]

amc theatres is showing this movie as part of its classics program this week

[@HacksignKT]

nice

[@vegetasolo1221]

#3 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs

[@28ebdh3udnav]

The satire in this movie is great

[@cheeseandonions9558]

and 60 years later we have to relive the tragicomedy that is Earth loaded with nuclear weapons

[@WizardOfHumor1989]

“JOANNA! YOU BEEN OUT HERE DIGGIN HOLES AGAIN??”

[@TheConjurersTower]

Dude, so many memories...

[@dualberetta2755]

How 1:21 hasn't become a meme yet is beyond me

[@captjim007]

Hey............Where's Major Kong?????????? Yeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JamesC696]

If the spaghetti hits the fan---lol!!!

[@robertt7069]

I wish a second Dr. Strangelove comes out

[@josholdham1033]

Peter Sellers and George C Scott are such all star actors

[@captjim007]

Dr. Strangelove was a spoof on Dr. Edward Teller, the father of the hydrogen bomb.

[@edwardwilkinson9515]

Kubrick movies rule!!!!!!!!

[@alexmonro1711]

Take a shot every time he says Dimitri

[@wondereagle]

Peter Sellers was a genius.

[@jreeves1666]

Dimitri, I'm sorry they're jamming your radar and flying so low, but they're trained to do it. You know, it's it's initiative!

[@ivorybeast3508]

George c Scott was priceless

[@robertsmith5744]

Slim Pickens, B-52 Pilot.

[@kinghamlet1640]

Alright you got an iPhone make it sing

[@vicenteanfossi6607]

"If he's really... SHARP"

[@olvinyldude]

All of them, great job...And, Sterling Hayden, a TRUE hero...He was O.S.S. in WW II ... Great Clip here ! I have the original theme soundtrack on my list now, you may enjoy...Including, Love that Bomb...! Carry On !!!

[@ulissesrocha3365]

Dimitri knows English very well.

[@jf752]

unfortunately there's probably things like this happening all day long that you would never know though

[@nahnope8581]

Look up the number of broken arrow incidents

[@alertgasper]

"gentlemen! you can't fight in here, this is the War Room" right up there with a base commander doing a silly little thing. that and Oppenheimer's "99% sure we won't set the world on fire" reminds you even the Greatest Generation did some crazy @#$@

[@KarlSturmgewher]

Fist of the North Star imminent at this point!

[@jameskielland5018]

It's.. it's initiative!

[@jeffreyadams648]

No one mentions Terry Southern. Sad.

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

The DVD had a mini documentary all about him.

[@chrissumrow5128]

Does any of this apply in 2020?? I think so.

[@timdaugherty4014]

General Milley in a nutshell, not a compliment.

[@BayouBoy2443]

Bro really said 😳

[@insonh21]

why do I imagine this is how most of the conversation go between Obama and Putin

[@ScotishChristian]

I could fully see Obama selling out our planes so they can be shot down yes.

[@OroborusFMA]

ScottishChristian What crack are smoking. Obama is as much a part of the Empire's establishment as Ted Cruz. They are all middle managers working for transnational capital. Wake up.

[@ScotishChristian]

OroborusFMA I never said Ted Cruz wouldn't sell out our planes so they can be shot down.

[@tangocash7304]

Like frying chickens in a barnyard!!

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

A BIG PLANE LIKE A 52!

[@michaeljacksin9367]

It sounded like he was stalin for time

[@ninjafruit816]

Does Scott remind anyone of Percival McLeach from the rescuers down under? Because as it turns out, he was the voice. There’s an uncanny likeness between the two, from character to physical appearance. I’m sure Disney based McLeach off of Buck.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

You on 2 something.

[@ravenscarlettanis13]

McLeach is all I think of whenever I hear George C. Scott

[@johnfeer9609]

President Muffley is my hero...

[@LordWyatt]

I’m thinking the Doomsday bomb and the Alpha-Omega bomb are related

[@johnhardman3]

Scott never knowingly underacted.

[@bigburd875]

This is an infinitely better George C Scott movie than Patton

[@daryllect6659]

Unfortunately, a cobalt-salted nuclear weapon would be in effect a doomsday machine.

[@boudewijnkerkwijk4695]

Leave Dimitri alone lol

[@Bestillivoze]

Who played Dimitri?...🤔

[@Condottier]

Just tried to picture Trump in this situation.

[@Tgungen]

So we are going to meet with fire and fury

[@crimsonstrykr]

Kim! Theres no point in you being historical at a moment like this! Kim!

[@briangraham1024]

Stupidity unleashed ... SCARY!!! 😨

[@cetinmetin9193]

why colorless?

[@justanimationsv2.188]

Because it's low budget

[@cooljackster7390]

Because it was filmed that way, it was 1964

[@justanimationsv2.188]

@@cooljackster7390 there was quite a few colour films in 1964

[@mauricioduron3193]

Crisp b&w images, regardless the movie genre, convey great immediacy.

[@mauricioduron3193]

Colour is too easy. Satire can pack a wallop in black and white, as much as drama will. There are the classic likes of: 'Lolita'; 'Alfie'; 'The Loved One'; 'Kind Knights and Coronets' or 'The Ladykillers'. Romcoms need not apply.

[@oldjoe182]

that advise turned out to be very bad one

[@joegau]

Now China

[@rosasantalorodriguez2161]

This president is worse than g. bush XD

[@paradisecityX0]

No president is worse than Bush

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Donald Trump? if elected

[@paradisecityX0]

Tadicuslegion78 Don't jinx it!

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Knocking on all the wood

[@Maxd75kai]

paradisecityX0 just wait.

[@justanimationsv2.188]

100th Comment

[@timrohrbach1801]

I just didn’t buy the acting. I know people think it was great but it was over the top drama. Too much drama to be believable.

[@VolatileChemical]

its a comedy

[@mrsupremegascon]

That's the point.

[@mauricioduron3193]

The safer alternate dramatic choice on the same subject would be 'Fail-Safe', with Henry Fonda. Good movie, but rather much less impactful.

[@aeonsbeyond]

This is what dealing with the Russians has been like for 1000 years.