Dr. Strangelove - Capitalists' Summit Part 1

[@dasneonlicht]

"It's beginning to look like General Ripper exceeded his authority" I die laughing almost every time. Scott's delivery!!

[@glennmangold5555]

I hate to judge before all the facts are in.

[@iitzfizz]

Quite the understatement

[@philmann3476]

" It will take about 2-1/2 days to transmit them all." "And how soon will the planes penetrate Russian radar?" "About 18 minutes from now, Sir." What a fantastic delivery by George C. Scott.

[@FallNorth]

George C Scott's "unintentional" (but obviously intentional) comedic timing and delivery in this is just perfect.

[@michaelbootes4822]

So the old story goes that on top of the serious takes Kubrick had him do several “nonsense” takes of every scene under some excuse or other. Kubrick then used the nonsense takes instead of the serious ones which I’m told Scott was unaware he was going to do this and was initially very unhappy when he found out but eventually warmed to it

[@doctordrewl6413]

@@michaelbootes4822op was commenting on the notion that this legend is probably not true.

[@garylarson4409]

“The human element may have failed us here”

[@spinoz2319]

"I don't think there is any question about it. It can only be attributable to human error. This sort of thing has cropped up before, and it has always been due to human error."

[@barnesjohn7657]

🫣🤭😵‍💫🤪🤣

[@BazzaOTW]

I think I need to reuse this one in the workplace…

[@MarcillaSmith]

​@@spinoz2319I applaud the intertextuality. You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.

[@lindabondperry]

😂

[@irish89055]

"I'd hold off judgment on that until all the facts are in" 😂

[@ManCave1972]

‘Natural Fluids’ made me laugh out loud. Kubrick here really sticking to the ‘don’t make it funny’ technique which just makes it funnier as it goes on.

[@davidshields948]

Wonderful remark.

[@MrUndersolo]

This film will never age.

[@AnthonyHeadway]

It has looks like it came out in the 70's

[@TW0man4RMY]

@@AnthonyHeadway bruh

[@theosprey7111]

@@AnthonyHeadway1964.

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

@@AnthonyHeadwayand with one sentence, The OP was gone

[@haroldwhitney6130]

I re-watch this scene over and over again in complete amazement of the perfection of every detail.

[@christianethic]

The binder titled "World Targets in Megadeaths". Straight up.

[@JonathanBrettMiller]

Same. Sellers and Scott's comic timing is unbelievable. All the way down to things like the gum, the pause before "fluids" and the way Scott hangs up the phone and slips back to attention.

[@davidmenasco5743]

Kubrick was notorious. But his perfectionism stands the test of time.

[@montgomerydenzer8805]

Pretty Much anything Stanely Kubrick did was GENIUS- from first film to last, a TRUE Masterpiece

[@user-Ados-amerika]

​@@montgomerydenzer8805girl something that never should be remade or reboot it and this is one of them. It's a classic that a stand on it own. It's been almost fifty years now and I hope Hollywood never try to make a reboot or rebate f*** no.

[@brucewayne7252]

G. Scott is undeniably amazing here.... Peter Sellers as the US President is so calm and collected here, he listens and gets the sense of whats happening here...and then asks all the right Questions...incredible acting.

[@johnmaisonneuve9057]

This movie has got to be one of the funniest films ever made. The entire cast is superb. Peter Sellers’ performance is so outstanding. Originally, it was planned that he would also do five of the roles. Amazing that it was even taught possible,

[@Stacie45]

One of the other roles Sellers was asked to perform was the part of the Commander of the lead bomber, which ended up being played by Slim Pickens. Sellers said it was too much, he wouldn't be able to play it properly. As it turned out they created a masterpiece.

[@black_sheep_nation]

Great decision. Casting Slim Pickens was masterful. Pickens didn't realize it was a comedy, I heard.

[@johnmaisonneuve9057]

And having Slim in the movie was sort of an accident since the plan was to have Sellars also do that role. But, he declined. So Slim was chosen, an absolute stroke of genius. Of course, all the actors in various parts, including the General role, absolute magic.

[@black_sheep_nation]

@@johnmaisonneuve9057 every time I watch the great Sterling Hayden's (lifetime pot smoker) interpretation of Gen. Jack Ripper, I think he was future-channeling Mike Flynn.

[@Stacie45]

@@black_sheep_nation If you heard it on the internet it must be true! Actually his review of the survival kit contents is pretty funny.

[@DerHammerSpricht]

"You may recall Sir, one of the provisions of Plan R provides" This script is one of a kind, I tell ya.

[@abercrombieblovs2042]

What's the joke there?

[@joshhoodrat451]

“ provisions provides “

[@abercrombieblovs2042]

@@joshhoodrat451 Ah, so just a little wordplay.

[@eg3730]

Plan R? 😆 😊

[@Conn88]

@@abercrombieblovs2042obviously President Muffley doesn’t recall approving of or know any of the details of the plan he approved. A commentary on how government bureaucracy works. In this case, it was fatal.

[@captainbanglawala2031]

Absolute masterclass of cinema. Nothing comes close.

[@emanuelmota7217]

My favorite movie of all time, for MANY reasons. Simply perfection.

[@claudermiller]

George C Scott's character is hilarious. 😆 🤣 😂

[@marcatkinson5187]

My no 1 favorite movie ever. Seen it probably 500 times. George C. Scott absolutely steals this movie.

[@gomezaddams4347]

This scene is brilliant on so many levels.

[@wayneyadams]

Peter Sellers was a brilliant comedic actor. To be able to play three completely different characters is amazing.

[@MrUnidyne]

He was to have played Major "King" Kong, but said he couldn't create a realistic Southern accent. So, the role went to character actor Slim Pickens. Pickens later said that after the release of this film, "the roles, the dressing rooms, and the paychecks all started getting bigger."

[@nickhanlon9331]

My dad"s favourite film. I can see why. And he had just completed his service in the Australian army as a captain.

[@AmericusMaximus]

He must like Kelly’s Heroes too, no? Or does that bring too many negative waves?

[@nickhanlon9331]

@@AmericusMaximus Haha...that was a bank robbery film set in the middle of a war.

[@stevebegg3843]

Not only are the performances, set design, cinematography, editing, etc outstanding, so is the sound mix... Never noticed it before...

[@Gala-yp8nx]

Stanley Kubrick was decades ahead of his time.

[@AthelstanKing]

The gum, gets me every time.

[@NormAppleton]

ONE PROPHALACTIC, NINE PACKS OF CHEWING GUM

[@wrmty56413]

Probably got restless jaws from too many amphetamines

[@tomservo75]

George C. Scott was so great in this, like he's the one who had to keep explaining or explaining away all the dumb things happening and put them at a layman's level. He did that so well. I think part of this movie's point was making fun of the sometimes inefficient and ham-fisted way even the best military can operate sometimes. That said Peter Sellers as Strangelove still stole the show and has inspired many imitations of his performance.

[@williamwoolcock]

George C. Scott- sublime!

[@lonl123]

Fantastic movie, even though George C. Scott was pissed at Kubrick for the way he tricked him into acting, I think he did a fabulous job and is perfect for this movie. He's mostly remembered for Patton, but he was a fine actor and this I believe is one of his best performances. (Edited for spelling)

[@jmarlow2153]

This movie ranks way ahead of Patton.Scott was superb.

[@philmann3476]

@@jmarlow2153 In defense of George C. Scott, and even though he delivered a stellar performance, I can understand his being upset with being fooled and played for a chump by Kubrick. He was a grown man, a talented professional, and deserved to be treated honestly by those seeking his help. I can understand his anger.

[@hindugoat2302]

@@philmann3476 the director is the creator of the movie, he decides how actors should act. its his story

[@jmarlow2153]

@@philmann3476 I do not see that Scott was a cast member in "Paths of Glory"...??

[@philmann3476]

@@jmarlow2153 Me neither.

[@davidrodgersNJ]

A masterpiece of black humor

[@esmeephillips5888]

Terry Southern.

[@NormAppleton]

black horror, we all die

[@davidrodgersNJ]

All except Dr Strangelove and his girlfriends :P @@NormAppleton

[@johnx6664]

“My boys can brush ‘em aside without too much trouble.”

[@sillyone52062]

Which they did, led ably by Colonel Bat Guano.

[@NormAppleton]

Yeah, still a pissing match while we all die.

[@kidwboro75]

The way he said it, reminded me of the way some of the characters spoke in the movie Fargo.

[@bill-fk7tl]

Greatest movie ever for me

[@Pete_Finch]

I've just re-watched this after binging "I Think You Should Leave" and the similarities between some of Tim Robinson's mannerisms and George C. Scott in this movie astounded me. No wonder they're both among my favorite comedies ever made

[@iconoclast137]

i totally see that, they both do the crazy eyes! also, i think i heard that kubrick never actually told george c. scott that dr. strangelove was meant to be a comedy

[@johnmccurdy6544]

Hell yea

[@IRSArsonist]

I didn’t do shit, I didn’t rig shit

[@Pete_Finch]

@@IRSArsonist we're all trying to find the guy who did this.

[@tatibuiatti]

no fucking way 😂😂 i just watched it yesterday and noticed the same thing

[@Argonaut121]

Greatest comedy in film history. Sellers should have won 3 Oscars.

[@johnnymcblaze]

You are totally a millennial. "There it is! Grossly exaggerating the quality of a just-okay TV show." Family guy

[@Argonaut121]

@@johnnymcblaze Just okay? TV show? What are you talking about?

[@steveconkey7362]

Scott was told to over act every scene by Kubrick, and he hated it.....But judge the results as to who was right.

[@NormAppleton]

EXCELLENT

[@ryanlawrence9010]

How would you know? He was smart.

[@danhambly3987]

God, if there ever was a movie that defines a human being, then this is it… just a masterpiece… tears of laughter whenever I see this… 😅

[@eNigma011]

Amazing how they mix comedy with drama! In view of current events this still brings laughter and chills down your spine. GREAT ACTING. Love the scene where the Russian ambassador has all he can do to keep from laughing as Peter goes through his "mad Dr. Strangelove" bit in the wheelchair.😂

[@moviereviews1446]

Peter Sellers and George C. Scott. Brilliant.

[@Agent1W]

5:41 Gen. Turgidson spoke very matter-of-factly about the Plan R protocol but couldn't affirm matter-of-factly about a fellow general officer he would be senior to.

[@rvkice23]

I do like President Muffley's lateral thinking, he asks all the right questions

[@thegadflygang5381]

The point is the fact he even has to ask questions is the real problem. He has ZERO CLUE what the fuck is going on. A figurehead and dummy

[@smilergrogan9605]

It was a crime Sellers didn't get himself an Oscar for this. Three great characters in one film and Kubrick wanted him to take the Slim Pickens role too. I think it literally broke Peter Sellers heart.❤😢

[@bobcarter6869]

What an absolutely brilliant movie with great directing and acting

[@giogio4833]

Up there in the top 5 films ive ever seen👍👍👍

[@vincentconti-jb3hd]

Have you seen "Being There"? Peter Sellers

[@danthefan5378]

Daniel Elsberg~RIP who among other things worked as a Nuclear Strategist (which He wrote about) in the early 60's. As is common knowledge He said that as a matter of fact, it had been a part of his job to go & see this film, He went with his boss. After the viewing, he felt as if he had seen a DOCumentary. That's how close the film was to what was going on at the time. It's Great ANYTime to see/hear Daniel Ellsberg~A True,/Truths Honest, Trusted American Hero in the mold of Rarified Air ALA Noam Chosky! As HST agreed with & said, "Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride! ATBest, aWOmen, dtf

[@BazzaOTW]

Would have to be one of George C Scott’s greatest roles.

[@fernmann7]

Awesome. This and Patton

[@Autonova]

I love how the general starts sulking like a kid after being told off 😂

[@johnstewart3491]

He’s pouting like Donald Trump.

[@andywomack3414]

This film has been a significant influence on our foreign policy, The title character was modeled on Henry Kissinger

[@jasonwiley798]

Edward teller

[@andywomack3414]

@@jasonwiley798 Strangelove looks more like Kissinger, even to the accent.

[@jasonwiley798]

@@andywomack3414 In 1964 Kissinger was unknown aHe only became tmportant during Nixon's administrtion/ I think it was either teller or

[@andywomack3414]

@@jasonwiley798 It is my understanding that Peter Sellers and Kissinger were classmates. Or something like that. In other words, they had met before Kissinger's rise to power.

[@brynjarhoff-lr6hw]

This movie did a lot with me,thinking about the meaning of life. And what the politician are doing…and not doing..the situasion is not better many years after this movie was made..

[@theoriginalchefboyoboy6025]

I found a CRM-114 at a yard sale a few years ago...

[@heavenhelpus479]

This is one of the funniest movies ever made. I laugh every time!

[@Peter-vf3dl]

Perfect movie. I really admire how Kubrick trusted the audience to understand the straight and apparently "unfunny" delivery of the jokes or unspoken dialogue e.g. Turgidson, supervisor of the reliability system says one slip won't make the whole system - so him/his competence - a failure. The camera points at the President and he simply responds nothing. These pauses while reading the message sent by Ripper are nailing it. Turgidson very well realized Ripper went insane, but is only trying to save his own ass (quite literally). From this stage on, he has no real purpose to be in this room anymore, but a assures his love interest his president would need him. The absurdity and insanity is like a second layer.

[@Tech_Advisor_to_CXOs]

Notice that at 0:52 after saying "Attack their targets inside Russia", he gives the president a big smile, as if he just delivered some great news.

[@richardtreetitylady2126]

Peter Sellers movies are cult to me. He and Louis de Funès made me shed tears of laughter. May they both be happy were they are... maybe the two of them together can solve the case of the missing pink diamond ...(fade in, start triangle, que saxophone, start pink panter tune, fade out in 3, 2, 1) 🔚

[@3ran62]

“Capitalists’ Summit” is probably not how Kubrick titled this scene

[@bleekcer]

Yeah, the scene just has nothing to do with capitalism whatsoever.... Guess anything bad in politics now is just "capitalism", how simple the world can be.

[@dylanthompson8511]

It has everything to do with capitalism. That was what the Cold War was. The opposing ideologies of capitalism vs communism.

[@cube2fox]

Russians = communists Americans = capitalists So it was at the time.

[@WinterAyars]

@@dylanthompson8511 However, the scene is military people with some civilian advisors (and the President, of course) so calling it a "capitalist summit" is not really accurate. It's not really either capitalist (except in so far as the US military is a weapon of capitalism, of course) or a summit.

[@dylanthompson8511]

@WinterAyars yes its the military of the Capitalists. The personal beliefs of the generals are irrelevant. Just like how plenty of the generals of the Communists probably could care less about communist ideology, the fact remains that they are part of the Communist military.

[@anaconda470]

0:53 Seller's face makes me laugh again and again. He played that politician's sneakiness beautifully.

[@alan-sk7ky]

It's a mix of Mostly Adlai Stevenson and bit Harry Truman if I recall correctly... ;-)

[@ManCave1972]

I thought exactly the same. Beautiful touch.

[@alan-sk7ky]

@@ManCave1972 i cant remember where i read it maybe the wiki,

[@mzytryck]

"Although I hate to judge before all the facts are in, it's beginning to look like General Ripper exceeded his authority." Yes, it says right there in the army handbook, "Generals are NOT authorised to unilaterally authorise the end of the world"

[@williamnelson9332]

For sure

[@lzcontrol]

Sadly, it was not an Air Force instruction or a joint instruction.....

[@ddonahue3436]

Second best line in the scene. The best line is the slight pause before reading the word ‘fluids’ from the Ripper transcript.

[@bobmalack481]

Mandrake and that propper 'Queens English' accent..absolutely ripping..

[@coolworx]

_"Gentlemen. You can't fight in here!_ _This is the War Room!"_

[@phishfearme2]

this general part played by Scott made him absolutely perfect for the Patton role

[@timothyirwin8974]

You can see Seller's other persona, Doctor Strangelove, sitting quietly at the edge of the round table in the distance waiting his turn.

[@DerHammerSpricht]

This movie is getting more relevant by the day, as is 2001

[@AllenJones-w3p]

🎉Some of the folks who worked on 2001(Stuart Freeborn, Victor Lyndon, Wally Veevers) also worked on STRANGELOVE.

[@andreaskallstrom9031]

1:26 the genius of the movie is that the president doesn’t know half the stuff about the military order of operations, setting up the conflict between him and the military staff. At 1:53 when the president asks what plan R is, you can hear the Gen. Turgidson immediately loses all his respect for the president, showing the power struggle between the military and the civil branch. While it is subtle in the grand scheme of the movie, it is one of the most important exchanges in the entire story and helps to paint the president as responsible as well; not just “because he’s the president” or whatever, but because he hasn’t studied up on military regulations. A great movie. Too bad the last five minutes with the “mineshaft gap” sequence had to be added in.

[@robertfrotlarranaga5725]

Excellent explanation of an important issue, this movie is so valid nowadays !

[@dragonrabbit7410]

i love the mineshaft gap statement at the ending.

[@Robb1977]

@@dragonrabbit7410 it really does feel like the last desperate ramblings of a sunken cost. It reminds me so much of how the propaganda images and rumor of high-tech soviet jets, rifles and tanks lead the NATO countries to spend fortunes on their own counterparts, developing concepts like: a rifle that shoots needles, tactical nuclear artillery, restructuring the entire army to be less advanced and coordinated and then rapidly undoing that, and creating jets that were seen as inferior to the soviet ones... until it was revealed the soviet versions were just propaganda specs. Its like... only a handfull of these things were in development at the time, and certainly not de-classified or known to the public at the time of filming. What it does parody is the idea that the Soviet union may have more missiles, a larger army, and perhaps better protection for its people in the event of nuclear war... leading to military and defense leaders to advocate against a "gap" forming. But all those other aspects... the weird cold war tech race that is usually parallel to the space and arms race, but with no tangible results... my favorite has to be the weird rifles like the AO-63, AN-94, SPIW, G11... we cannot allow ourselves to have a wacky rifle gap!

[@SuperMrHiggins]

I agree with everything but the last sentence. The last sentence just shows that it is inescapable. We will always be doing this stuff. Least until something big happens. *shrugs* just imo

[@executivedirector7467]

It shows the difference in specific knowledge between upper management and middle management in any organization - this is part of the greatness of it.

[@ah13554]

Best film of all time George c is from another universe 💪💪💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@djslybacon]

“Don’t forget to tell you prayers.” Knowing shit about to go 💥

[@Cre8Lounge]

The camera angles are so good

[@mitchyoung93]

Peter Sellers @:55 , passive, just shifting his eyes. Amazing acting.

[@rickybobby7276]

You can't fight in here this is the war room! Best line of the entire movie. Maybe of all movies.

[@whatevermakesyouhappy]

Best movie ever made. Hilarious, and still relevant today. God bless Kubrick

[@STP43FAN1]

Sellers would have been a superb dramatic actor.

[@marknewbold2583]

He made a few dramas...then died

[@paulzammataro7185]

Scott rules!! 😂

[@Absaalookemensch]

This is so funny, but so frightening when you realize that every other country is at least as dysfunctional.

[@gerardmichaelburnsjr.]

In every country, and under every system, The worst people in that country go into politics or government. That is why it is so Is important to put limits on the power of government itself.

[@Zodroo_Tint]

You wish but No. In the USA bribery is perfectly legal as long as it called lobby. This makes the USA is the number one dysfunctional country on earth.

[@AthelstanKing]

While you're at it you may as well try to solve war, murder, theft, and every other thing that would be easier to accomplish than what you propose haha.

[@Prometheus833]

⁠@@AthelstanKing Not to sound too misanthropic, I believe that this film demonstrates perfectly how to deal with those human foibles perfectly and expeditiously. 🌎💥

[@marknewbold2583]

No

[@maulrat588]

If I was President there I would say: "General, take that damn gum out of your mouth."

[@irish89055]

If I was the President I'd say we're getting out of here... pronto

[@peterrebelwithoutamenopaus6962]

​@@irish89055 Armageddon outa here. 😂

[@loneprimate]

This is brilliant. :)

[@DR32000]

Obviously this masterpiece doesn't need to be remade, but I can't help but think how funny it would be with Woody Harrelson as Turgidson

[@scotttatertot69]

"We are plowing through every possible three letter combination of the code!!!" Fuck me lmao

[@elxaime]

In RL, what chance would USAF airbase security have in holding off US Airborne troops?

[@Absaalookemensch]

Three. Fat, slim and none.

[@jmarlow2153]

Airborne troops would take 12 hrs to get there.

[@richardjames1812]

USAF Security Police are like US Army MP's. They've got rifles, MG's and grenade launchers.

[@executivedirector7467]

@@jmarlow2153 They are a few miles away in the movie. Could be there in a couple hours.

[@bijibadness]

_he says this with quiet, reserved pride_ Well, I uh, don't think it's fair to condemn the whole program because of a single slip-up, sir. that's the best, most prescient line in a movie full of great lines. because he's not wrong. it's not fair to destroy the credibility of a complex bureaucratic system because of one isolated failure. however, with this program (unlike all previous) you're dealing with the actual ability to effectively end the whole world in a single order. the controversial ROBERT McNAMARA, former Defense Secretary for JFK and LBJ, had this to say in his last years: "Any military commander who is honest with himself or with those he's speaking to will admit that he had made mistakes in the application of military power. He's killed people unnecessarily. His own troops or other troops. Through mistakes, through errors of judgement. A hundred, or thousands, of tens of thousands, maybe even a hundred thousand. But he hasn't destroyed nations. And the conventional wisdom is 'don't make the same mistake twice.' Learn from your mistakes. And we all do. Maybe we make the same mistake three times, but hopefully not four or five. _There'll be no learning period with nuclear weapons._ You make one mistake and you're gonna destroy nations." that's from the amazing movie _The Fog of War,_ which I definitely recommend to anyone concerned about life and living.

[@Jonascord]

Macnamara got into office on the JFK lie of the "missile gap," (That didn't exist. ) What was also unknown to the voters was that US defense policy was 'Launch On Warning.' If there was credible evidence that the USSR or China was preparing, they would have been obliterated, before they had a chance to launch. And mind, now, that the US was targeting police stations and party headquarters in medium sized towns, just to use all of the missiles and bombs available. The USSR knew this, even if American civilians did not. They blustered, but always stopped short. Then, April, 1961, Macnamara was briefed on the reality of the US nuclear option. He shat himself, and went to great lengths to convince JFK that the US could NEVER launch first. I like to think that he has a room in Hell next door to the Head of that Other guy, the House Painter, two coats, one afternoon...

[@gabbyhyman1246]

Excellent! Bravo!

[@mikeweesner9698]

U know Pres Muffley is thinkin this is the most unbelievable cluster- f@ck ever!! So funny😂

[@davidwell686]

Black and White movies were always a great.

[@hanshotfirst1138]

Some films age well. Some films don’t age well. This film has aged disturbingly well.

[@marksasahara1115]

Muse's video for Time Is Running Out copies the War Room set quite well. And hot chixx as well.

[@kkeelty64]

"And listen, Sug? Don't forget to say your prayers." Amazing.

[@marccurcio1]

"Sugg, don't forget to say your prayers." Alluding to her being very young!

[@mdaniels6311]

Ive seen a lot of crazy stuff in my life.. but this whole episode was the most insane moment in all of human history.. period...

[@johndododoe1411]

Fortunately it's just fiction, a scary what-if mixed with sex jokes to soften the blow .

[@MovieViking]

I would hand that trophy to the day a USSR/WAPA colonel (if I remember correctly) decided not to retaliate to the massive nuclear first-strike their early-warning system showed was underway.

[@janverboven]

No, the movie is not about fun - it's about humanity - or it's destruction by fools - the problem is that Kubrick's lovely movie (one of the best) is becoming reality - to change the world for a few at the expense of the 'lot'. Nevertheless it's on of Stanley's best movies. Beware people in your perceived democracy. In this brilliant comedy Stanley predicted what is happening right now. And I will not take sides - because there are none - unless we learn to talk again...

[@frankelliott1083]

Whenever I describe this movie to someone who has not heard of it, I add that it is by far the best anti-nuclear war movie ever made.

[@timgimmy609]

Is anyone pro nuclear war?

[@johndododoe1411]

​@@timgimmy609Just a few loud fanatics in various places .

[@brandonmorel2658]

@@timgimmy609 The politicians, weapon industrialists and military advisors who keep talking about deterrence, basically the US army and the state.

[@timgimmy609]

@@brandonmorel2658 I can only find a few Pentagon officials and the occasional fringe politician pushing for relaxing the standards needed to use nuclear weapons, and not anything that doesn’t meet major pushback. There is also a movement on the other side of the spectrum calling to restrict the President’s ability to use them. As for people talking deterrence, I wouldn’t equate people warning Putin away from using a tactical nuke with being pro-nuclear war, seems in line with the same US policy and paranoia regarding the bomb we’ve had for ages.

[@brandonmorel2658]

@@timgimmy609 The fact that the atomic bomb has turned itself into an accepted part of the US' arsenal, and the fact that the military continues to hoard and create more while continuing to demonize any third world nation which creates them, is the proof for the pro nuclear stance of the US. Even if the military itself is afraid and demonizes it usage, it is still internally accepted that for the US to dominate the third world and to keep ahead of competitors, it needs to keep creating and hoarding bombs of similar if not upgraded destructive capacity. This is in accordance with the US capitalist, neo colonial imperialist foreign policy. If the US were anti nuclear, they would have decommissioned the bombs, wouldn't have they? Instead they keep the bombs to deter any other great power, and this at the same time encourages third world nations to start their nuclear programs.

[@raxxtango]

Love when George Scott's girlfriend calls into the war room...I can't talk with you right now honey. ha

[@keithmartin1328]

She definitely called at an inconvenient time.

[@gabigirl416]

My ex husband is retired colonel in the AF. I used to call him at inconvenient times like this and we have had the same conversation and now laugh about it. 😂

[@Pbadome1]

I've heard the title of this movie countless times but this is the first time I am watching a clip from it. I did not know that it was a comedy, and I was questioning Scott's acting, until that phone call, then I came here to read what the heck I've been watching. It seemed like a skit from the Carol Burnett show. I'll have to watch this movie.

[@gerardmichaelburnsjr.]

DEFINITELY watch the movie. It is genius. And would you believe SLIM PICKENS has a well cast major role!

[@NoahSpurrier]

You should watch it several times. It’s one of the rare movies that gets better every time you watch it.

[@maxmulsanne7054]

Wait till you get a load of Sterling Hayden as the paranoid General Jack D. Ripper in this flick. He usually was cast as serious characters in most of his movies (westerns & crime dramas) but his performance here as a high-ranking, nut-job is brilliant - and almost too realistic I'm afraid. Hilarious but realistic if one thinks about it long enough.

[@JayGideon-7]

George C. Scott does an uncanny impersonation of General Flynn. It’s amazing!😂

[@georgehabib1266]

Did anyone else see Dr. Stranglove in the background when the general was giving his speech?

[@Black-White-BW1]

Yes I did numerous times.

[@-dash]

My advice to you, Jack, is to give me the code now. And if those devils come back and try any rough stuff, we'll fight 'em together, boy, like we did just now, on the floor, eh? You with the old gun, and me with the belt and the ammo, feeding you Jack! Feed me, you said, and I was feeding you, Jack.

[@TheRoyalBavarian]

Geoge C Scott nailed this thing.

[@pjmlegrande]

I’ve read that it was Kubrick’s insight alone to take the source material for the screenplay, a straight drama called Red Alert, in a dark comedy direction. Apparently, the nihilistic absurdity of the “mutually assured destruction” doctrine was the impetus for this. Bringing in the great satirical writer, Terry Southern, no doubt helped to bring out that tone. The comedy is there, but as a teen growing up in the Cold War with a father who was an Air Force officer stationed in Germany, it was a very queasy comedy for me. So much it was just too “real.” A top 10 all time great.

[@muffinman9462]

Jack D. Ripper.......Terry Southern was the genius behind this film and Easy rider

[@thecollegepointthecp8062]

How on earth could one expect General Jack Ripper to "exceed" his authority??

[@elainekerslake6865]

We must not allow a mineshaft gap.

[@haroldflashman4687]

I know George C. Scott wanted to play his role as a serious one, but why? The more comedic role that he was tricked into playing is some much better, and fit perfectly with the theme of the movie! I can’t imagine the movie being as funny as it is if Scott had played it his way!

[@black_sheep_nation]

Im reminded me how infuriated Scott was when he saw that Kubrick filmed, and used, the "rehearsal". Kubrick goaded Scott into "hamming it up" to "play around" with the character, assuring Scott it would never actually be used. 😂 As another commenter wrote so succinctly: Kubrick tricked Scott into acting.

[@Kafiristanica]

"Listen hun, you go back to sleep, Bucky'll be back there just as soon as he can. Alright... Listen- sug- don't forget to say your prayers."

[@sillyone52062]

1:39 may be when we first see Dr. Strangelove. Of course, he doesn't talk until near the end of the film.

[@michaeljacksin9367]

"then he hung up"

[@RtB68]

More relevant now than it ever has been.

[@gabbyhyman1246]

There's no fighting in the War Room!

[@ralph-im-a-star-wars-wiggum]

Table read mustve been fun. "What's this cue here uh...disgruntled gum chewing?" "Ah don't worry about it. You'll figure it out"

[@alexandermoss1302]

I argue to anyone who’ll listen that this is the best movie of all time, and I also argue that Scott’s Buck Turdgenson is the funniest and most terrifying character in movie history. Come at me. lol.

[@blujay9191]

I've seen this movie maybe a dozen times and just realized that Peter Sellers appears on screen as Dr. Stangelove whenever George C. Scott is speaking. That means that this conversation was filmed in separate takes for Scott's dialogue and Sellers' dialogue. Add to that the Kubrick had Scott read each line twice, once fairly straight and once over the top. That's a lot of work. And of course, as other commenters have pointed out, Kubrick selected the over the top performance much to Scott's annoyance.