Wing Attack Plan R | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

[@univibe23]

As an old B-52 Jocky from the 80s I can tell you this movie was on constant rotation at the alert pad. All B-52 crews had to 'sit alert' for a 7-day stretch, so what else are you going to do. I've must have seen this movie a 100 times, never gets old.

[@_Ben4810]

Sounds about right...Even the US military getting amped by make-believe Hollywood...🙄

[@PsilocybinCocktail]

What I like about it is all the electro-mechanical Sixties kit. Far more heart than soul-less current digital tech! IIRC, neither Kubrick nor his production or design staff had been given access to USAF B-52 interior designs, and the USAF was not happy about their designs using Open Source Intelligence, as it's called nowadays. Up the BUFFs!

[@michaelmikulski1123]

As a security policeman in the 70's & 80's, I spent a lot of time in alert areas. This is my all time favorite movie.

[@johnharris6655]

So where the contents of the Survival kit accurate?

[@DerAngriff]

How accurate are the protocols and the use of the technology in these scenes? They 'feel' authentic enough.

[@stevendamon7309]

"Well boys, looks like it's nuclear combat. Toe to toe with the Rooskies." Indeed. One of the greatest films ever made.

[@DanaPohlson]

As he puts on his cowboy stetson and when Johny comes marching home starts

[@Falconlibrary]

It's pronounced "nooklar"

[@stevendamon7309]

@@Falconlibrary GW Bush pronounced in "nukular" - we'll need a ruling here.

[@kevinmadary8695]

@@stevendamon7309 it’s a Texas thing I guess

[@Jump-n-smash]

I love that the lt. has the cowboy hat locked on the safe

[@TheGroundedAviator]

What is great is they made them 100% professional and yet still funny. The humor was in their humanity.

[@PxThucydides]

And Kubrick had never seen the inside of a B 52- they invented it all. And the Air Force sent people to talk to them because they had guessed so accurately.

[@roberthultz9023]

@@PxThucydides They built the cockpit from a 707 flight manual but somehow they nailed the weapons/radar workspace as well. Yes, the Air Force cried foul.

[@TheGroundedAviator]

@@PxThucydides Just one photo, a few descriptions, knowing what the outside diameter was and what the B-29 was like.

[@BillThompson1955]

@@PxThucydides I read somewhere that Kubrick had his staff research a variety of magazines (such as Aviation Week) and various publicity/advertising photos, and they found enough images to help map out the interior space.

[@stevenlitvintchouk3131]

@@PxThucydides Effectively, Kubrick's team designed the interior of a jet bomber.

[@hardtrailrider]

One of the greatest movies ever made. Amazing actors too.

[@rongendron8705]

Saw it, while in the Army! Fantastic movie!

[@zachmartin1458]

@rongendron8705 My dad was in the Air Force overseas when he saw it. He and his buddies couldn't quite believe they had made a movie like this. By the end they were rolling.

[@FS2K4Pilot]

Funny story: at one point while they were making “2001”, Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke said they saw a UFO. Clarke suggested calling the Air Force, but Kubrick said, “no, after Dr. Strangelove, they don’t want to talk to me!”

[@miguelcastaneda7257]

@@hardtrailrider Peter sellers playing most of them

[@PC4USE1]

People cannot believe it when I tell them that this is about the best movie ever made. Black humor,apocalypse,Peter Sellers and Slim Pickens. What else does any human need?

[@theotherpaulmitchell]

"Survival kit contents check ... A fella could have a pretty good time in Vegas with all that stuff."

[@ednowlin1125]

Watch Slim Pickens lips carefully when you hear that. The original line was "A fella could have a pretty good time in Dallas with all that stuff". The film was set to be first screened on November 22, 1963, but was delayed until January 1964 due to the assassination of President Kennedy and the line was dubbed from "Dallas" to "Vegas" in post-production.

[@jamesg6675]

Original line was Dallas, and you can read his lips……. That whole Kennedy thing made them overdub the line…

[@RPM1967]

@@jamesg6675 And actually Vegas makes more sense

[@richardpagan7690]

When you think he's opening the safe to get something important out, it's his hat. Classic. Loved it then and more now.

[@Heike--]

It IS something important! Throughout the movie the B-52 crew behaves heroically and thoroughly American. That they do so in service of a tragically misplaced objective determined for them by the ruling class is an indictment of the fact that their corruption and love of war have not changed one iota since the 1950s. :(

[@Music--ng8cd]

I bet it was his own hat, and not a prop.

[@shawnkennedy855]

@@Heike-- Sure kid.

[@Cliff_Dixon_42]

Oh they open up another safe for the attack plans . . . right next to the centerfold.

[@Heike--]

@@shawnkennedy855 A Kennedy, can't stand to hear Americans praised and ruling class insulted. Just like a Democrat!

[@briancooper4959]

If you take a good look at the Playboy centerfold, you'll see that it's General Turgidson's secretary. A fun jest by Kubrick.

[@spaceranger3728]

With a copy of "Foreign Affairs" covering her derriere

[@teebob21]

Kubrick rarely missed an opportunity for an in-joke.

[@TJIRISH44]

I have seen this film several times and never realized the Centerfold was the actress playing the Secretary THANKS

[@mortimersnerd8044]

"But Bucky, I'm not sleepy either"

[@ddviper8813]

Omg lol

[@Soundwave3591]

Fun Fact: Kubrick had to guess where the crew stations were on the B-52 set as he wasn't allowed access to an actual plane. the result was so close to accurate he was apparently questioned by the FBI as to where he got the information. Turns out he simply arranged the duty stations in positions where they made sense ergonomically.

[@septembersurprise5178]

Form follows function.

[@copperlemon1]

I think I read somewhere that he was able to check out either a B-29 or B-47, maybe both, in order to get some idea.

[@timsparks1858]

A Time magazine article with pics of the interior was the biggest help and the technical advisor was a retired Airforce Colonel who was amazed at how accurate it was down to the gauges and switches. It cost a $1 million dollars to build in '63 money. The Models used were of the B-52G. They and the H models were the only used for Nuclear missions. The Ds were used for conventional in Nam.

[@bartman7144]

Just what the B52 designers did.

[@unr74]

Check out the “Operation Mushroom “ episode of the old Steve Canton TV series. About 1960 or 61. There weee pretty good shots of the B-52 flight deck.

[@paulmiller3220]

Also later, "you can't fight in here, this is the war room!"

[@johnkingery403]

I understand that when George C Scott {General Buck Turgidson} tripped and fell down in the War Room it wasn't in the script but they left it in anyway.

[@bobkoski3964]

"If we were flyin' any lower we'd need sleigh bells on this thing...".....

[@robbhahn8897]

'They may harpoon us but they sure won't get us on their radar screens'

[@centurione6489]

Top lines. 😅😂🤣

[@gfarrell80]

"fryin' chickens in the barnyard"

[@SilverDreamer62]

When Kong puts on that Cowboy Hat, you know it's game on.

[@melcher44]

I love Goldie eating his tuna fish sandwich, as he is telling Major Kong its attack plan R. Great ! 😊

[@tyronewalker5764]

Mega-death on an empty stomach?

[@wadeadams4263]

" you're gonna have to answer to the Coca-cola Company ".

[@patrickmaloney1810]

Col. Bat Guano

[@bigjake2061]

I believe this is James Earl Jones first appearance in a motion picture.

[@emmarose4234]

May he rest in peace. He was the last living cast member of Dr. Strangelove. ❤️

[@cheekymonkey444]

​@@emmarose4234 RIP James Earl Jones.

[@seikibrian8641]

Yes, he had five TV roles before this, but this was his first movie.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

I can't help but admire these guys. They get a message saying they are being sent to their deaths - and they go. .

[@PS-pp7kn]

Not quite so - the crews of the two planes that dropped atomic bombs on Japan survived.

[@richardbeckenbaugh1805]

Mission design was that the crews would survive. The circumstances of this mission basically mean that as options narrow the crew goes from getting home to ditching at a weather ship to crash landing in northwestern Alaska. Nome if possible. There’s no place like Nome.

[@kenharvey8161]

@@PS-pp7kn The circumstances in August 1965 were much different from those of a global nuclear war.

[@robertbolding4182]

The air force made sure that their families died on the bases this was to ensure that they would complete the mission for revenge. That's right they would sacrifice the family lives.

[@kenharvey8161]

@@robertbolding4182 That is the whole idea of Mutually Assured Destruction - a credible threat of nuclear annihilation was intended to prevent it from actually happening. So far, it has.

[@mikecimerian6913]

This movie was so close to SAC procedures that they thought that a major security leak had happened.

[@mackermaldrill2656]

It sure looks like that to me. The inside of the B-52 looks like they used the real thing.

[@Tel864]

​@@mackermaldrill2656they received no assistance from the US Air Force. Kubrick and set designer Ken Adam had to invent the interior by using technical manuals. It was so accurate that real bomber crews later thought they had infiltrated an American B-52 base.

[@jstrahan2]

I served alert on B-52s in the early 80s. The procedures we had then were not like those in this movie. And the paint scheme is wrong for the D models on alert at the time. Still a pretty good film.

[@johnsimpson8043]

What's your source for that claim?

[@HeronAct-uj4sp]

Same with the B-52 set up. They asked the USAF for help with the mock up (they said no) and managed to put together an incredibly realistic cockpit!

[@briancooper4959]

"Nu-clur combat, toe-to-toe with the Rooskies."

[@riconui5227]

The top two on my GOAT list; 2) Citizen Kane. 1) Dr. Strangelove.. If Strangelove had just been a comment on the Cold War, it would be forgotten by now. That it’s not is a testament to the script, Kubrick’s genius, and the masterpiece he created.

[@tomcooper6108]

My brother proudly wore the SAC patch back then. A mech on the B-58 Hustler stationed in Little Rock. Scary times back then as we were all worried about nuclear bombs.

[@zachmartin1458]

No kidding? My dad was stationed there when he got back from Greece in 65. I was born at the base hospital a year later. Believe it or not, I was almost named Hustler. Thank god for my mother's sense.

[@seantape5171]

SAC Motto: "Peace Is Our Profession."

[@DeadGothicRed]

"Listen, ive been to one world fair, a pinic, and a rodeo and thats the dumbest thing ive heard over a set of ear phones."

[@OldGrayCzechWolf]

Slim Pickens at his very best. Nuclear Cowboy Up!

[@MrSpikebender]

" What in the wide world of sports is goin on here? I payed you boys to lay down some track. Not dance around like... That's Classic Pickens

[@stevenlitvintchouk3131]

Reportedly, Kubrick didn't tell Pickens that this movie was supposed to be a satirical comedy. So Pickens played his role seriously, which only added to the comedy.

[@brinsonharris9816]

I like how he retrieved his shit kicker hat from the safe where all the mission profiles were kept.

[@miguelcastaneda7257]

Yup I I was gonna check out ..do it with style

[@arcanondrum6543]

Kubrick cast Peter Sellers in 4 roles for "Strangelove" but Sellers was injured in a fall from a Cockpit mock-up so Pickens played Major Kong instead.

[@timjohnson1199]

Slim Pickins was excellent

[@trinab9612]

It is my understanding he was somewhat lead astray and not really told this was to be a dark comedy against nuclear war, he was allegedly lead to believe he was doing something patriotic.

[@timjohnson1199]

@@trinab9612 Well, he was sort of. Nothing patriotic about nuclear war. George Scott was led astray also and also gave an outstanding performance.

[@markbonner1139]

Who's a LEAD ASHTRAY?

[@roberthultz9023]

@@trinab9612 When he showed up in the UK wearing boots and a stetson the crew assumed he was trying to get in character

[@kevinmadary8695]

@@markbonner1139 Lol he said led astray…not lead ashtray

[@larryromberg5695]

Not this scene, but “Gentlemen! You can't fight in here this is the War Room!" is one of the greatest movie lines ever! And this film is chock full of them!

[@Mart-u2u]

Good stuff!

[@MartinParsons-tr6wi]

"Mandrake, have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of water ?"

[@MartinParsons-tr6wi]

"Mandrake, have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of water ?"

[@flowtech73]

One of my favourite movies of all time watched this movie when I was 10 years old

[@elkabong6429]

The gummint interviewed Stanley Kubrick, the director, after this film came out, because his depiction of the interior of the B-52 and the procedures the crew is shown going through were considered “Top Secret” in 1964. They were sure somebody leaked these facts to Kubrick!

[@FormerVicePresidentDickVeiny]

Hey! How'd you know about our super secret planning schemes?!

[@elkabong6429]

@@FormerVicePresidentDickVeiny Who me? I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing! 😆

[@daredemontriple6]

I'm fairly sure that was actually a bit of counter-intelligence. Of course the inner workings of a B-52 and it's crew *were* top secret at the time, and the various people involved in producing the film made it clear that they had no idea. The interior was all made up. But that posed a good opportunity to sell the Russians a lie. Make it seem like you're angry and they'll think it's real!

[@elkabong6429]

@@daredemontriple6 That’s an interesting take on it, for sure. It’s one of those movie mysteries we’ll never really know!

[@thedungeondelver]

@@daredemontriple6 There is, however, an actual bunk in a B52 for a single crewman to stretch out in. From what I understand it's not often used as it's proximate to a relief tube.

[@gregmijjares3725]

What made me laugh , was when the attack was confirmed , Major Kong puts on his cowboy hat to go to war in ! A good ole boy ! 😊😊😊

[@johnhege6502]

Kong knew he wasn't coming back from a nuke attack on Russia, so he didn't need no stinking helmet

[@colerowekamp58]

“Goldie, how many times have I told you guys I don’t want no horsin’ around on the airplane!” Classic!

[@jsmariani4180]

Kong keeping his cowboy hat in the safe is classic.

[@rvhill69]

Well, he got his priorities right. A good hat should be taken care of.

[@johnandrobinmccoy8305]

This is one of the best films ever made.

[@georgesealy4706]

It sure is. Genius all around.

[@Ahuntrgw2013]

STILL get chills seeing these scenes!!! 🫨

[@Aviation.Safety.]

My daughters in USAF is a B-52 Captain. I gotta teach her to talk like Slim Pickens!😅

[@craigwall9536]

Just get her the hat. They'll all get it.

[@Bowhunters6go8xz6x]

Slim Pickens, they broke the mold on that guy !

[@jamesg6675]

@@Bowhunters6go8xz6x he did a great job in “The Getaway “ also…..

[@craigwall9536]

Yes. Yes they did. You should research his bio sometime. Quite a guy.

[@caddothegreat]

I like the background song "Johnny Comes Marching Home"

[@antoniomoreira]

Those planes were practically new then, and to think, they are still flying and expected to continue to do so for decades still!

[@marklavoine8502]

Not exactly, the B-52s in the movie are Model F, D , there was G ,and H models not shone in the movie cause the H model was not built yet,the H model is the ones flying today ,getting RR NEW ENGENGS.. THE LAST H. MODEL WAS BUILT IN 1969 LONG AFTER THE MOVIE THERE ARE 60 B52s left out of 800 built.

[@arcanondrum6543]

Nothing has knocked the 52 from its perch despite plenty of fraud to "try". The 52 is just as invisible as the 35 by the way. Both use electronics. "Skin"? Rain and snow can't.

[@joevignolor4u949]

@@marklavoine8502 The B-52 that appears in the movie is an H model. You can tell because it has turbofan engines and the H models are the only ones that use turbofan engines. You can see the fan ducts on the engine nacelles. The G models still used the J-57, which was a turbojet engine.

[@65gtotrips]

One of the greatest movies ever made ! - Those crews REALLY were up there for many hours at a time. - I love it when they come up from the lower deck.

[@georgesealy4706]

That threat had a huge impact on preventing WWIII.

[@robbhahn8897]

'Major Kong', and 'Oddball' from Kelly's Hero's. Two of the best war characters ever to make it onto film.

[@grlt23]

And Lord Vader as his in-plane engineer :D

[@stephenolan5539]

Peter Sellers was going to play Major Kong as well but it would have been too much.

[@MartinParsons-tr6wi]

Coburn as Steiner

[@richardjohnson2965]

I’ve seen this movie several times over the years. and have it on dvd in my library. So serious, yet so funny.

[@markmonse5285]

"Mine Furher, I CAN WALK!

[@TheFutbol22]

"YOU CAN'T FIGHT IN HERE, THIS IS THE WAR ROOM"

[@michaeljacksin9367]

this is my favorite movie theres no other piece of media that elicits the feelings that this does. besides kids tv

[@kleenk8]

I don't want no horsing around on the airplane. LOL!!!!!!!!!

[@timkellyD2R]

This is the pinnacle of dark comedy.

[@glenncronise7775]

One of my all time favorites.

[@PeachLover94]

Boy, how James Earl Jones evolved! Both he and the late great David Prowse (the two main actors behind Darth Vader in the original 1977 _Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope_ ) got their starts with Stanley Kubrick and were pooled by George Lucas into creating a most significant villain of cinema. The nightmarish love child of Lt. Lothar Zogg the Bombardier from this film and Julian the Bodyguard from Kubrick's later film _A Clockwork Orange._

[@mikeoyler2983]

I love how a copy of Foreign Affairs Magazine is covering the model's bottom.

[@trinab9612]

The centerfold is actually Miss Scott (Tracy Reed) General Turgidson’s Secretary

[@bgebbq314]

"Well, I've been to one World Fair, a picnic and a rodeo and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard over a set of earphones..." Greatest line ever

[@v4571-v8w]

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home", the instrumental song in this video, was written in 1863 for the American Civil War. People old enough to remember the Civil War were still alive when this movie came out.

[@javiergilvidal1558]

No they weren't. The civil war ended 99 years before this film premiered

[@maxon-m3c]

@@javiergilvidal1558 Possibly a few still living. The last known former slave died in 1971.

[@Kevin75668]

@@javiergilvidal1558 John Mosely Turner (15 June 1856 - 21 March 1968) was a British supercentenarian and the oldest recognised living person for more than two years. Turner died at his home in Tottenham at age 111 years 280 days.

[@jeffreylonigro4081]

Doubtful. If you were 5 in 1865 when the War of Northern Aggression ended, you’d be 104 in 1964 when Dr. Strangelove was released. P.S. after I wrote this I researched oldest person in 1964. She was born in 1851. You’ve been vindicated.

[@ltgrt7606]

This is one piece of a movie scene ! Damn !😮

[@johney4484]

Peter Sellers was great. Playing three separate rolls.

[@deadon4847]

He was also going to play Major Kong, the stress of playing 4 roles got to him.

[@jsmariani4180]

@@deadon4847 I think he got hurt rehearsing the bomb drop.

[@Music--ng8cd]

Sourdough, wheat and rye.

[@TomRaw-sd6xd]

The only role he couldn't play was Peter Sellers.

[@Music--ng8cd]

@@jsmariani4180 A very fortunate accident. Kubrick did not like the idea of Sellers playing multiple roles, but the studio wanted it because of his performance in Lolita. Sellers made it work though, much of his dialogue was improvised and rewritten into the screenplay. Slim Pickens was called in and the British film crew thought he was already in character when he arrived. The recognition he got from the role boosted his pay per film by about 5x.

[@kurtb8474]

Anyone besides me ever notice that it's daylight in the USSR at the same time that it's daytime at Burfleson AFB?

[@CJK57]

Very observant.

[@bruanlokisson8615]

The distance from London to Moscow is only 1800 miles and the time is only 2 hours difference. For reference, LA to Chicago is 2015 miles and two-hour time difference.

[@jgstargazer]

kurtb8474: in the movie did you also notice the shadow of their B-52 as it hugged the ground as a B-17 bomber?

[@umberct]

Stanley Kubrick was a one-of-kind director.

[@lebaillidessavoies3889]

Oh no , he would be banned as director as per today's standards for lack of "empathy" and goodwillness"

[@duanium]

I loved this whole hilarious movie... So screamingly dark in the humor and overflowing with emotional feelings...!!!

[@snarflatful]

I love the documentary style Kubrick chose for this scene. And I can't imagine anyone besides Slim Pickens as the pilot.

[@matthewfischer9983]

The BUFF is forever.

[@DanielMcGillis-xs6rt]

Don't forget the mineshaft gap.

[@markw999]

You couldn't have even made this movie without Slim Pickens.

[@PrimarchX]

They almost did. Peter Sellers was supposed to play Kong, too, but he broke his foot.

[@floofycatz]

Peter Sellers did an amazing Kissinger before Kissinger ever showed up IRL :)

[@TruckingToPlease]

Maj Kong's cowboy hat wasn't a prop, Slim Pickens wore it from California for the filming of the movie. He also held up production because he didn't have a passport.

[@cheekymonkey444]

Fantastic background score. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"

[@noseefood1943]

Dude had a cowboy hat locked in a safe for just this occasion

[@Heike--]

That wasn't "a" cowboy hat. That was *his* hat. He just keeps it in the safe during missions. 100% sure he takes it out and it's his daily driver when he's off duty.

[@davidprince1138]

Peter Sellers was originally going to play this part as well, but was injured, which probably worked out for the best. The survival kit contents were pretty good too.

[@Heike--]

Yuck. Sellers would have hammed it up way too much. He's great but in small doses. If Dr. Strangelove had had a larger part in the movie it would have ruined it. But he comes in near the end and is like spice, just enough and it's right, too much and it's unpalatable.

[@MartinParsons-tr6wi]

​@@Heike-- He's genius as group captain Lionel Mandrake

[@LuciFeric137]

Dr. Strangelove, Clockwork Orange, 2001. Kubrick's exceptional masterpieces

[@MartinParsons-tr6wi]

"What are you doing, Dave ?"

[@joeykonyha2414]

First film role for James Earl Jones. RIP.

[@madDdog67]

Peak Slim Pickens right here...doesn't get any better than this \m/

[@otrnam1]

Dr Strangelove is a cautionary tale. Once the nuclear candle is lit. There’s no turning back.

[@ronniecoleman2342]

If you play the Allies in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, the bomber pilot sounds like Slim Pickens with same dialogue.

[@DavidJones-ir3ks]

Let us remember "Lt. Lothar Zogg" or James Earl Jones.

[@hantykje3005]

The B52 in this movie is participating in what in real life was called operation Chrome Dome.

[@nordan00]

I thank Christ that I wasn’t aircrew during Chrome Dome (‘86-‘92), as the Buff was an extremely uncomfortable aircraft. It was loud, stinky, and cramped! Even happier that I was in after they disallowed smoking on the aircraft. The plane stunk enough as it was!

[@Spectator1959]

@@nordan00The lack of comfort and the poor cabin environmental control contributed to the Thule Incident during a Hard Head (subset of Chome Dome) mission. Too hot engine bleed air routed into the cabin to keep from freezing to death ignited some polypropylene seat cushions brought onboard by one of the crew and started an uncontrollable fire.

[@nordan00]

@@Spectator1959 I know the story as the prohibition against stowing anything remotely flammable by our feet was a WARNING in the tech order. It was a constant battle trying to keep the aircraft suitably comfortable at each of the three crew stations. We’d try to balance out the hot air blasting our feet by blasting our faces with the cold ambient air from the adjustable upper air vents at our stations.

[@elessartelcontar9415]

That "better get a confirmation from base" was against protocol as "base" could be compromised or an enemy comms intercept. You get the code; you go, no questions asked by the pilots, all thosr questions were asked and answered by SAC before sending the code.

[@TamLe-ig2ey]

If that was the case then the Vasili Arkhipov would have just gotten ahead with the nuclear launch and then doom the entire world to death because a decision this important couldn't be confirmed? I'd rather avoid dying due to any technical error

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

If you didn't fly for SAC - how would you know? And if you did fly for SAC - what the hell are you doing talking about it on KZbin? .

[@SamBrickell]

Nope.

[@Heike--]

This is a *movie* , you nerd. The confirmation is for the audience.

[@HuGenitals]

That cast was a murderers row of talent

[@mikef-gi2dg]

When the music started.....you knew there was going to be some sh** about to go down.

[@holbroak]

This hits different to twenty years ago.

[@bongobrandy6297]

Amazing technology in those days. Boeing designed the B52 to cast the shadow of a B17. That's a devious plan, genius!

[@Hal-k8p]

"Nuclear combat, toe to toe with the Rooskies." Probably the favorite line of any movie for a good buddy of mine. Too funny......

[@117rebel]

I wonder if any B-52 pilots today keep cowboy hats in the planes just so they can be like Major Kong in case they ever have to go toe to toe with the rooskies.

[@dmrr7739]

I know originally the part of major Kong was supposed to be played by Peter Sellers. But I think they really lucked out when they got Slim Pickens instead.

[@OldGrayCzechWolf]

Shuckz, a feller could have a great weekend in Vegas with all this.

[@victorbrunswick]

I've often what would it have been like if Peter Sellers had played Maj Kong as originally intended or Slim Pickens had played Halloran in "The Shining" as Kubrick initially wanted.

[@Heike--]

Halloran had too small of a role. Jack carried that movie.

[@ralphgreenwood5857]

B-52 cockpits are always so spacious in the movies.

[@edwardpate6128]

Miss Scott sure looked good in Playboy!

[@thepurplemaskknows9383]

I have always loved this movie. I have watched it hundreds of times and each time always seems like the first.

[@RobertGraziose]

Wow i just noticed James Earl Jones was in this. RIP James. Im your father Luke.

[@ianboard544]

slim pickens was so perfect for that role.

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

The role was practically *made* for him.

[@Nn-3]

There is a cruel irony in that a character with such due diligence and caution is the one who ends up being the cause of nuclear armageddon.

[@Heike--]

*NO* The cause of the nuclear Armageddon was the insane swamp in DC who built such a weapon and put humanity at risk in the first place. Let's put the blame where it belongs. As this comment is being written, humanity is at risk for WW3 because they might throw a temper tantrum because they lost the war in Ukraine. Only time will tell if the war ends without going nuclear. Remember the motto: "nuclear war is preferable to Russian victory in Ukraine."

[@bayareaartist999]

Major Kong, love it.

[@Tadesan]

That alert sound is so jarring. Remarkable.

[@fredwilliams9572]

"Shucks, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all this stuff."

[@robertmartinez1645]

Darth Vader at his best.

[@62Cristoforo]

The centrefold Playboy model is also General Buck Turgidson’s “personal” secretary. Kubrick loved dropping little ‘Easter eggs’ in his productions.

[@joeykonyha2414]

The center fold is also Turgidson’s “secretary”

[@TarlachOakleaf]

The epitome of black humour. I particularly like the promise of promotions and personal citations when it's all over.

[@Mishima505]

RIP James Earl Jones

[@theduke7539]

They still fly nuclear arms out here at Minot AFB. The b52 is a majestic if a little ugly beast. It moves through the air just as smooth as a picture. Theyre amazing if you can manage to forget the world changing payload they take off with everyday

[@mediocreman6323]

3:50 - I remember an interview with James Earl Jones, where he says that this scene was to be cut, but Jones fought it, because besides that this scene was what defined his character, it is also pivotal to the story, because it obliterates the notion that those soldiers are just blind marionettes - they consider their actions, and are fully aware of their consequences. Rest in peace, James Earl Jones!

[@robertcooper6853]

To think that the B-52 is still flying combat today and even being upgraded for a couple more decades use.

[@thomaslongshore1295]

"Nuclear combat toe to toe with the Ruskies," too funny.

[@stephenmark6781]

I always thought Wing Attack Plan R would make a great name for a hard rock/metal band.

[@johnking1896]

The Buff shown was a model of the real thing, but as for the interior they actually made a real good guesser and in the end there was an investigation into security on set, what they made the biggest thing with was the bombrun and safety switches, and once again they said it is what made sense to them in the studio were they to make one from what other planes had or would have if they had stayed in the air longer.

[@87yugo74]

Love this movie.

[@normkirk65]

"Wershington" LMAO !

[@Heike--]

That's a Texas accent. What, never heard it? Chinese also inserts "r" sounds into words because of the way the mouth moves.