PG | 1h 34min | Comedy, Satire, War | 29 January 1964 (USA)
The third of four feature films about war by director Stanley Kubrick, “Dr. Strangelove” (or formally: “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”) is easily his most mainstream-accessible offering and arguably the greatest movie in his sterling, nearly flawless catalogue.
As with virtually all Kubrick films, the details regarding the gestation, production, and release of “Dr. Strangelove” are almost as engrossing as the movie itself.
Kubrick during the production of “Dr. Strangelove” in 1963. (Columbia Pictures)
A genius at recognizing source material which could be adapted and shaped to his specific style and tastes, Kubrick purchased the film rights to the Peter George (under the pseudonym Peter Bryant) dramatic thriller novel “Red Alert” for $3,500 and enlisted George to co-write the screenplay with him….