Dr Strangelove; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Stanley Kubrick's classic satire depicts the countdown to nuclear nightfall as a nervily polite Cold War stand-off between America and Russia, suddenly upset by one military man's deranged sexual anxieties.

Time will continue, but what of humanity? Kubrick's Bible-black comedy of apocalyptic manners depicts the countdown to nuclear nightfall as a nervily polite Cold War stand-off between America and Russia is suddenly upset by one military man's deranged sexual anxieties. Coolly contemplating annihilation, Terry Southern's script questions notions of civilisation's forward progress, and even slyly implies that some kinds of starting over might not be more worthwhile than nothingness itself.

Directed by:

Stanley Kubrick

Cast:

Peter Sellers, George C Scott

Country:

UK

Year:

1963

Running time:

94min

Certificate:

PG