Dr. Strangelove Resources
Websites
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The Turner Classic Movies site tells you all you need to know about Strangelove and more.
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This fan-site has everything you ever did and didn't want to know about the amazing director.
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Someone just hadto do a Lego version.
Book or TV Adaptations
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Read the totally serious thriller that spawned the totally hilarious film.
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The same year Strangelove was released, another film, Fail Safe,told the story of an accidental first-strike nuclear attack by the U.S. against the Soviets. This movie was deadly serious, though. It scared the crap out of everyone who saw it.
Articles and Interviews
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Click here for a great review of the film on its 50th anniversary.
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More from The New Yorker, telling us that all the craziest stuff in the film was reality in U.S. and Soviet policy.
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Roger Ebert gushes over Dr. Strangelove.
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Rolling Stone does a great interview/bio article on Stanley Kubrick.
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Screenwriter Terry Southern dishes about working with Kubrick on Strangelove.
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Filmsite describes the sexual innuendo of all the character's names.
Video
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We dare you to watch the original trailer for Strangeloveand not want to see this movie.
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A great documentary that gives us the lowdown on how war turned cold.
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Check out this creepy cartoon from the 50's, which tells us the joys of nuclear fallout.
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Who knew that you could survive under your desk if the bomb dropped while you were in school? They just don't make desks like they used to, we guess.
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An announcer guy tells you everything you need to know about why the U.S.S.R. is evil.
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Click here to find out.
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Here's Kubrick looking very director-ly.
Images
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Kong rides the bomb like a bucking bronco.
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Dr. Strangelove is personally amused by nuclear warfare.
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They didn't get that table from IKEA.
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Gen. Buck Turgidson has fun showing the President how a B-52 does its stuff.