Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 · 95 MIN · IMDB 8.3 · 534,997 VOTES · DIR. Stanley Kubrick
Overview
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
Dialogue Timeline — 820 lines
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00:00:40 For a year, rumors had circulated among high-level Western leaders -
00:06:05 This force is deployed from the Persian Gulf to the Arctic Ocean.
00:11:39 Freddy, how are you ..? Fine, and you?
00:14:38 However he comes, we must stop him. He must not enter this base.
00:18:58 Listen. All the stations are churning it out.
00:22:28 When he said that, 50 years ago, he might have been right.
00:25:38 The idea was to deter Russia from wiping out Washington and yourself.
00:28:59 - I want to speak to Gen. Ripper. - That's impossible.
00:32:14 Gen. Ripper has already invalidated that policy.
00:35:19 Thank you, no. I don't support the work of imperialist stooges.
00:39:53 You know how we've talked about something going wrong with the bomb.
00:42:41 All right. Yes, he's right here.
00:46:48 I'd love to come ...
00:49:28 - for reasons which at this moment must be all too obvious.
00:53:24 - to flouridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk.
00:56:39 - Did they torture you? - Yes, they did.
01:00:02 Tops! Depending on the breaks ...
01:04:18 It's some sort of recurrent theme. Peace on Earth or purity of essence.
01:07:44 - you'll be lucky to be wearing the uniform of a toilet attendant!
01:11:08 We have heard the wings of the angel of death -
01:14:57 That estimate was based on the original loss-rate factor.
01:18:38 Set detonator to zero altitude.
01:24:25 In a matter of weeks, improvements in dwelling space could be provided.
01:28:14 - What an astonishingly good idea. - Thank you, sir.
Cast & Characters
Peter Sellers
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake
Peter Sellers
President Merkin Muffley
Peter Sellers
Dr. Strangelove
George C. Scott
Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson
Sterling Hayden
Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper
Keenan Wynn
Col. 'Bat' Guano
Slim Pickens
Maj. 'King' Kong
Peter Bull
Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky
James Earl Jones
Lt. Lothar Zogg
Tracy Reed
Miss Scott
Jack Creley
Mr. Staines
Frank Berry
Lt. H.R. Dietrich
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed820
Dialogue density8.6 lines / min
First line00:00:40
Final line01:28:14
Production Record
DirectorStanley Kubrick
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,800,000
Revenue$9,500,000
IMDb votes534,997