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.
00:11:43 We were just catching up on the general's paperwork.
00:14:44 I'm going to give you three simple rules.
00:19:08 I was impounding this one when I happened to switch it on.
00:22:45 - nor the inclination for strategic thought.
00:25:56 No, they were at their fail-safe points when the go-code was issued.
00:29:22 Hello ...
00:32:32 The truth is not always pleasant. But it is necessary now to choose -
00:35:54 I formally protest ...
00:40:23 He went and did a silly thing. I'll tell you what he did.
00:43:55 Mandrake, have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?
00:47:20 That's ridiculous.
00:50:05 That is the whole idea of this machine.
00:54:06 That's the way your hard-core Commie works.
00:57:16 Strange that they make such good cameras.
01:00:55 Deflection still increasing. Range: 6 miles.
01:05:22 All the radio gear is out, including the CRM 114.
01:09:05 Operator, is it possible to make this an ordinary trunk call?
01:12:37 We've recalled every plane except the four you've shot down.
01:16:23 All right, Dimitri.
01:19:58 Still negative function. The drive cable must be sheered.
01:25:41 That could easily be accomplished with a computer.
86:05:04 He won't be at his office now.
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 line86:05:04
Production Record
DirectorStanley Kubrick
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,800,000
Revenue$9,500,000
IMDb votes534,997