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

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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

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