Il dottor Stranamore, ovvero: come ho imparato a non preoccuparmi e ad amare la bomba

Titolo originale: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Regia: Stanley Kubrick
Anno: 1964
Origine: United Kingdom
Generi: Commedia Guerra
Tag: usa president | general | cold war | strategic air command | dark comedy | nuclear missile | satire | black and white | cynical | war room | bomber pilot | nuclear weapons | ex-nazi | anti war | doomsday device | meditative | absurdism | satirical | playful | critical | hilarious | audacious | farcical | sardonic |
Cast: Peter Sellers George C. Scott Sterling Hayden Keenan Wynn Slim Pickens Peter Bull James Earl Jones Tracy Reed Jack Creley Frank Berry Robert O'Neil Glenn Beck Roy Stephens Shane Rimmer Hal Galili Paul Tamarin Laurence Herder John McCarthy Gordon Tanner Burnell Tucker Victor Harrington

Uno psicopatico generale dell'aviazione USA, deciso a salvare il mondo dal complotto comunista, è pronto ad attaccare l'Unione Sovietica con armi nucleari. Uno dei pochi capolavori di satira politica nella storia del cinema che riflette gli incubi apocalittici dei primi anni '60. Il più forsennato e meno controllato film di Kubrick con Peter Sellers in 3 ruoli al culmine del suo istrionismo. Non vinse nemmeno uno dei 4 Oscar cui era candidato. Dal romanzo Red Alert (1958) di Peter George che lo sceneggiò con Terry Southern e il regista.

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The character of Gen. Buck Turgidson (George C. Scott) was patterned after the Chief of Staff o [...]	D
Based on the novel "Red Alert" by Peter George, and originally conceived as a tense thriller ab [...]	D
The reason why Maj. Kong climbs into the bomb bay is to manually hot-wire the bay doors to open [...]	D
For the role of Gen. Jack D. Ripper, Stanley Kubrick was able to talk Sterling Hayden into comi [...]	D
Tracy Reed, the only woman seen in the film, plays Turgidson's secretary, Miss Scott, who was b [...]	D
This was the final collaboration between Stanley Kubrick and his producing partner James B. Har [...]	D
While CRM114 first appeared in this movie and appeared in subsequent Kubrick films (as well as [...]	D
Dr. Stragelove, being in charge of weapons R and D, says that he commissioned a study by the "B [...]	D
The ending in the novel was similar to the novel and movie A prova di errore (1964). Author Pet [...]	D
A visitor to the set observed Stanley Kubrick's total control over every aspect of the process, [...]	D
The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.	D
Stanley Kubrick sought no help from the U.S. Department of Defense. The flight deck of the B-52 [...]	D
The voice Peter Sellers uses for Dr. Strangelove bears a striking resemblance to the voice of D [...]	D
The role of George C. Scott resembled that of real life Air Force chief, General Curtis LeMay, [...]	D
Early titles for the project were "The Edge of Doom" and "The Delicate Balance of Terror".	D
According to Christiane Kubrick in her 2002 book "Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures," her hus [...]	D
Kubrick had the art director cover the war room table in green felt in order to make it seem li [...]	D
A "doomsday" device also figured prominently in another Peter Sellers film, Il ruggito del topo [...]	D
Stanley Kubrick chose Ken Adam as production designer after having been impressed with his work [...]	D
The ".50 caliber model 1919" described in the plot synopsis as used by sterling hayden is actua [...]	D
Ranked #39 on AFI's list of the 100 Greatest American Films.	D
During the Cold War, a recording of We'll Meet Again was included in the package of music and p [...]	D
Kubrick said, in a '68 Playboy interview, that he was not "entirely assured that somewhere in t [...]	D
Among the titles that Stanley Kubrick considered for the film were "Dr. Doomsday or: How to Sta [...]	D
Peter Sellers said the Dr. Strangelove character wasn't based on Henry Kissinger, "that's a mis [...]	D
Stanley Kubrick wanted the tablecloth on the War Room table to be green, so the actors would fe [...]	D
Many scenes were filmed at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, NE.	D
The rotary wheel device used by Dr. Strangelove is an actual tool for calculating nuclear fallo [...]	D
Dr. Strangelove apparently suffers from agonistic apraxia, also known as "alien hand syndrome". [...]	D
The bomber scenes, shot in an area not much bigger than a closet, were very tightly framed to e [...]	D
Ken Adam was unable to work on A 007, dalla Russia con amore (1963) because of his commitment t [...]	D
Stanley Kubrick: [bathroom] Gen. Turgidson's first scene and Gen. Ripper's final scene take pla [...]	D
In the early 1960s the B-52 was cutting-edge technology. Access to it was a matter of national [...]	D
In reality, Slim Pickens actually dressed like his character, Major Kong. As the film was made [...]	D
As seen in the code book ("today's codes", on top of the page just after the crew member finds [...]	D
The only film that year nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, and not in any Best M [...]	D
It is the only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year not to win any Academy Awards.	D
At around the 28-minute mark, Gen. Turgidson explains that they have determined there are aroun [...]	D
Slim Pickens would face another hostile enemy, the Japanese, in the 1979 film "1941."	D
The character of Dr. Strangelove did not appear in the original novel, "Red Alert."	D
Slim Pickens, who had previously played only minor supporting and character roles, said his app [...]	D
While shooting aerial footage over Greenland, the second unit camera crew accidentally filmed a [...]	D
The film led to actual changes in policy to ensure that the events depicted could never really [...]	D
The favorite film of film critic Gene Siskel.	D
According to film critic Alexander Walker, the author of biographies of both Peter Sellers and [...]	D
The film, ready for release in 1963 but delayed until 1964 (it was screened for critics, but th [...]	D
The War Room contains a large table of food because Stanley Kubrick intended to end the film wi [...]	D
Peter Sellers was paid $1 million, 55% of the film's budget. Stanley Kubrick famously quipped " [...]	D
George C. Scott was reputedly annoyed that Stanley Kubrick was pushing him to overact for his r [...]	D
The War Room was inspired by Metropolis (1927).	D
When Slim Pickens was cast as Maj. Kong, he had never traveled outside the US in his life. Prod [...]	D
General Turgidson mentions the "Bland Corporation", clearly a thinly veiled reference to the re [...]	D
Stanley Kubrick usually gave directions to actors without cracking a smile. However, during the [...]	D
The ninth nuclear explosion shot in the end sequence is US nuclear test "Baker" from "Operation [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the Top 100 Greatest American Movies. [...]	D
The photographic mural in Gen. Ripper's office is actually a view of Heathrow Airport in London [...]	D
Stanley Kubrick: [three-way] USA vs. Russia vs. Gen. Ripper.	D
The end sequence, in which Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" is played over several shots of nucle [...]	D
Shortly after the release of the movie, Stanley Kubrick met with Arthur C. Clarke to talk about [...]	D
George C. Scott, who was a truly brilliant actor was dissatisfied with the film. Kubrick wanted [...]	D
When the screens in the War Room were being constructed, Stanley Kubrick asked if the rocket tr [...]	D
Stanley Kubrick: [War] The Cold War.	D
The background footage for the model B-52 is filmed from a Boeing B-17G, whose shadow can be se [...]	D
According to Ken Adam, the "War Room" was exaggerated in size and filmed in long shots to give [...]	D
The score for the B-52 scenes is mostly "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye", a traditional Irish anti-wa [...]	D
Stanley Kubrick and George C. Scott died within months of each other in 1999; Kubrick on March [...]	D
Strangelove's odd voice was based on a New York photographer well-known for photographing mob h [...]	D
Film debut of James Earl Jones. NOTE: Stanley Kubrick cast him after seeing him in a production [...]	D
Laurie Johnson's musical score - primarily a tense, epic arrangement of "When Johnny Comes Marc [...]	D
Although the film is named after him, the character of Dr. Strangelove has the least amount of [...]	D
Kubrick dealt with George C. Scott's history of unruly and aggressive behavior by setting out a [...]	D
At 3m 36s the tape drives in the background are IBM 729 units.	D
"Bat" Guano's name can be translated as "Bat Shit", a common slang for "insane", which could al [...]	D
There is a great deal of editing and cutaway shots in the sequence where Dr. Strangelove gets c [...]	D
Voted as one of The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time (Premiere, 2006), 14th Greatest Film of al [...]	D
When the film was being developed as a drama, the working title was 'On the Edge of Destruction [...]	D
The scene where Major Kong rides the missile most likely was inspired by a similar scene in Il [...]	D
Stanley Kubrick: [faces] Gen. Turgidson, Gen. Ripper and Dr. Strangelove.	D
Peter Sellers was the first actor to be nominated for a single Academy award (best actor) for a [...]	D
The character of President Merklin Muffley (Peter Sellers) was patterned after Adlai Stevenson [...]	D
Two of the bombs shown are named: Dear John and Hi There! This was a common practice that becam [...]	D
At one stage during filming, Sellers was in one of his more negative moods. To this end, he loc [...]	D
The illuminated symbols on the War Room map displays were cutouts lit by individual floodlights [...]	D
Stanley Kubrick's last black-and-white film.	D
Peter Sellers was also cast as Maj. T.J. "King" Kong, but he had trouble developing a Texas acc [...]	D
Terry Southern said that the climatic pie-fight scene, ultimately cut from the film, was suppos [...]	D
Stanley Kubrick intended to film in the United States. Filming was moved to England's Shepperto [...]	D
The Soviet ambassador refers to the severe economic strain of trying to shrink the "doomsday ga [...]	D
In Terry Southern's script, Muffley has a bad cold and a slightly effeminate manner. Peter Sell [...]	D
Sterling Hayden would have known something about Russian spying that he refers to in the film. [...]	D
Gen. Ripper's paranoia about water fluoridation being a Communist plot is based on a conspiracy [...]	D
The band Muse based their "Time Is Running Out" music video on this movie.	D
The sets occupied three main sound stages: the Pentagon War Room, the B-52 Stratofortress bombe [...]	D
The opening credits are played over a sequence featuring a refueling operation. This was an int [...]	D
Peter Sellers had a formidable talent for replicating (and sometimes inventing or combining) di [...]	D
Peter Sellers was actually going to play Major Kong, but he broke his leg on the bomb.	D
One of the binders sitting on the desk next to President Muffley as he talks to the Russian Pre [...]	D
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #821.	D
Dr. Strangelove's glove is from Stanley Kubrick's personal collection. Peter Sellers had seen K [...]	D
The assault on Burpleson Air Force base was shot on orthochromatic film using a handheld camera [...]	D
James Earl Jones initially thought Slim Pickens was staying in character off camera, until bein [...]	D
Sharp-eyed moviegoers may notice a strong resemblance between Dr.Strangelove's war room and its [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
Maj. Kong's comment about the survival kit was originally "A fella could have a pretty good wee [...]	D
Over ten miles of electrical cable was required to light up the giant screen in the War Room se [...]	D
Shortly after making the film, Peter Sellers suffered a massive heart attack that briefly left [...]	D
The Soviet ambassador describes the Doomsday Machine as an array of 100-megaton bombs covered w [...]	D
Filmed during the spring and summer of 1963, the first test screening was scheduled for Novembe [...]	D
The character of Maj. T.J. "King" Kong (Slim Pickens) was based on Alvin "Tex" Johnston. Johnst [...]	D
Some of the Air Force stock footage of mid-air refueling seen in the opening credit sequence al [...]	D
One of the main reasons for the famous custard pie climax being discarded was because most of t [...]	D
Gen. Turgidson (George C. Scott) is a veteran of both WWII and Korea, wearing the Army Distingu [...]	D
Strangelove is said to have Americanized his name from Merkwuerdigliebe." This is a slight miss [...]	D
Vera Lynn's climactic song, "We'll Meet Again," is identified in its Wikipedia entry as one of [...]	D
Strangelove's original German name is revealed to be "Merkwuerdigliebe", which is German for St [...]	D
The scene where Gen. Turgidson trips and falls in the War Room, and then gets back up and resum [...]	D
In 1995 Stanley Kubrick enlisted Terry Southern to script a sequel titled "Son of Strangelove". [...]	D
In one version of the script, aliens from outer space observed all of the action.	D
George C. Scott and Slim Pickens appeared together in Carta che vince, carta che perde (1967). [...]	D
Stanley Kubrick: [114] Name of the message decoder CRM-114.	D
Peter Sellers was not keen on multiple takes, one of Stanley Kubrick's trademarks. Kubrick felt [...]	D
It is possible that the character Colonel 'Bat' Guano may have been loosely based on the genera [...]	D
Has the longest title for a Best Picture nominee or winner, at 13 words long.	D
Peter Sellers improvised most of his lines. And one of the most significant is in the final sce [...]	D
The army base referred to is supposedly located in Alvarado, Texas, which is supposedly sixty m [...]	D
According to some accounts, Peter Sellers was also invited to play the part of Gen. Buck Turgid [...]	D
The 007 franchise would become enmeshed in the world of the bomber squadrons the following year [...]	D
As seen in the sign on the air base, the motto of the Strategic Air Command is "Peace is our pr [...]	D
Peter Sellers based the voice of Dr. Strangelove on that of famed photographer Arthur 'Weegee' [...]	D
The film was made and released about six years after its source novel "Red Alert" by Peter Geor [...]	D
When Ronald Reagan assumed the office of President one of the first things he asked was the loc [...]	D
This film was selected into the National Film Registry in 1989 (the first year of inductions) f [...]	D
The plan to regenerate the human race from the people sheltered in mineshafts is a parody of Ne [...]	D
When the B-52 is making its final run on the target, a brief image of a radar screen is shown. [...]	D
Stanley Kubrick: [Maniacal staring face] Gen. Jack D. Ripper explaining his plot to Group Capta [...]	D
The U.S. government dismissed Stanley Kubrick's scenario of an accidental nuclear war as too fa [...]	D
According to Pablo Ferro, title designer, the opening title shots were born of remarks between [...]	D
Part of the satire in this film is in regard to the postwar relationship between the U.S. and t [...]	D
In an original script draft, Dr. Strangelove is referred to as Von Klutz.	D
Gen. Turgidson says it would take 2 days to run 17,000 potential codes to recall the bombers. A [...]	D
This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd.	D
In the novel by Peter George the two H-bombs are named "Hi There!" and "Lolita". Two years earl [...]	D
Towards the climax of the film, a Coca-Cola machine is shot to obtain coin change for a payphon [...]	D
As research, Stanley Kubrick read nearly 50 books about nuclear war.	D
Among the people on whom Dr. Strangelove is based is the Mathematician John von Neumann some of [...]	D
During the attack on Burpleson Air Force Base, a sign reading "Peace Is Our Profession" is seen [...]	D
Several members of the cast and crew were actual military veterans; most of whom served during [...]	D
In the War Room scenes, Gen. Turgidson and the Air Force general seated next to him both wear w [...]	D
During the deleted pie-fight scene, President Muffley took a pie in the face and fell down, pro [...]	D
The German word "Gemeinschaft" means "A spontaneously arising organic social relationship chara [...]	D
The names of the characters all have meanings. Turgidson refers to the word turgid, which means [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the Top 100 Funniest American Movies. [...]	D
Columbia Pictures agreed to provide financing only if Peter Sellers played at least four major roles [...]	D
The grand table in the War Room was 22 feet in diameter.	D
Sterling Hayden, who plays a paranoiac who fears communists, was himself an American Communist Party [...]	D