Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
Summary |
A satire in which the U.S. president and his military advisors struggle ineptly to avert a holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union because he fears that the Russians are poisoning the water supply in the United States |
Notes |
A videodisc release of the 1963 motion picture by Columbia Pictures |
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Based on the book Red alert by Peter George |
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Special features: New documentary: The art of Stanley Kubrick from short films to Strangelove ; Inside the making of Dr. Strangelove ; original split-screen interview with Peter Sellers and George C. Scott ; original advertising gallery ; theatrical trailers ; talent files ; animated menus ; production notes ; scene selections |
Credits |
Director of photography, Gilbert Taylor; production design, Ken Adam; music, Laurie Johnson |
Cast |
Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens |
Notes |
DVD ; Region 1 ; NTSC |
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Rated PG |
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In English (mono), French, Spanish & Portuguese, with subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, & Thai; closed captioned for the hearing impaired |
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Best picture, best director (Stanley Kubrick), best actor (Peter Sellers) and best screenplay adaptation (Stanley Kubrick, Peter George & Terry Southern) |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
Subject |
Cold War -- Drama.
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Nuclear warfare -- Drama.
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140115 -- Drama.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001612
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USSR -- Foreign relations -- United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125763 -- Drama.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001612
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Genre/Form |
Parody films.
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Comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Author |
Kubrick, Stanley.
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Southern, Terry.
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Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980.
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Scott, George C., 1927-1999.
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Hayden, Sterling, 1916-1986.
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Wynn, Keenan, 1916-1986.
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Pickens, Slim.
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Bryant, Peter, 1924-1966.
Red alert.
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Columbia Pictures Industries.
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Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
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ISBN |
0767863720 |
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9780767863728 |
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