Dr Strangelove (1964)

Dr Strangelove (1964)
A brilliant film, a classic black comedy. A group of war-eager military men
plan a nuclear apocalypse that is both funny and frightening – and seems as
relevant today as ever. Through a series of military and political accidents,
two psychotic generals – U.S. Air Force Commander Jack D. Ripper (Sterling
Hayden) and Joint Chief of Staff “Buck” Turgidson (George C. Scott) –
trigger an ingenious, irrevocable scheme to attack Russia’s strategic targets
with nuclear bombs. The brains behind the scheme belong to Dr. Strangelove
(Peter Sellers), a wheelchair-bound nuclear scientist who has bizarre ideas
about man’s future. The President is helpless to stop the bombers, as is Captain
Mandrake (Sellers again), the only man who can stop them…