Dr. Strangelove Resources

Websites

TMI from TCM

The Turner Classic Movies site tells you all you need to know about Strangelove and more.

All Things Kubrick

This fan-site has everything you ever did and didn't want to know about the amazing director.

It was Inevitable

Someone just hadto do a Lego version.

Book or TV Adaptations

Red Alert

Read the totally serious thriller that spawned the totally hilarious film.

Failsafe. Right.

The same year Strangelove was released, another film, Fail Safe,told the story of an accidental first-strike nuclear attack by the U.S. against the Soviets. This movie was deadly serious, though. It scared the crap out of everyone who saw it.

Articles and Interviews

So Sayeth the New Yorker

Click here for a great review of the film on its 50th anniversary.

It's All True

More from The New Yorker, telling us that all the craziest stuff in the film was reality in U.S. and Soviet policy.

Thumbs Way Up

Roger Ebert gushes over Dr. Strangelove.

Like a Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone does a great interview/bio article on Stanley Kubrick.

Southern Hospitality

Screenwriter Terry Southern dishes about working with Kubrick on Strangelove.

Sex Bombs

Filmsite describes the sexual innuendo of all the character's names.

Video

Strangetrailer

We dare you to watch the original trailer for Strangeloveand not want to see this movie.

From Hot to Cold

A great documentary that gives us the lowdown on how war turned cold.

Fallout

Check out this creepy cartoon from the 50's, which tells us the joys of nuclear fallout.

Duck and Cover!

Who knew that you could survive under your desk if the bomb dropped while you were in school? They just don't make desks like they used to, we guess.

Fun With Propaganda

An announcer guy tells you everything you need to know about why the U.S.S.R. is evil.

Are You a Commie or a Citizen?

Click here to find out.

Now That's a Director

Here's Kubrick looking very director-ly.

Images

Yahoo!

Kong rides the bomb like a bucking bronco.

What's So Funny?

Dr. Strangelove is personally amused by nuclear warfare.

Serious Times in the War Room

They didn't get that table from IKEA.

I Want to Be a B-52 for Halloween

Gen. Buck Turgidson has fun showing the President how a B-52 does its stuff.