Dr. Strangelove (the movie , that is)

[Wornears]

George C. Scott and Sterling Hayden are great as well. Although Peter Sellers' roles were just unbelievable. His "Mandrake" is priceless.

Scott's Gen. Turgidson description of the U.S. deaths from a nuclear war confrontation get me howling every time:

Turgidson: Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed, but I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops, uh, depending on the breaks.

Muffley: I refuse to go down in history as the greatest mass murderer since Adolf Hitler.

Turgidson: Perhaps it might be better, Mr. President, if you were more concerned with the American people, than with your image in the history books.

And this scene with Scott about the possibility of Slim Pickens' bomber getting through to deliver his payload:

Muffley: Is there really a chance for that plane to get through?

Turgidson: Mr. President, if I may speak freely, the Russkie talks big, but frankly, we think he's short of know-how. I mean, you just can't expect a bunch of ignorant peons to understand a machine like some of our boys. And that's not meant as an insult, Mr. Ambassador, I mean, you, you take your average Russkie, we all know how much guts he's got. Hell, look, look at all them them Nazis killed off and they still wouldn't quit...if the pilot's good, see, I mean, if he's really..sharp, he can barrel that baby in so low [he spreads his arms like wings and laughs], you oughtta see it sometime, it's a sight. A big plane like a '52. VRROOM! There's jet exhaust, fryin' chickens in the barnyard.

Muffley: Yeah, but has he got a chance?

Turgidson: Has he got a chance? Hell, Ye...ye... [He covers his mouth dumbstruck, suddenly and solemnly grasping the implications of his words]

Should be required viewing in every high school history class in the U.S. (and elsewhere).

[JerryM]

I like the scene where the soldiers are trying to storm the air base. While a pitched gunbattle is going on in the background, the camera pans on the sign with the SAC motto "Peace is our Profession."


"I don't avoid the company of women, Mandrake...but I do deny them my essence."

[soundmotor]

Dr. Strangelove may be a truly perfect film.

It some ways it's like a great piece of music that you never tire of listening to.

[ekmanning5]

I gave this a second veiwing last night before I shipped it back. I only want to know one thing; where are the George C. Scotts among todays actors? Where are the Sterling Haydons? Where are the Peter Sellers'? These guys were great. The shots of Sterling Hayden during one of his extended monologues when the camera was below his face...classic. With all due respect to todays film industry...they DON"T make them like this anymore.

unfortunately these days an actor is judged more for his abs than acting and dialog is usurped by car crashes,explosions and spfx...........i think that the home theater - thx world we live in has a down side and that is that films like the maltese falcon will not get made any more as they dont have the wow factor that todays gear allows............

[Sandy G]

Hollywood is way too infatuated w/prettyboys...I can't think off hand of a single "he-man" type, under 65, anyway. Back in the day, there were all sorts of them, but now they're long gone. Sterling, to me, was a very nice looking man, in a craggy way, but nobody could accuse him of being a "prettyboy".

[pmsummer]

Originally Posted by ekmanning5

I only want to know one thing; where are the George C. Scotts among todays actors? Where are the Sterling Haydons? Where are the Peter Sellers'? These guys were great. The shots of Sterling Hayden during one of his extended monologues when the camera was below his face...classic. With all due respect to todays film industry...they DON"T make them like this anymore.

Well, they don't make Stanley Kubricks anymore, either.

[Duffinator]

Excellent timing. I borrowed this movie from a friend over the weekend. I haven't seen it in a couple of decades and look forward to watching it again in the next couple of days.

[ekmanning5]

Originally Posted by pmsummer

Well, they don't make Stanley Kubricks anymore, either.

About two years ago I stumbled across another Kubrik gem; "Paths of Glory". If you EVER get a chance to watch this great anti-war movie, please do. You will not be disappointed.

[Sandy G]

Another Kubrick flick w/Sterling Hayden was "The Killing"-I THINK that's the name of it-from '56 or so. Great Film Noir. Sterling was a big man, kinda menacing presence, & that serves him VERY well in this movie...

[soundmotor]

Originally Posted by ekmanning5

I gave this a second veiwing last night before I shipped it back. I only want to know one thing; where are the George C. Scotts among todays actors? Where are the Sterling Haydons? Where are the Peter Sellers'? These guys were great. The shots of Sterling Hayden during one of his extended monologues when the camera was below his face...classic. With all due respect to todays film industry...they DON"T make them like this anymore.

You pose a great and important question for film lovers.

I am going to start another thread rather than hijack this one.

It is topic that deserves more disccussion.

[Mr Natural]

I was always skeptical of flouridation.........

[Wornears]

For a real crazy ride with Hayden and Joan Crawford, look for "Johnny Guitar" Directed by Nicolas Ray, 1954. Shows up every so often on TCM or when Crawford is featured on a film review weekend. Has an uncredited appearance by Dennis Hopper (Ray later put him in Rebel Without A Cause).

More fun stuff about it here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047136/

Hayden is one of those actors, like Robert Mitchum, who were better than their press.

For more on him: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001330/

[Jack Lord]

If my memory serves me correctly, did not Hayden run afoul of McCarthyism or its aftermath?

[cruisaire]

This film is "the bomb"!