Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Movie (1964)
French title : Docteur Folamour, ou: Comment j'ai appris à ne plus m'en faire et à aimer la bombe
Starring:
Peter Sellers (Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove)
George C. Scott (Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson)
Sterling Hayden (Brig. Gen. Jack Ripper)
Keenan Wynn (Col. 'Bat' Guano)
Slim Pickens (Maj. 'King' Kong)
Peter Bull (Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky)
An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.
Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Serial 55-3144, 17260/27 built in 1957. This aircraft crashed on approach to Bedford-Hanscom Field in Massachusetts on 8 August 1962, killing all three crew members. Archival footage.
Boeing B-52D Stratofortress
Archival footage of a B-52 getting refueled seen at the beginning of the film.
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
Models used in the fictional sequences of the film.
Also seen in The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
A surprising screenshot as Kubrick was known for his perfectionism: the B-52's shadow is a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress!
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Photo on the wall at left.
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