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.
Publisher:Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, c2001.
General Note: In English (mono), French, Spanish & Portuguese, with subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, & Thai; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.Public performance rights included.Special features include 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.Based on the book Red alert by Peter George.Originally released as a motion picturein 1963.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Gilbert Taylor ; editor, Anthony Harvey ; music, Laurie Johnson. PELHAM
Participant or Performer Note: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens.