Dr. Strangelove (1964)

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Adlai Stevenson: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (real-life model): Adlai Stevenson ⇒ Dr. Strangelove (the host's read). Speaker says Peter Sellers modeled the President (Muffley) on Adlai Stevenson.
    “He modeled it on Adlai Stevenson.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:27:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Bob Newhart: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (comedic influence): Bob Newhart ⇒ Dr. Strangelove (the host's read). Speaker feels Newhart's one-sided phone-call format and his 1960 albums were a heavy influence on the President's call with the Soviet premier.
    “I feel like a heavy influence on the way the president's phone call with Russia play out in this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:28:44 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Curtis LeMay: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (real-life model): Curtis LeMay ⇒ Dr. Strangelove (the host's read). Jack D. Ripper is said to be very obviously based on Air Force chief Curtis LeMay.
    “Jack D. Ripper also is very obviously based on Curtis LeMay, who, uh, was the head of the Air Force at the time”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:00:51 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Red Alert (novel): 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (adaptation): Red Alert (novel) ⇒ Dr. Strangelove (the host's read). The speaker says Dr. Strangelove is based on Peter George's serious nuclear thriller Red Alert.
    “so he scoops up this book called Red Alert, which is, of course, what Dr. Strangelove is based on by Peter George that is a serious nuclear thriller.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:48:54 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Adam McKay: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (aspirational template): Dr. Strangelove ⇒ Adam McKay (the host's read). Speaker says Strangelove is probably McKay's north star, the thing he strives toward.
    “But I think you're right, though, that McKay is this is probably his north star, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:05:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Roger Moore Bond films: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. craft (set design template): Dr. Strangelove ⇒ Roger Moore Bond films (the host's read). Speaker says hiring a Bond designer for the war room changed how such rooms look on screen forever, and the Bond movies being covered have war-room sets.
    “It is funny how this movie, this hiring a James Bond guy to design the war room, uh, changes the way you're allowed to put these things on screen forever.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 2:14:11 · Griffin Newman (0.55 sure it was them)

The Long Goodbye: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. people (casting persona): Dr. Strangelove ⇒ The Long Goodbye (the host's read). Speaker says Strangelove was the first time Hayden's personal struggles were put on screen, and later filmmakers used that persona going forward (Godfather, Long Goodbye).
    “This is the 1st time when like his personal struggles, like were actualized in a movie, and then I felt like filmmakers only used this in movies going forward”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:55:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Zucker Brothers: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (comedic influence): Dr. Strangelove ⇒ Zucker Brothers (the host's read). Speaker had a breakthrough that Strangelove must have been a big influence on the Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams.
    “I did finally have the breakthrough watching this of how much of an influence this movie must have been on the Zucker Brothers and John Abrahams.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:53:55 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

Connected to

Lolita: 4 lines unmapped ×3 programming ×1

  1. unmapped (business context): Lolita → Dr. Strangelove. The speaker says the takeaway from Lolita was that Sellers maybe saved it commercially, so the studio wanted more Sellers for a Kubrick film.
    “the takeaway from Lolita was like, sellers maybe saved that movie commercially.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:18:08 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

2001: A Space Odyssey: 2 lines unmapped ×2

  1. unmapped (trilogy claim): Dr. Strangelove → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Ciment suggests a future trilogy; Kubrick, as quoted, rejects any deliberate pattern.
    “There is no deliberate pattern to the stories I have chosen to make into films.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:44:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.70 sure it was them)

Paths of Glory: 2 lines theme ×1 lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Paths of Glory → Dr. Strangelove. Strangelove is the nearest thing Kubrick made to Paths of Glory afterward, both being people talking through absurdity.
    “the closest thing he's made to this since this is Strangelove, because Strangelove is also people talking through absurdity by and large”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 0:22:29 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming: 2 lines unmapped ×1 contrast ×1

  1. unmapped (similar setup): Dr. Strangelove → The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming. Speaker, a fan as a kid, notes the Russians Are Coming is similar in setup, also a Cold War comedy.
    “The Russians are coming as a kid, which is a movie that is like kind of similar in its setup where, and it is also like a comedy about the Cold War.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:22:52 · Griffin Newman (0.65 sure it was them)

A Clockwork Orange: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme: man vs machinery): Dr. Strangelove → A Clockwork Orange. Strangelove, 2001, and this film are the clearest examples of his theme of technology that hastens man's downfall.
    “Dr. Strangelove in 2001. And this movie are very literal examples of that, of that theme for sure.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:47:02 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)

Adam McKay: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (aspirational template): Dr. Strangelove → Adam McKay. Speaker says Strangelove is probably McKay's north star, the thing he strives toward.
    “But I think you're right, though, that McKay is this is probably his north star, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:05:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Adlai Stevenson: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (real-life model): Adlai Stevenson → Dr. Strangelove. Speaker says Peter Sellers modeled the President (Muffley) on Adlai Stevenson.
    “He modeled it on Adlai Stevenson.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:27:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Bob Newhart: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (comedic influence): Bob Newhart → Dr. Strangelove. Speaker feels Newhart's one-sided phone-call format and his 1960 albums were a heavy influence on the President's call with the Soviet premier.
    “I feel like a heavy influence on the way the president's phone call with Russia play out in this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:28:44 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Curtis LeMay: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (real-life model): Curtis LeMay → Dr. Strangelove. Jack D. Ripper is said to be very obviously based on Air Force chief Curtis LeMay.
    “Jack D. Ripper also is very obviously based on Curtis LeMay, who, uh, was the head of the Air Force at the time”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:00:51 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Don't Look Up: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (tone comparison): Dr. Strangelove → Don't Look Up. Speakers compare the ending tags and tone of Don't Look Up against Strangelove's balance of satire and sincerity.
    “I remembered that don't look up has a tag, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:23:50 · Griffin Newman (0.55 sure it was them)

Fail-Safe: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (rival same-premise film): Dr. Strangelove → Fail-Safe. Kubrick was offered the novel Fail-Safe; a lawsuit during Strangelove's production meant Fail-Safe had to come out after it, though Columbia released both.
    “there was some kind of lawsuit filed during the production of Dr. Strangelove, uh, that meant that Failsafe had to come out after Dr. Strangelove.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:50:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Fight Club: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (satire that holds up): Fight Club → Dr. Strangelove. Leslye calls Fight Club a Strangelove-style satire that lasts because male toxicity is evergreen.
    “But to me, Fight Club is Doctor Strangelove.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:25:13 · Leslye Headland (0.85 sure it was them)

MacGruber: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (joke): Dr. Strangelove → MacGruber. A joke that the abrupt jump-cut ending is a MacGruber edit and that Kubrick was ripping off MacGruber; not a real claim.
    “And Kubrick was actually ripping off McGruber”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:27:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Network: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (tonal comparison): Dr. Strangelove → Network. Network is called another movie that gets an impossible tone right, with dramatic actors rather than comedians.
    “But that's another movie that's similarly like this gets sort of an impossible tone right.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:31:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Peter Sellers: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (comedy handed to the actors): Peter Sellers → Dr. Strangelove. Kubrick by his own admission let Peter Sellers figure out the comedy.
    “I will let Peter Sellers figure this part of the movie out.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:38:28 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Red Alert (novel): 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (adaptation): Red Alert (novel) → Dr. Strangelove. The speaker says Dr. Strangelove is based on Peter George's serious nuclear thriller Red Alert.
    “so he scoops up this book called Red Alert, which is, of course, what Dr. Strangelove is based on by Peter George that is a serious nuclear thriller.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:48:54 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)

Roger Moore Bond films: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (set design template): Dr. Strangelove → Roger Moore Bond films. Speaker says hiring a Bond designer for the war room changed how such rooms look on screen forever, and the Bond movies being covered have war-room sets.
    “It is funny how this movie, this hiring a James Bond guy to design the war room, uh, changes the way you're allowed to put these things on screen forever.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 2:14:11 · Griffin Newman (0.55 sure it was them)

Seven Days in May: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (similar premise): Dr. Strangelove → Seven Days in May. Seven Days in May is a serious political thriller with a similar vibe about the military clashing with the president.
    “It's another political thriller with kind of a similar vibe, but it's serious,”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 2:01:46 · David Sims (0.75 sure it was them)

Terry Southern: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (co-writer): Terry Southern → Dr. Strangelove. Terry Southern wrote Dr. Strangelove and worked on Lolita.
    “Terry Southern Road, Dr. Strangelove.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:15:31 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)

The Killing: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (shared cast): Dr. Strangelove → The Killing. Kubrick brought in Sterling Hayden from The Killing for Ripper.
    “okay, and then he brings in Sterling Hayden from the killing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:58:51 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

The Long Goodbye: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (casting persona): Dr. Strangelove → The Long Goodbye. Speaker says Strangelove was the first time Hayden's personal struggles were put on screen, and later filmmakers used that persona going forward (Godfather, Long Goodbye).
    “This is the 1st time when like his personal struggles, like were actualized in a movie, and then I felt like filmmakers only used this in movies going forward”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:55:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

The Shining: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (humor ranking): Dr. Strangelove → The Shining. Strangelove ranks lower for the speaker than Barry Lyndon, The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut among Kubrick's funny films.
    “I, I, I rank Strange Love lower in the pack of movies I find funny by him.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:36:54 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

Tootsie: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (thematic comparison): Dr. Strangelove → Tootsie. Speaker says Strangelove and Tootsie are both extremely funny but feel important to the industry.
    “Well, this movie and Totsie have a lot in common, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:29:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Zucker Brothers: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (comedic influence): Dr. Strangelove → Zucker Brothers. Speaker had a breakthrough that Strangelove must have been a big influence on the Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams.
    “I did finally have the breakthrough watching this of how much of an influence this movie must have been on the Zucker Brothers and John Abrahams.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:53:55 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming → Dr. Strangelove. Hosts place it near but not as acidic as Dr. Strangelove.
    “Not Doctor Strangelove, but you know, like that kind of thing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:04:56 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (tone comparison): Dr. Strangelove → Don't Look Up. Speakers compare the ending tags and tone of Don't Look Up against Strangelove's balance of satire and sincerity.
    “I remembered that don't look up has a tag, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:23:50 · Griffin Newman (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. craft (set design template): Dr. Strangelove → Roger Moore Bond films. Speaker says hiring a Bond designer for the war room changed how such rooms look on screen forever, and the Bond movies being covered have war-room sets.
    “It is funny how this movie, this hiring a James Bond guy to design the war room, uh, changes the way you're allowed to put these things on screen forever.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 2:14:11 · Griffin Newman (0.55 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (rival same-premise film): Dr. Strangelove → Fail-Safe. Kubrick was offered the novel Fail-Safe; a lawsuit during Strangelove's production meant Fail-Safe had to come out after it, though Columbia released both.
    “there was some kind of lawsuit filed during the production of Dr. Strangelove, uh, that meant that Failsafe had to come out after Dr. Strangelove.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:50:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (4)

  1. lineage (adaptation): Red Alert (novel) → Dr. Strangelove. The speaker says Dr. Strangelove is based on Peter George's serious nuclear thriller Red Alert.
    “so he scoops up this book called Red Alert, which is, of course, what Dr. Strangelove is based on by Peter George that is a serious nuclear thriller.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:48:54 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (comedic influence): Dr. Strangelove → Zucker Brothers. Speaker had a breakthrough that Strangelove must have been a big influence on the Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams.
    “I did finally have the breakthrough watching this of how much of an influence this movie must have been on the Zucker Brothers and John Abrahams.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:53:55 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (comedic influence): Bob Newhart → Dr. Strangelove. Speaker feels Newhart's one-sided phone-call format and his 1960 albums were a heavy influence on the President's call with the Soviet premier.
    “I feel like a heavy influence on the way the president's phone call with Russia play out in this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:28:44 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage): Paths of Glory → Dr. Strangelove. Strangelove is the nearest thing Kubrick made to Paths of Glory afterward, both being people talking through absurdity.
    “the closest thing he's made to this since this is Strangelove, because Strangelove is also people talking through absurdity by and large”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 0:22:29 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

people (4)

  1. people (comedy handed to the actors): Peter Sellers → Dr. Strangelove. Kubrick by his own admission let Peter Sellers figure out the comedy.
    “I will let Peter Sellers figure this part of the movie out.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:38:28 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (co-writer): Terry Southern → Dr. Strangelove. Terry Southern wrote Dr. Strangelove and worked on Lolita.
    “Terry Southern Road, Dr. Strangelove.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:15:31 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. people (shared cast): Dr. Strangelove → The Killing. Kubrick brought in Sterling Hayden from The Killing for Ripper.
    “okay, and then he brings in Sterling Hayden from the killing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:58:51 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
  4. people (casting persona): Dr. Strangelove → The Long Goodbye. Speaker says Strangelove was the first time Hayden's personal struggles were put on screen, and later filmmakers used that persona going forward (Godfather, Long Goodbye).
    “This is the 1st time when like his personal struggles, like were actualized in a movie, and then I felt like filmmakers only used this in movies going forward”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:55:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (first Kubrick-Sellers pairing): Lolita → Dr. Strangelove. Unlike Strangelove, Lolita had no prior Kubrick-Sellers connection.
    “Because it's not like Strange Love where you're like, okay, there's a pre-existing connection now.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:20:10 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

theme (5)

  1. theme (theme: man vs machinery): Dr. Strangelove → A Clockwork Orange. Strangelove, 2001, and this film are the clearest examples of his theme of technology that hastens man's downfall.
    “Dr. Strangelove in 2001. And this movie are very literal examples of that, of that theme for sure.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:47:02 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (thematic comparison): Dr. Strangelove → Tootsie. Speaker says Strangelove and Tootsie are both extremely funny but feel important to the industry.
    “Well, this movie and Totsie have a lot in common, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:29:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  3. theme (tonal comparison): Dr. Strangelove → Network. Network is called another movie that gets an impossible tone right, with dramatic actors rather than comedians.
    “But that's another movie that's similarly like this gets sort of an impossible tone right.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:31:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. theme (similar premise): Dr. Strangelove → Seven Days in May. Seven Days in May is a serious political thriller with a similar vibe about the military clashing with the president.
    “It's another political thriller with kind of a similar vibe, but it's serious,”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 2:01:46 · David Sims (0.75 sure it was them)
  5. theme (theme): Paths of Glory → Dr. Strangelove. Strangelove pushes the same absurdity far enough for jokes, so the two films are more closely linked than the speaker had thought.
    “Like Doctor Strangelove pushes it into a level of absurdity where you can actually have jokes.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 0:12:05 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (11)

  1. unmapped (satire that holds up): Fight Club → Dr. Strangelove. Leslye calls Fight Club a Strangelove-style satire that lasts because male toxicity is evergreen.
    “But to me, Fight Club is Doctor Strangelove.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:25:13 · Leslye Headland (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (trilogy claim): Dr. Strangelove → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Ciment suggests a future trilogy; Kubrick, as quoted, rejects any deliberate pattern.
    “There is no deliberate pattern to the stories I have chosen to make into films.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:44:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (preceded): Dr. Strangelove → 2001: A Space Odyssey. 2001 came after Dr. Strangelove, as sci-fi was heating up.
    “Um, post Dr. Strangelove.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:49:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (aspirational template): Dr. Strangelove → Adam McKay. Speaker says Strangelove is probably McKay's north star, the thing he strives toward.
    “But I think you're right, though, that McKay is this is probably his north star, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:05:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (business context): Lolita → Dr. Strangelove. The speaker says the takeaway from Lolita was that Sellers maybe saved it commercially, so the studio wanted more Sellers for a Kubrick film.
    “the takeaway from Lolita was like, sellers maybe saved that movie commercially.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:18:08 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (joke): Dr. Strangelove → MacGruber. A joke that the abrupt jump-cut ending is a MacGruber edit and that Kubrick was ripping off MacGruber; not a real claim.
    “And Kubrick was actually ripping off McGruber”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:27:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (real-life model): Curtis LeMay → Dr. Strangelove. Jack D. Ripper is said to be very obviously based on Air Force chief Curtis LeMay.
    “Jack D. Ripper also is very obviously based on Curtis LeMay, who, uh, was the head of the Air Force at the time”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:00:51 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
  8. unmapped (similar setup): Dr. Strangelove → The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming. Speaker, a fan as a kid, notes the Russians Are Coming is similar in setup, also a Cold War comedy.
    “The Russians are coming as a kid, which is a movie that is like kind of similar in its setup where, and it is also like a comedy about the Cold War.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:22:52 · Griffin Newman (0.65 sure it was them)
  9. unmapped (real-life model): Adlai Stevenson → Dr. Strangelove. Speaker says Peter Sellers modeled the President (Muffley) on Adlai Stevenson.
    “He modeled it on Adlai Stevenson.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:27:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  10. unmapped (improvised method): Lolita → Dr. Strangelove. Sellers improvised on set in both films and Kubrick folded the best improvisations into the script.
    “so a lot of that is just sellers, which is going to be the same with Strange Love.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:00:23 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  11. unmapped (multiple-Sellers template): Lolita → Dr. Strangelove. The speaker says Lolita is where the multiple-Sellers-characters hit began, which is odd given Lolita comes first.
    “It's kind of odd that this is the one that creates that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:20:56 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (humor ranking): Dr. Strangelove → The Shining. Strangelove ranks lower for the speaker than Barry Lyndon, The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut among Kubrick's funny films.
    “I, I, I rank Strange Love lower in the pack of movies I find funny by him.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:36:54 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Dr. Strangelove: Mandrake's story about being captured by the Japanese is called the funniest part of the movie.
    “Mandrake talking about being captured by the Japanese is the funniest part of this whole movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:11:32 · Griffin Newman (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Dr. Strangelove: The release was delayed by the Kennedy assassination; a speaker also notes the President is the last reasonable president in an American satire, because Kennedy was in office.
    “this movie was delayed because of the assassination of Kennedy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:23:11 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Dr. Strangelove: The ending was supposed to be an extended pie fight. Kubrick watched it, found it too silly, and cut it, so the film ends abruptly on a jump cut to an explosion.
    “this movie was supposed to end with this extended pie fight, which would have been like the broadest sequence in the movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:26:51 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Dr. Strangelove: AFI's 100 Years 100 Laughs ranked Strangelove third, behind Tootsie and Some Like It Hot, and Blockbuster displayed the tapes together.
    “I watched this because AFI in the year 2000 did their 100 years, 100 laughs”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:28:13 · Griffin Newman (0.65 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Dr. Strangelove: Failsafe was released later because of a lawsuit, though Columbia put out both films.
    “And Columbia put out both movies so they didn't care.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:50:42 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Dr. Strangelove: The first page of the screenplay says the story will be played for realistic comedy and the acting will never be so-called comedy acting.
    “The 1st page of the screenplay says, the story will be played for realistic comedy”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:53:20 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Dr. Strangelove: The opening title sequence of planes refueling in midair is a sex joke, and Kubrick reportedly said the whole film is built on sex jokes ending in an orgasmic finish.
    “I mean, the whole opening title sequence is just one big dick joke, you know, it's just about how like bombs fuck the world and like the idea of refueling a plane in midair.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:55:00 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Dr. Strangelove: Strangelove plays mostly in close-up while the rest of the film is wide shots and long masters, and the character waits about 55 minutes to appear.
    “I mean, you have to wait almost 55 minutes just to get to sellers as strange.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:34:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about Dr. Strangelove: Kubrick wrote down about thirty alternate titles, including Wonderful Bomb, Dr. Doomsday, and Dr. Strangelove's Secret Uses of Uranus.
    “The weird one is Dr. Strangelove's secret uses of Uranus.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:35:46 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

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