DR STRANGELOVE
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U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes
completely and utterly mad, and sends his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R.
He suspects that the communists are conspiring to pollute the "precious
bodily fluids" of the American people. The U.S. president meets with his
advisors, where the Soviet ambassador tells him that if the U.S.S.R. is
hit by nuclear weapons, it will trigger a "Doomsday Device" which will
destroy all plant and animal life on Earth. Peter Sellers portrays the
three men who might avert this tragedy: British Group Captain Lionel Mandrake,
the only person with access to the demented Gen. Ripper; U.S. President
Merkin Muffley, whose best attempts to divert disaster depend on placating
a drunken Soviet Permier; and the former Nazi genious Dr. Strangelove,
who concludes that "such a device would not be a practical deterrent for
reasons which at this moment must be all too obvious". Will the bombers
be stopped in time, or will General Jack Ripper succeed in destroying
the world ?
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