Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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- Year:
- 1964
- 95 min
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For a year, rumours had circulated
among high-level Western leaders -
- that the Soviet Union was at work
on the "ultimate weapon".
A doomsday device.
Intelligence sources traced the
site of the top-secret project -
- to the foggy wasteland below the
Arctic peaks of the Zarkov islands.
What they were building, or why
they chose such a remote place, -
- no one could say.
- General Ripper, sir.
- Group Captain Mandrake speaking.
This is General Ripper.
Do you recognize my voice?
- I do, sir. Why do you ask?
- Why do you think I ask?
I don't know. We spoke
just a moment ago on the phone.
Would I ask if you recognized
my voice unless it was important?
- No.
- Let's try to stay on the ball.
Is the wing
holding at their fail-safe points?
Yes, the confirmation just came in.
Very well.
Listen to me carefully...
The base is going on Condition Red.
I want it flashed to all sections.
Jolly good idea.
It keeps the men on their toes.
- I'm afraid this is no exercise.
- Not an exercise?
You have a right to know. It looks
like we're in a shooting war.
- Hell. Are the Russians involved?
- That's all I've been told.
My orders are to seal off this base,
and I mean to seal it tight.
I want you to transmit Plan R,
R for Robert, to the wing.
- R for Robert.
- Is it that bad?
- It looks like it's pretty hairy.
- Yes, sir. R for Robert.
Last, and possibly most important:
I want all private radios impounded.
They might be used
to contact saboteurs.
The police will have a list of all
owners. I want them all collected.
After you've done that,
report back to me.
To guard against
surprise nuclear attack, -
- America keeps a fleet of B-52
bombers airborne 24 hours a day.
Each B-52 can deliver a
nuclear bomb load of 50 megatons, -
- used by all the armies
in World War Two.
This force is deployed from the
Persian Gulf to the Arctic Ocean.
But they are all two hours
from their targets inside Russia.
TOP SECRE CODES:
Maj. Kong,
you'll think this is crazy, -
- but I just got a message from base
coded Wing Attack Plan R.
R for Romeo.
Goldy,
did you say Wing Attack Plan R?
Yes, sir.
Goldy, how many times have I said
I don't want no horsing around?
That's how it decodes.
That's the stupidest thing I've ever
heard through a set of earphones.
- You're sure it's today's code?
- Yes, sir.
There's got to be something wrong.
I'm coming back.
- Get a confirmation from base.
- Yes, sir.
Is it possible it's a loyalty test,
to see who'd actually go?
Ain't nobody ever got the go-code.
We wouldn't get Plan R unless the
Russkies had clobbered Washington.
Maj. Kong,
message from base confirmed.
Well, boys, I reckon this is it.
Nuclear combat,
toe to toe with the Russkies.
Boys, I ain't much of a hand
in making speeches.
But I got a fair idea something
doggone important is going on.
I got a fair idea of the emotions
you fellas may be thinking.
You wouldn't be human if you didn't
have strong feelings on nuclear war.
But folks back home are counting
on you, and we won't let them down.
I'll tell you something else...
If this thing is half as important
- you'll be in line for promotions
and citations when this is over.
That goes for all of you, regardless
of your race, colour or creed.
Now we've got some flying to do!
- Buck, should I get it?
- You'll have to.
Hello...?
Gen. Turgidson is here,
but he can't come to the phone.
This is his secretary, Miss Scott.
Freddy, how are you...?
Fine, and you?
We were just catching up
on the general's paperwork.
He's tied up at the moment. I'm
afraid he can't come to the phone.
Just a minute...
General, a Col. Puntridge calling.
- Tell him to call back.
- Freddy, could you call him back?
- He says it can't wait.
- Find out what he wants.
The general is in the powder room.
Could you tell me
what it's about...?
They monitored a transmission
It was directed to the
It decoded as Wing Attack Plan R.
Tell him to call what's his name...
The base commander. Ripper.
The general suggests calling General
Ripper, the 843's base commander.
- All communications are dead.
- Bull! Tell him to do it himself.
Freddy, the general asks if you
can possibly try again yourself.
He's tried several times, but even
the normal phone lines are down.
Fred, what's it look like?
Are you sure it's Plan R?
What's cooking on the threat board?
Nothing at all?
I don't like the look of this, Fred.
All right,
give Elmo and Charlie a blast, -
- bump everything up
to Condition Red and stand by.
- What's up?
- Nothing...
- Where are my shorts?
- On the floor. Where are you going?
No place...
I just thought I'd mosy over
to the War Room...
- It's three in the morning!
Buck, honey...
I'm not sleepy, either.
I know how it is, baby.
I'll tell you what you do...
You just start your countdown, -
- and old Buckie will be back
before you can say "blast-off".
Your Commie has no regard
for human life, not even his own.
And so I want to impress upon you
the need for extreme watchfulness.
The enemy may come individually
or in strength.
He may come in our uniform.
However he comes, we must stop him.
He must not enter this base.
I'm going to give you
three simple rules.
First, trust no one, whatever
his uniform or rank, -
Secondly...
Anything approaching the perimeter
is to be fired upon. Third...
If in doubt, shoot first
and ask questions afterwards.
Better a few
accidental casualties -
- than to lose the entire base
through carelessness.
must come from me personally.
Now men, in conclusion,
I would like to say -
- that in the two years I have been
your commanding officer, -
- I always expected your best, and
you never gave me anything less.
The nation is counting on us, and
we won't let them down. Good luck.
Here's the attack profile, sir.
To ensure the enemy can't monitor or
plant false voice transmission, -
- the CRM114 is to be switched in
to all receiver circuits.
The emergency prefix is to be set
on the dials of the CRM.
This will block all transmissions
not coded with a code prefix.
- Stand by to set code.
- Roger. Ready to set code prefix.
Set code prefix.
- Code prefix set.
- Lock code prefix.
- Code prefix locked.
- Switch to CRM descriminators.
All circuits switched.
Check auto destruct circuits.
Auto destruct circuits checked.
Primary target:
ICBM complex at Laputa.
Target reference: YGT360.
fused for air-burst at 10,000 feet.
will be used if first malfunctions.
Otherwise
proceed to secondary target:
Missile complex seven miles east
of Borshov. Target reference:
NBX108.
Fused air-burst at 12,000 feet.
Sir, something rather interesting
has cropped up.
Music. Civilian broadcasting.
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