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2 videodiscs (95 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 pages : illustrations, some color ; 16 cm.) + 2 pages (23 cm.) + 1 miniature booklet (5 cm.)
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Based on the book "Red Alert" by Peter George
disc 1.Feature film -- disc 2. Special features
In this dark comedy, chaos erupts when a general orders an attack on the Russians, which subsequently will trigger the Russian "Doomsday Device." The President and his aides struggle to find a way to stop the impending doom
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964
Widescreen (1.66:1)
Special features: Restored 4K Digital transfer; alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack; new interviews with Stanley Kubrick scholars Mick Broderick and Rodney Hill, archivist Richard Daniels, cinematographer and camera innovator Joe Dunton, camera operator Kelvin Pike, and David George, son of Peter George, on whose novel, Red Alert, the film is based; excerpts from a 1966 audio interview with Kubrick, conducted by physicist and author Jeremy Bernstein; four short documentaries, about the making of the film, the socio political climate of the period, the work of actor Peter Sellers, and the artistry of Kubrick; Interviews from 1963 with Sellers and actor George C. Scott; excerpt from a 1980 interview with Sellers from NBC's Today Show; trailers. Includes essay "The Darkest Room" by scholar David Bromwich and a 1994 article by screenwriter Terry Southern on the making of the film
Director of photography, Gilbert Taylor ; film editor, Anthony Harvey ; music, Laurie Johnson
Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Tracy Reed
[MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements, some violence, sexual humor, and mild language]
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural; 5.1 surround
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
Named to the National Film Registry in 1989 by the Library of Congress
Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Peter Sellers); Best Director (Stanley Kubrick); Best Picture (Stanley Kubrick); Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry Southern), 1965 Academy Awards (U.S.)