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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #821
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An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964
Widescreen (1.66:1)
Special features: New interviews with Stanely 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 short documentaries, about the making of the film, the sociopolitical climate of the period, the work of actor Peter Sellers, and the aritstry 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; Plus: an essay by scholar David Bromwich and a 1994 article by screenwriter Terry Southern on the making of the film
Cinematographer, Joe Dunton
Peter Sellers, George C. Scott
Rating: PG; for thematic elements, some violence, sexual humor, and mild language
Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player
English dialogue; English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing