Hilarious Dark Comedy.

Rating: 9/10 (16 September 2013)

Stanley Kubrick's "dark nightmare" comedy about rogue American Brigadier general Jack Ripper(!)(played by Sterling Hayden)who decides to launch a preemptive strike against Russia, and the frantic attempts of the White House and military to stop him, and prevent WWIII.
Bold idea to make a nuclear war into a comedy, but Kubrick did so in order to show the insanity of the situation in the first place. Peter Sellers plays three different (but distinct) roles, and is incredible, aside from being hilarious, he shows what a fine actor he was, that he could pull off such a feat. Slim Pickens as Maj. "King" Kong, Keenan Wynn as Col."Bat" Guano(defender of the Coca-Cola company) and George C. Scott as general "Buck" Turgidson are equally superb in this classic film, which still holds up. Better watched than described!