Darkly humorous satire poke fun at movie Fail Safe

Rating: 10/10 (16 April 2007)

Stanley Kubrick directs this masterpiece of the insanity of nuclear war at just about the time that the Serious Film on accidental war, Fail Safe was released. With a cast led by Peter Sellers playing multiple roles( that of the President Mervin Muffly, Dr. Strangelove, and British group captain Mandrake.)the film is very firmly tongue in cheek. Also starring Sterling Hayden, George C. Scott, Kenan Wynn, an early James Earl Jones and Slim Pickens. Probably the greatest scene in any cold war film or any comedy is Slim Pickens riding a hydrogen bomb like a bronc at the rodeo in the climax of the film. This is one of Kubrick's best efforts.