One of the greatest movies ever filmed

Rating: 10/10 (1 July 2005)

Originally begun as a drama, Stanley Kubriak smartly followed his instincts after a screening, and turned the movie into a comedy. Without a doubt one of the most important, and funniest films ever made. George C. Scott is over the top as the crazed Turgenson, who's character was Dan Ackroyd's inspiration for the admiral in the movie Spies Like Us. Petter Sellers almost walks away with the movie, playing more roles in one movie then some actors do in their entire career. SOme of the signs posted at the various army camps are ungodly funny, as there is always something you'll catch for the first time, no matter how many times you've seen the movie (and i've managed to wear out both a VHS and DVD copy of the movie) Only a genius could have a army general named Jack D. Ripper. One of my personal favorite scenes comes when Sellers as Mutley is trying to call Sellers as the president when a stone faced soldier appears. Mutley finally gets the soldier to agree to let him make the phone call. To get change, they are force to break into the nearby coke machine, and in a drawl, rather semi-serious tone the soldier replies "If you don't get the president on the phone, you're going to have to answer to the coca-cola company." Perhaps one of the most memorable scenes comes at the end, with Slim Pickins riding the bomb towards the ground. As he screams yee-haw, the bomb hits, and we are treated to the song happy trail as explosions happen all over the screen. This infamous scene has been replayed many times, most notably during an episode of the Simpsons. Another bit a trivia, Pinkins would ape one of his own scenes in this movie in the movie 1941, when he is captured, and taken aboard a Japanese Sub. 40 years old, and still as funny today as it must have been then. it will still be funny when the movie is 140 years old