Dr. Strangelove (4/8) Movie CLIP - Water and Commies (1964) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Ripper (Sterling Hayden) tells Mandrake (Peter Sellers) his views on why Communists don't drink water.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
In 1964, with the Cuban Missile Crisis fresh in viewers' minds, the Cold War at its frostiest, and the hydrogen bomb relatively new and frightening, Stanley Kubrick dared to make a film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and played the situation for laughs. Dr. Strangelove's jet-black satire (from a script by director Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, and Terry Southern) and a host of superb comic performances (including three from Peter Sellers) have kept the film fresh and entertaining, even as its issues have become (slightly) less timely. Loaded with thermonuclear weapons, a U.S. bomber piloted by Maj. T.J. "King" Kong (Slim Pickens) is on a routine flight pattern near the Soviet Union when they receive orders to commence Wing Attack Plan R, best summarized by Maj. Kong as "Nuclear combat! Toe to toe with the Russkies!" On the ground at Burpleson Air Force Base, Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers) notices nothing on the news about America being at war. Gen. Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) calmly informs him that he gave the command to attack the Soviet Union because it was high time someone did something about fluoridation, which is sapping Americans' bodily fluids (and apparently has something to do with Ripper's sexual dysfunction). Meanwhile, President Merkin Muffley (Sellers again) meets with his top Pentagon advisors, including super-hawk Gen. Buck Turgidson (George C. Scott), who sees this as an opportunity to do something about Communism in general and Russians in particular. However, the ante is upped considerably when Soviet ambassador de Sadesky (Peter Bull) informs Muffley and his staff of the latest innovation in Soviet weapons technology: a "Doomsday Machine" that will destroy the entire world if the Russians are attacked.

CREDITS:
TM & © Sony (1964)
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Peter Sellers
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Producers: Victor Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick
Screenwriters: Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, Peter George

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[BradleytheT]

Sellers's laughter is genuine.  This was the hardest scene to film because these two kept cracking each other up.  They kept this one because the strain peter sellers was under to not laugh made it look like he was frantically in fear.  If you listen closely, right after Ripper says, "70% of you is water", you can hear Mandrake mutter, "oh lord..." and from then on out it was a desperate battle to stay in character.  Two great masters of the craft exchanging blows of talent.  My favorite parts of this movie happen in Ripper's office.

[LordZontar]

I love how Sellers plays this scene. Mandrake is really struggling not to collapse into terrified hysteria around this lunatic who just started a nuclear war over fluoridation. Played for comedy but it really is one of the more subtly dramatic scenes of the movie when you look at it close.

[jameshood]

Sellers could not look at Hayden directly without bursting into laughter. A memorable scene.

[chrisbilling]

I know this movie is meant to be a comedy and although the comedic genius cant be ignored i find this movie to be absolutely terrifying. It perfectly captures the cold war dread of total annihilation

[mattomite]

Sellers was an absolute genius. Pure genius. Like many of the best comedic actors he was deeply troubled and had mental health issues but he was a genius. His comedy never gets old!

Sterling Hayden also delivered an epic performance. Just stellar

[russellcampbell]

Like everyone who sits next to a nutcase at a bar or on the bus and wonders just how they can escape. Funny and terrifying at the same time.

[dedal]

Gotta love how Ripper talks in a calm reassuring manner like he knows these things without any doubt. "You begin to understand ?" lmao

[chrisgardner]

I never noticed how Kubrick placed those guns on the wall just over Ripper's hand, pointed at their heads, foreshadowing....

[jimc.goodfellas]

Hayden was one of the great underrated actors of film history

[weinerschnitzelrock]

the way he fiddles with that gum wrapper is priceless!

[coralroper]

Mandrake sounds one second away from having a nervous breakdown...

[bax]

I can only imagine what Ripper would have thought of the coronavirus.

[rockycomet]

Ripper and Mandrake are the greatest duo in film history. Change my mind.

[MirrorDimly]

Come to think of it, I never have seen a Commie drink a glass of water.

[robert]

lol that look sellers gives when hayden puts his hand on sellers knee was classic

[johnharrison]

One of the great movie scenes of all time!

[joekoons]

Mandrake reminds me of myself as an English Lit undergraduate listening to my tutor's incomprehensible postmodernist ramblings.

[Lshannon]

I always think that when my Dad finally snaps, he's going to be General Ripper and I'm going to be Mandrake in this scene. LMFAO.

[korykent]

He says flouridated water is the most dangerous thing they have to face right before the office getting shot up lol

[FredSox]

Sterling Hayden was great in this film.