Dr. Strangelove (3/8) Movie CLIP - Hello Dimitri (1964) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
The President (Peter Sellers) gets into a testy phone conversation with the Russian Premier when he tells him of their problem.

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: Peter Bull, George C. Scott, Peter Sellers
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Producers: Victor Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick
Screenwriters: Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, Peter George

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[melkaman]

I just love how President Muffley tries to minimize it... "He went and did a silly thing... well, I'll tell you what he did, he ordered his planes ... to attack your country. Well let me finish, Dimitri."

[GrimmFilmEnt]

"Of course it's a friendly call. If it wasn't friendly, you probably wouldn't have even got it..." This movie is riddled with brilliant lines.

[NumberRobotic]

"It's great to be fine" is probably one of my favorite quotes in any movie, ever.

[paradisecityX]

"I'm capable of being just as sorry as you are, so we're both sorry, alright!!!"

[aby]

Kubrick's movie was seen as a "safety concern" by the FBI when it came out and Stanley was even investigated by them. They considered that his movie was disparaging of the Pentagon. Which it was and that's what makes it such an essential masterpiece of a movie.

[asturianix]

I love how up until this point, the president was the most "normal" and serious of all the characters.

[EdMcStinko]

This is such a classic scene yet it never gets old.

[GreenGretel]

That little chuckle he does @ 0:38 kills me.

[flopius]

What I love of this scene is that he can only imagine what dimitri is saying

[nsrikanth]

0:52 mins, "The Bomb Dimitri, The Hydrogen Bomb". The way he said the dialogue for that situation is creating much comedy.

[jetsfan]

The russian ambassador is trying so hard not to laugh

[ZOB]

I'm going to go ahead and say this is the funniest scene in cinema history.

[xFurashux]

I love how much Dimitri cares if the US president likes to call him just to say hello, even thought he just heard about the planes.

[brendanmatelan]

I love how he's trying to explain this to what sounds like a 5 year old.

[Edzward]

The most amazing is that part was completely unscripted, that was just Sellers improvising on the spot.

[DarkFortressPictures_Official]

I don’t know what’s more hilarious. Peter Sellers performance or George C Scott‘s reactions! 😂😂😂

[austinalmanza]

There will never be an actor like Peter Sellers, and there will never be a director like Stanley Kubrick

[ShasOSwoll]

Look how close the ambassador gets to laughing

[joachimlubs]

Considering he didn't talk to anybody, this phonecall is beyond brilliance. Especially that line " Well, let me finish, Dimitri" is delivered so fine after that little break, incredible timing and emphasis. And, by the way, this is by far more reasonable than our reality, which is a bit shocking.

[badjesus]

"..can you turn music down?" lol Sellers AD LIBBED allot in this scene crackin Kubrick and everyone up so much they had to cut several x's lol