Dr. Strangelove (1964) title sequence

Title sequence from Dr. Strangelove (1964), designed by Pablo Ferro

✇ ‘DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB’ (1964)
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens

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[jamesklatt]

You cant fight here, this is the war room.

[mdumas]

The tenderest planefucking music ever arranged. RIP Laurie Johnson.

[jamesfields]

Maybe the best opening title sequence in movie history. Just beautiful.

[alecfoster]

The KC-135 and B-52 both had cigarettes after this sequence.

[ucfknight]

From Wikipedia: USAF KC-135A, 55-3144, crashed on approach to Runway 11 at Hanscom Field in Bedford, Massachusetts, killing all three on board. Stock footage of this same aircraft had been used during the opening credits of the film Dr. Strangelove.

RIP

[augmented]

1:25 she's forgotten her car keys

[oldguy]

Lyrics
Oh she may be weary
Them young girls they do get wearied
Wearing that same old miniskirt dress
But when she gets weary
You try a little tenderness
Oh man that
Un hunh
I know shes waiting
Just anticipating
The thing that you'll never never possess
No no no
But while she there waiting
Try just a little bit of tenderness
That's all you got to do
Now it might be a little bit sentimental no
But she has her greavs and care
But the soft words they are spoke so gentle
Yeah yeah yeah
And it makes it easier to bear
Oh she wont regret it
No no
Them young girls they don't forget it
Love is their whole happiness
Yeah yeah yeah
But its all so easy
All you got to do is try
Try a little tenderness
Yeah
Damn that hart (hard?)
All you got to do is know how to love her
You've got to
Hold her
Squeeze her
Never leave her
Now get to her
Got got got to try a little tenderness
Yeah yeah
Lord have mercy now
All you got to do is take my advice
You've got to hold her
Don't squeeze her
Never leave her
You've got to hold her
And never
So you got to try a little tenderness
A little tenderness
A little tenderness
A little tenderness
You've got to
Got to got to
You've gotta hold her
Don't squeeze her
Never leaver her
You got
Got got got to
Now now now
Got got got to
Try a little tenderness
Ye
Songwriters: Jimmy Campbell / Reg Connelly / Harry M. Woods
Try a Little Tenderness lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

[NolanWillard]

I've never seen a plane *finish* before...

[sanidan]

One of the most erotic movie opening themes of its time.

[mattomite]

Best version of this song. Stanley was a genius in every way. I think I need a cigarette after seeing and hearing this lol

[johnstewart]

I really enjoy all of the witty comments here. But having been born in ‘62 I can’t help but feel a bit nostalgic for the perceived security of the magnesium overcast skies of the SAC nuclear umbrella.

[crowtservo]

First time?

No, I’ve refueled lots of time.

[tekkersmo]

How do I find this song in this version, sans vocals and everything?

[robinsonrex]

Where can get the music of this video separately without the dialogue? Is this included in the original soundtrack?

[jaymudd]

And now Hypersonic Missiles, things are going to get Hyper

[rockman]

This song new original score for movie?

[kris]

This scene always made me feel so gross😂 like, even before I knew about any raunchy shit, something about the music and imagery always made me think “…wait, wut..?

[simontreves]

Several spelling mistakes in these opening credits, e.g. "base on" instead of "based upon".

[michaelwhalen]

Beautiful melody, but strangely incongruent with a nuclear armed B-52 getting tanked up from a KC-135.