Dr. Strangelove Q.

Dave Monroe davidmmonroe at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 28 21:11:02 CDT 2001


Definitely cut.  See, e.g. ...

http://members.nbci.com/script_index/dr_strangelove.html

http://www.corky.net/scripts/drStrangelove.html

Or, of course, the film itself.  Was cut for a few
reasons, see, e.g. ...

http://us.imdb.com/Trivia?0057012

Which has all sorts of interesting bits of
info'mation.  Here's some stills ...

http://pages.prodigy.com/kubrick/cs-ds.htm

And an extensive account from screenwriter Terry
Southern ...

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Underground/9798/piefight.htm

And here's some images, soundclips from the film as
released, just for the heck of it ...

http://www.indelibleinc.com/kubrick/films/strangelove/

The links are worth checking out as well ...

--- Jeremy Osner <jeremy at xyris.com> wrote:
> Swiftly and greedily making my way through the new
> Southern book. In his piece
> about the filming of Dr. Strangelove (originally
> printed in *Grand Street*,
> 1994) he describes the "famous 'lost pie fight'"
> which was awesome to learn of
> its existance, I had never heard about it before. At
> the end of the pie fight
> sequence, just before the credits roll, president
> Muffley goes insane and
> General Turgidson says, "Well, boys, it looks like
> the future of this great land
> of ours is going to be in the hands of people like
> Dr. Strangelove here. So
> let's hear three for the good doctor!" It's been a
> while since I last saw the
> film but I cannot remember this speech, I think it
> must have been cut out with
> the pie fight -- can anyone refute or verify this
> for me?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeremy


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