Dr. Strangelove Q.
David Gentle
Gentle_Family at btinternet.com
Sat Jul 28 21:29:19 CDT 2001
> 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?
No idea but I believe that sequence is included on some DVD versions.
The amk faq (http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/faq/) doesn't say anything about it though.
Try asking on alt.movies.kubrick. Or searching google groups
(http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&safe=off&group=alt.movies.kubrick). I find this answer there:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=pie+fight&hl=en&group=alt.movies.kubrick&safe=off&rnum=9&selm=315C
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