Post by trollte on Aug 19, 2004 10:44:55 GMT
Goodness gracious. If you haven't, you must see it.
I watched this last night for the first time, only really knowing that it is a classic movie that I really should see. For some reason I had it in my mind it was a romance (Dr Zhivago perhpas).
It is totally fantastic and hilarious, with Peter Sellers improvising his arse off. Basic premise is that a rogue American General sets off nuclear bombs to destroy Russia (so they can't steal our precious bodily fluids), and Russia responds with the Doomsday Machine that will destroy all earth. The US President then tries to avert an all out disaster as the countdown to missile impact continues...
A classic example of the hilarity... The US President (Sellers) calls the Russian President on the hotline to tell him that nuclear bombs are on the way:
President Merkin Muffley: [to Kissoff] Hello?... Ah... I can't hear too well. Do you suppose you could turn the music down just a little?... Oh-ho, that's much better... yeah... huh... yes... Fine, I can hear you now, Dmitri... Clear and plain and coming through fine... I'm coming through fine, too, eh?... Good, then... well, then, as you say, we're both coming through fine... Good... Well, it's good that you're fine and... and I'm fine... I agree with you, it's great to be fine... a-ha-ha-ha-ha... Now then, Dmitri, you know how we've always talked about the possibility of something going wrong with the Bomb... The *Bomb*, Dmitri... The *hydrogen* bomb!... Well now, what happened is... ah... one of our base commanders, he had a sort of... well, he went a little funny in the head... you know... just a little... funny. And, ah... he went and did a silly thing... Well, I'll tell you what he did. He ordered his planes... to attack your country... Ah... Well, let me finish, Dmitri... Let me finish, Dmitri... Well listen, how do you think I feel about it?... Can you *imagine* how I feel about it, Dmitri?... Why do you think I'm calling you? Just to say hello?...
I watched this last night for the first time, only really knowing that it is a classic movie that I really should see. For some reason I had it in my mind it was a romance (Dr Zhivago perhpas).
It is totally fantastic and hilarious, with Peter Sellers improvising his arse off. Basic premise is that a rogue American General sets off nuclear bombs to destroy Russia (so they can't steal our precious bodily fluids), and Russia responds with the Doomsday Machine that will destroy all earth. The US President then tries to avert an all out disaster as the countdown to missile impact continues...
A classic example of the hilarity... The US President (Sellers) calls the Russian President on the hotline to tell him that nuclear bombs are on the way:
President Merkin Muffley: [to Kissoff] Hello?... Ah... I can't hear too well. Do you suppose you could turn the music down just a little?... Oh-ho, that's much better... yeah... huh... yes... Fine, I can hear you now, Dmitri... Clear and plain and coming through fine... I'm coming through fine, too, eh?... Good, then... well, then, as you say, we're both coming through fine... Good... Well, it's good that you're fine and... and I'm fine... I agree with you, it's great to be fine... a-ha-ha-ha-ha... Now then, Dmitri, you know how we've always talked about the possibility of something going wrong with the Bomb... The *Bomb*, Dmitri... The *hydrogen* bomb!... Well now, what happened is... ah... one of our base commanders, he had a sort of... well, he went a little funny in the head... you know... just a little... funny. And, ah... he went and did a silly thing... Well, I'll tell you what he did. He ordered his planes... to attack your country... Ah... Well, let me finish, Dmitri... Let me finish, Dmitri... Well listen, how do you think I feel about it?... Can you *imagine* how I feel about it, Dmitri?... Why do you think I'm calling you? Just to say hello?...