A satire in which the U.S. president and his military advisors struggle ineptly to avert a holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union because he fears that the Russians are poisoning the water supply in the United States.

A videodisc release of the 1963 motion picture by Columbia Pictures. Based on the book Red alert by Peter George. Special features: New documentary: The art of Stanley Kubrick from short films to Strangelove ; Inside the making of Dr. Strangelove ; original split-screen interview with Peter Sellers and George C. Scott ; original advertising gallery ; theatrical trailers ; talent files ; animated menus ; production notes ; scene selections.