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 | | Sellers' portrayal of the title character, Dr. Strangelove, whose full name, according to the source novel, was Dr. MerkwŸrdigichliebe, bore some similarities to former Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger which were noted at the time. |
 | | This was Sellers at his best, inventing bits of comic action that added immeasurably to the role, such as the bit of Dr. Strangelove's uncontrollable, homicidal hand. |
 | | Strangelove (1964), director Stanley Kubrick's brilliant satire on sex, politics, nuclear Armageddon and the military industrial complex, is also a cornucopia of outrageous comic performances, not the least of which were the three roles portrayed by Peter Sellers. |
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