Stanley kubrick's classic black comedy about a group of war eager military men who plan a nuclear apocalypse is both funny and frightening and seems as relevant today as ever. Through a series of military and political accidents, two psychotic generals u.s. Air force commander jack d. Ripper sterling hayden and joint chief of staff buck turgidson george c. Scott trigger an ingenious, irrevocable scheme to attack russia's strategic targets with nuclear bombs. The brains behind the scheme belong to dr strangelove peter sellers, a wheelchair bound nuclear scientist who has bizarre ideas about man's future. The president also sellers is helpless to stop the bombers, as is captain mandrake sellers once again.dr strangelove is truly a classic film.