The last sentence of the quote was originally filmed as: “Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Dallas with all that stuff”, but the film ended up being released just after the Kennedy assassination, so the city was changed to Vegas by over-dubbing before release.
Kubrick did not tell slim Pickens this was a black comedy. He played his role straight. Witch made it all that much funnier.
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Major Kong – Survival Kit Contents Check
Published on Jun 24, 2012
Survival Kit Contents Check from Dr. Strangelove
The last sentence of the quote was originally filmed as: “Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Dallas with all that stuff”, but the film ended up being released just after the Kennedy assassination, so the city was changed to Vegas by over-dubbing before release.
Kubrick did not tell slim Pickens this was a black comedy. He played his role straight. Witch made it all that much funnier.