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Shit, Might as Well Call It Now

I won? That deserves a phone card!

It's Dr. Strangelove in a rout, much like the Houston Rockets' destruction of the Orlando Magic in the 1995 NBA Finals. In that spirit, here's a column from one of the last living principals from that film, James Earl Jones (Lt. Lothar Zogg) on the 40th anniversary re-release of the movie. It touches on his own participation in the Korean War (much to the consternation of his father and to family friend Paul Robeson), as well as some interesting thoughts on the director:

In spite of having been stripped of the lines that made the role attractive to me in the first place, I felt very fortunate to be working with Kubrick, one of the most brilliant and innovative directors of our time. He was unique--the only man I have ever known who spoke in the manner, if not the accent, of an English lord and chewed gum at the same time. Stanley was unfailingly polite and even-tempered on the set. After every take that didn't work, even the 100th, he would say nothing more than "Let's try that again."

He may not have all of his laugh-out-loud lines cut from the film (although I still crack up when he innocently asked "Anybody seen Major Kong?" right before Slim Pickens is dropped on Russia), but dammit, he can make you think:

Human history offers little evidence that we can learn to stop fighting wars. But we cannot stop trying. As Stanley would say after every take that didn't work, even the 100th, "Let's try that again."