Speech of the Week #18

Hey guys, welcome to a column here on YDKS Movies entitled Speech of the Week! For now on, every Monday I will post a new scene from a movie that features a speech of some sort being given. After all, there are a lot of famous scenes in film where characters give an influential speech of some sort. Then again, there are also a lot of scenes where characters give a speech and it just comes off cheesy and lame. In this section, you will see both kinds. That's right, people, I'm giving you the good and bad of film speeches all wrapped up in one great big package. I hope you all enjoy.

This week's speech comes courtesy of the suggestion of my roommate Caleb. It comes from Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. In this scene, the president of the United States (Peter Sellers) calls the president of Russia to tell him that there is about to be an accidental nuclear strike on his country. To make the scene even more bizarre and hilarious, the president of Russia is drunk. It is not exactly a speech but I figured it was good enough since you only hear one side of the conversation. This scene is pretty amazing and is probably my favorite scene in Dr. Strangelove. Believe it or not, Peter Sellers is said to have ad-libbed this entire scene. This is a pretty amazing feat and shows just how talented and funny he really was.

Check it out below. This is a good one.