10 Films That Had To Be Altered Because Of Real Life Tragedies

Stanely Kubrick's universally acclaimed Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove is the story of an insane general who ends up setting the world on a path to a nuclear holocaust, and the politicians and generals frantically trying to stop him from the safety of their war room.

The film was originally scheduled to open in London on December 12, 1963, though on November 28, after a period of mourning, Reuters reported that Columbia Pictures had chosen to cancel the world premiere out of respect for the recently assassinated President Kennedy.

The London premiere was rescheduled for 1964, and the version that was screened was a tweaked version of the original. Several changes were made to the film as a result of JFK's assassination, including Kubrick changing a line that originally read "A fella could have a pretty good weekend in Dallas" to "A fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas," avoiding referring to the place that the President was shot and killed.

The infamous pie-throwing finale was also supposedly cut because of the assassination, as it included the line "Our beloved President has been struck down in his prime." Instead, the film ends with a montage of nuclear detonations accompanied by Vera Lynn's recording of We'll Meet Again.