This was the first of Kubrick""s anti-war trilogy:Dr.Strangelove Or:...(1964)- a black comedy and anti-war film carries through much of the same sentiment against the military establishmentFull Metal Jacket (1987)- he compelling film also portrays the dehumanizing effects of war by following a group of Marines in basic training and in VietnamKubrick also commented upon the subject of war and conflict in two other films: his epic costume dramaBarry Lyndon (1975)(the Seven Years"" War), and in the historical epic filmSpartacus (1960)(the slave uprising)." Ruefully, Sullivan admits his first-hand ignorance about trouble, poverty, and misery, and the studio representatives believe they have persuaded him to reconsider and not film his next project:O Brother, Where Art Thou?- a message film that would surely fail at the box office.The Witch-king of Angmar, the "deadliest" Lord of the Nazgul (one of Sauron""s nine slaves), who had stabbed Frodo earlier, kept his liar at Minas Morgul (the "Dead City") - he would lead Mordor""s armies of Orcs in war ("the great battle of our time").The film""s screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky transformed his own original teleplay into a successful major motion picture - and the modest film remains one of the best examples of the cinematization of a television play.