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CRM 114 made it first appearance in a Kubrick film in Dr Strangelove (1963), according to the production designer, Ken Adam, "Stanley was so steeped in his material [that] his conversation was full of megadeaths, gyro headings and CRM 114s." The source is Peter Bryant's(1) book "Red Alert," Communication officer Mellows is describing the code procedure to Captain Brown:

"To ensure the enemy cannot plant false transmissions and fake orders, once the attack orders have been passed and acknowledged the CRM 114 is to be switched into the receiver circuit. The three code letters of the period are to be set on the alphabet dials of the CRM 114, which will then block any transmissions other than those preceded by the set letters from being fed into the receiver." (2)

Kubrick, allegedly made references it to CRM 114 in a number of his subsequent films, most notably in A Clockwork Orange Alex is injected with 'serum 114', additionally one of the pods in 2001 is marked with this code and, in Eyes Wide Shut the morgue is said to be located in room 14, C-wing, 1st floor, although I cannot confirm this even after very close scrutiny of the film. There may be many other CRM references in Barry Lyndon, The Shining and Full Metal Jacket films but as yet they are too cleverly buried to have come to light. Although I think its more likely that there actually are less CRM 114s in Kubrick's film than Kubrick fans might imagine.

Kubrick told Paul D. Zimmerman in an Newsweek interview circa 1971 that experiencing moments of inspiration like the Malcolm McDowell's rendition of "Singin' in the Rain," was why he spent so much time on key scenes in his films. He called these moments "Critical Rehearse Moments," or points of time "where the actor and director come together to created a defining scene in a film." Another such moment is Jack Nicholson's line "Here's Johnny" from The Shining - which he apparently improvised on set. Some have suggested (erroneously we now know) that the "critical rehearse moment" was the inspiration for the CRM.

Kubrick was fond of word and number games. The CRM 114 is perhaps a parlour game to give his admirers something else to think about, or an acknowledgement that truth sometimes has to be decoded like a cipher, or it is merely a little gift to reward those who are paying attention

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