The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
Actors:
Miriam Margolyes (actress),
Alison Steadman (actress),
Heidi Klum (actress),
Geoffrey Rush (actor),
Emilia Fox (actress),
Peter Vaughan (actor),
Steve Pemberton (actor),
Ray Donn (actor),
John Lithgow (actor),
Nigel Havers (actor),
Stephen Fry (actor),
Stanley Tucci (actor),
Mackenzie Crook (actor),
Emily Watson (actress),
Charlize Theron (actress),
Plot: The professional and personal life of actor and comedian 'Peter Sellers (I)' (qv) was a turbulent one. His early movie fame was based primarily on his comic characterizations, often of bumbling and foreign-accented persons, characters which he embodied. As his movie fame rose, he began to lose his own personal identity to his movie characters, leading to self-doubt of himself as a person and a constant need for reassurance and acceptance of his work. This self-doubt manifested itself in fits of anger and what was deemed as arrogance by many. In turn, his personal relationships began to deteriorate as his characterizations were continually used to mask his problems. His first wife, Anne Howe, left/divorced him and his relationships with his parents and children became increasingly distant. His relationship with his second wife, Swedish actress 'Britt Ekland' (qv), was based on this mask. In his later life, he tried to rediscover himself and his career with what would become his penultimate film role, that of Chance in _Being There (1979)_ (qv).
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, acting, actor, actress, adultery, airplane-trip, animated-credits, animated-sequence
Genres:
Biography,
Comedy,
Drama,
Romance,
Taglines: Never judge a man by his cover. I love me...I love me not. Life is being someone else. (UK)
Quotes:
[In a restaurant with Sophia Loren]::Waiter: What would sir and madam say to a little fish?::Peter Sellers: I'd probably say "Hello little fish!"
Anne Sellers: [shouting] I'm fucking bored of the little boy! Why can't you be a man? You're a miserable, lying shit I hate you.
Dennis Selinger: [Handing Sellers a script] It's called "The Pink Panther."::Peter Sellers: Sounds like a bloody strip joint... for poofs.
Businessman on Plane: Excuse me, but aren't you Peter Sellers?::Peter Sellers: Not today.
[Peter is telling his wife and children that he's leaving them]::Sarah Sellers: Do you still love us?::Peter Sellers: Of course I do sweetheart. Just... not as much as I love Sophia Loren.
Peter Sellers: I'm under a lot of pressure, I could use your support.::Anne Sellers: You've always had my support, Peter. It's my patience that I'm no longer sure about.
Peter Sellers: [to Britt Ekland] Christ, woman, can't you say anything real? First of all, you can't act and then you can't stop!
Peter Sellers: People ask me why do I keep compromising my artistic integrity by walking in front of Blake's cameras. And you know what I tell them? Money!
[last lines]::Peter Sellers: [as he enters his dressing room trailer] You can't come in here.
Blake Edwards: [On the set of the Pink Panther] Welcome to Hollywood.::Peter Sellers: This is Italy.::Blake Edwards: Hollywood is a state of mind.
Night Alarm (1934)
Actors:
Dwight Caldwell (editor),
Harry Bowen (actor),
Larry Darmour (producer),
Earle Snell (writer),
Lee Zahler (composer),
Spencer Gordon Bennet (director),
John Bleifer (actor),
Bruce Cabot (actor),
Allan Cavan (actor),
Jack Cheatham (actor),
Lester Dorr (actor),
Tom Hanlon (actor),
Sam Hardy (actor),
Harry Holman (actor),
Fuzzy Knight (actor),
Plot: A reporter itching to get off the boring gardening "beat" gets a chance to investigate a series of arson fires that have been plaguing the city. He believes the fires are tied into a web of political corruption involving a wealthy businessman, the mayor and the police chief. Complicatins ensue when the girl assigned to help him turns out to be the businessman's daughter.
Keywords: apartment, arson, arsonist, ashtray, b-movie, cane, champagne, cigarette-girl, cigarette-smoking, dance-club
Genres:
Drama,
Romance,
Taglines: Greater in Theme-Drama and Spectacular Production Than All Other Fire Thrilles Combined! Players and Firemen Risked Their Lives to Give You - "The THRILL of a Lifetime"! ONE EXCITING NIGHT of Love - Adventure - Spectacles - Heroic Deeds - Thrills and Chills! MYSTERY - DRAMA - ROMANCE - "The Thrill of a Lifetime" "The THRILL of a Lifetime" For Boy Scouts - Girl Souts - Good Scouts and Parents- Lessons in Heroism - Exciting Spectacles - Screaming Comedy - Daring Risks - Booming Explosions - A Great City Fire Department in Action! BURNING HEARTS and BURNING TIMBERS!