Whatever Happened to Harry Hill? (2012)
Actors:
Harry Hill (actor),
Burt Kwouk (actor),
Harry Hill (producer),
Harry Hill (writer),
Harry Hill (director),
Matt Curtis (miscellaneous crew),
Al Murray (actor),
Adrian Sturges (producer),
Steve Brown (composer),
Billy Sneddon (editor),
Barrie Martin (actor),
Andrew Hewitt (composer),
Kevin Hudson (actor),
Urszula Jarocki (miscellaneous crew),
Chloe Sibthorp (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: In 1999 Channel 4's Harry Hill Show, loved by thousands, was cancelled amid public outcry and rancour. Star and writer of the show harry Hill has not spoken to the Badgers, his Big Brother Alan, Son Alan, Burt Kwouk or any of the original cast since. As C4 celebrates its thirtieth birthday the gang look back at the series, work out where it all went wrong and see if they can put their differences behind them and reunite for one last Reunion Special. An especially commissioned documentary which investigates the rise and fall of The Harry Hill Show, which originally ran for three series on Channel 4 (1997,98,99). We talk to the surviving members of the cast and the reclusive floppy collared genius who created it. We learn of Harry Hill's addiction to oily fish and how he used to beat the cast with a stick to get them to do things (a bit like the Orangutan on Every Which Way But Loose). We uncover details of Brother Alan's secret affair with Tasmin Archer Badger and Burt Kwouk's dislike of Harry's singing voice. The show features frank and sometimes shocking exclusive interviews with Harry Hill (TV Burp), Al Murray (A.K.A. The Pub Landlord), Burt Kwouk (The Pink Panther films, Tenko) and Gary, former Controller of Channel 4. Packed full of clips of the original three series, the show is a fast moving and hilarious look back at one of Channel 4's best loved - and almost forgotten - shows.
Genres:
Comedy,
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.