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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)

15 122 min  -  Biography | Drama  -   26 August 2004 (Australia)
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The feature adaptation of Roger Lewis' book about the actor best remembered as Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies.

Director:

Stephen Hopkins

Writers:

Roger Lewis (book), Christopher Markus (teleplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Geoffrey Rush ...
Charlize Theron ...
Emily Watson ...
Anne Sellers
John Lithgow ...
Miriam Margolyes ...
Peg Sellers
Peter Vaughan ...
Bill Sellers
Sonia Aquino ...
Stanley Tucci ...
Stephen Fry ...
Henry Goodman Henry Goodman ...
Dennis Selinger
Alison Steadman Alison Steadman ...
Casting Agent
Peter Gevisser ...
Ted Levy
David Robb David Robb ...
Dr. Lyle Wexler
Edward Tudor-Pole Edward Tudor-Pole ...
Spike Milligan (as Edward Tudor Pole)
Steve Pemberton ...
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Storyline

The professional and personal life of actor and comedian 'Peter Sellers' 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, was based on this mask. In his later life... Written by Huggo  

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Plot Keywords:

Actor | Fame | Death | Bumbling | Peter Sellers  | See more »

Taglines:

I love me...I love me not. See more »

Genres:

Biography | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

(Australia) See more »

Also Known As:

The Life & Death of Peter Sellers See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$980,699 (Australia)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Geoffrey Rush initially turned down the film, feeling he didn't possess the mental capacity to play Peter Sellers. But after finishing Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Rush changed his mind and decided to do the film, feeling that the previous film had put him in the right mindset. See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: When Sellers finds out (via the newspaper) that Britt Ekland is arriving in London it is the early 1960s, yet on the wall of his room at the start of the scene is the UK film poster for his film Undercovers Hero. See more »

Quotes

[On their honeymoon]
Peter Sellers: Are you sure you're my wife?
Britt Ekland: What do you mean?
Peter Sellers: Because no wife should be that good in the sack.
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Crazy Credits

The frame freezes and the end credits start. After some informations about
the last part of life of Peter Sellers have scrolled up the screen, the
credits stop and the camera suddenly pulls back, revealing Geoffrey Rush
watching the end titles
sitting in front of a monitor on a studio set. He turns toward the camera,
waves, gets up, leaves the set and walks to a trailer. The camera tries to
follow him inside, but he turns and says "You can't come in here". The door
closes, and the camera zooms in on the sign with the name "Peter Sellers".
The film again fades to black and we see the rest of the end credits. See more »

Connections

References The Party (1968) See more »

Soundtracks

"You Make Me Feel So Young"
Written by Mack Gordon & Josef Myrow
Performed by Lance Ellington
Arranged and conducted by James Seymour Brett See more »