- A comedy genius, a hot new director and a 17th Century pirate film. What could possibly go wrong?
- In 1973 Peter Sellers, one of the biggest comedy actors at the time, embarked on a pirate comedy for Columbia Pictures. He lost confidence with the film immediately and tried to sabotage it, first firing the producers before turning on his friend (and the film's young director), Peter Medak. Despite an illustrious career and the passing of 43 years since the unraveling production, Medak is still reeling from the disastrous experience and healing the wounds inflicted by Sellers and the film's failure. The Ghost of Peter Sellers is a comic-tragic feature doc about what it takes to be a film director and survive your biggest disaster.
- By 1973 Peter Sellers was one of the most accomplished and recognizable comic actors working in the British entertainment industry. He'd already established a notorious reputation for being controlling, moody, and unpredictable by his peers when the young Hungarian-British film director Peter Medak teamed with him to film GHOST IN THE NOONDAY SUN, a 'Goons at sea' tale Medak would describe as "the biggest disaster" of his life. Unable to navigate Sellers' erratic moods, numerous set absences, and destabilizing love affairs while equally ill-prepared to weather open-ocean production fiascoes - Medak's crew mutinied under Sellers' leadership and the film capsized. 43 years later, still wounded and grieving, Medak reexamines the comically doomed production that nearly imploded his promising career with the support of surviving key players and members of Sellers' ever-shifting inner circle.—Mae Moreno
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By what name was The Ghost of Peter Sellers (2018) officially released in India in English?
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