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Life and Death of Peter Sellers, The

 

USA / UK 2004, 126 minutes
Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Rating: [M]
Genres: Drama, Comedy

Topics: Biopic.

 

Aroview: An entertaining, if disturbing summary of the turbulent life of British comedian Peter Sellers, with Geoffrey Rush starring as the man who famously said of himself - "There used to be a me behind the mask but I had it surgically removed".

After early radio success with 'The Goons', Sellers later hit the jackpot with the 'Pink Panther' series of screen comedies, but all along contended with a certain alienation from the world which manifested itself in temper tantrums, wife-beating and general selfishness. Incorporating many famous episodes (and people) from Sellers' life, this manages to convince on the level of verrisimilitude, while remaining naggingly, and perhaps unavoidably, hollow as the portrait of an unlikable genius.

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DVD Features

  • audio commentary
  • deleted scenes
  • 'making of' documentary / featurette
  • aspect ratio: 1.78:1
 

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