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Post by georgelytton on May 22, 2007 12:08:22 GMT
The new Panther deserved the Razzies and even more. How about Worst Actor and Worst Screenplay?
I'd have the new Panther win those four categories (two of the known ones, two of mine).
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Post by georgelytton on Jul 30, 2006 16:07:06 GMT
The Sellers family is certainly screwed!
Anyway... Sad news, indeed.
RIP Michael Sellers!
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Post by georgelytton on Jul 24, 2007 0:33:56 GMT
Its sad it won't be on film, I would love to see that.
And it better not be a dern Roger Lewis crap "biography" adap...
But then again, why do I care? I won't even be there to see it, so...
Still, lucky those that will.
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Post by georgelytton on Jul 24, 2007 13:03:39 GMT
Its sad that the replica Clouseau won an Oscar, even late on his life, and Sellers didn't live to get one.
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Post by georgelytton on Jul 29, 2006 13:41:58 GMT
This film never happened. Period.
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Post by georgelytton on Sept 3, 2006 10:39:30 GMT
I'd also reccommend Graham Stark's book, too... Best Sellers biography I read so far. Haven't read his son's book, though...
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Post by georgelytton on Jul 29, 2006 13:42:53 GMT
RIP Peter Sellers.
One of the greatest (if not the greatest) comedy actors of all time...
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Post by georgelytton on Sept 8, 2006 23:21:38 GMT
Rush is great, the film isn't. When that happens, its really a double-side blade...
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Post by georgelytton on Jul 30, 2006 14:25:16 GMT
In all honesty, its not really accurate - nor perspective. And its the scripts fault really, I liked the direction, and how they had Sellers pretending his fellow friends-workers-mom to tell the story. But aside from that, the film is not really representative of Sellers' personality.
I've read a mirriad of different Sellers novels, and its true...
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Post by georgelytton on Jul 29, 2006 13:19:45 GMT
I liked its style, and Geoffrey Rush as Sellers. But the film as a whole is very a gossip's tale.
Roger Lewis hates Peter Sellers. The biography was no more an attempt to pinpoint Sellers' worst attributes.
There are many biographies out there for Sellers, that are far more accurate than this.
I especially hated how they portrayed the relationship between Blake Edwards and Sellers. That relationship alone would make for a wonderful movie, instead they wrote Edwards into a jerk and made Sellers the victim and so forth.
Really, the film is an abomination, worth only to see Sellers again, even if played by Rush.
I don't recommend it.
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Post by georgelytton on Oct 2, 2006 4:40:15 GMT
I was talking about HERCULE, brandon. Obviously, I'm the only one who missed Hercule!
He did return though in TRAIL, but it wasn't the same. I wish he returned when Sellers was alive still...
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Post by georgelytton on Sept 25, 2006 12:29:23 GMT
My signature is my favorite role for Graham Stark. Then it had to be Hercule. Its a shame he didn't return, at least for REVENGE...
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Post by georgelytton on Sept 3, 2006 11:17:01 GMT
As i said, theatre quality of a movie.
And I believe that, if Sellers survived his heart attack, as he would've grown older, we would probably have seen him more in movies with serious roles for him.
Great movie, BTW.
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Post by georgelytton on Jul 29, 2006 13:36:17 GMT
There are quite a few.
From the Pink Panthers, I'd say SHOT, RETURN and STRIKES AGAIN are his best, because in one he got the niche of the character, in the other he excelled in its perfection. In both the movies are good and Clouseau is best realized. His portrayals in the original PANTHER and REVENGE are also good, almost as good, and that should say something.
Overall, I think he was just plain great in all Panthers.
HOFFMAN is a film that is fairly close to Sellers' own personality. As close as it could ever be. Theatre quality, this film is fine, but somwhat falters because of that theatre style of staging and performing. Still, Sellers is great, throughout, and for that alone, this film is a gem.
DR. STRANGELOVE is Kubrick's only comedy, and with Sellers he ensured its eternity. Sellers' versatily is evident in every frame. Probably Peter Sellers's best performance in a film, ever.
The overlooked, but recently discovered BLOCKHOUSE is another gem, a WWII film about a number of people imprisoned underground for years. The most naturalistic and "real" film I've seen, in a long time. Sellers gives a completely different performance here, as a man whose smarts sometime abandon him, from being able to count the days and months they were imprisoned in there, to be completely lost, in the dark, before falling victim of his of his own fears.
PARTY was also great... His Indian portrayal led many to think Apu in THE SIMPSONS was a derivation from Seller's Hrundi, even when he clealry wasn't (and according to Apu's voicemaster, Hank Azaria). What makes this performance work, is Sellers's astounding mimickry - he's as perfect an Indian as any could ever be. And he acts beside that! Just plain funny.
You see theres a variety in both roles and movies.
However, his best movie, followed closely by DR. STRANGELOVE, would have to be BEING THERE. The role of a lifetime, and a brilliant satire. With certainty, his greatest performance.
Also, the perfect swan song to Peter Sellers' career, all too well, because "life, is a state of mind."
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Post by georgelytton on Jul 29, 2006 13:11:46 GMT
I'd say that Mancini's music and the Pink Panther cartoon is a highlight. Also the finale with the Littons is great.
Otherwise, the only thing worth in this film is really Roger Moore's Clouseau turn. It was rather good, considering it was a one-take. I think he should've worn a Clouseau moustache, or at least someone voice-overed his voice to be more Clouseau like (a capable one actually, not the cheap knock-off from TRAIL). Anyways, it was fine. It showed that, Clouseau was still alive, in another form. Like telling us Sellers was alive, in another form...
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