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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)

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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
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TitleThe Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Year2004
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
GenreDrama (Movies)
Run Time2h 00 min
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The film portrays Peter Sellers as a complex and tormented genius, whose success as a film star concealed his difficult and relatively unhappy private life. This “troubled life” is the primary focus of this biopic, which personalizes “one of the greatest comic actors in the history of the British cinema,” and shows the many masks he wore and characters he played as an actor.

The film presents much of Sellers’ initial success and identity as dependent on his domineering and doting mother. Eventually this success, first in radio and eventually in film, led to his succumbing to destructive mood swings and insecurity, and contributed to the deterioration of his marriages. Discovering his gift for comedy, his ego began to undermine his personal relationships with friends and co-workers. His personality became more turbulent. The film presents Sellers’ own personality as having often merged with that of his film characters, and his self-learned skill as a method actor as being used to mask his real self.

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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
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Cast:

Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Rush
Peter Sellers
Charlize Theron Charlize Theron
Britt Ekland
Emily Watson Emily Watson
Anne Sellers
John Lithgow John Lithgow
Blake Edwards
Peter Vaughan Peter Vaughan
Bill Sellers
Sonia Aquino Sonia Aquino
Sophia Loren
Stanley Tucci Stanley Tucci
Stanley Kubrick
Stephen Fry Stephen Fry
Maurice Woodruff

The film portrays Peter Sellers as a complex and tormented genius, whose success as a film star concealed his difficult and relatively unhappy private life. This “troubled life” is the primary focus of this biopic, which personalizes “one of the greatest comic actors in the history of the British cinema,” and shows the many masks he wore and characters he played as an actor.

The film presents much of Sellers’ initial success and identity as dependent on his domineering and doting mother. Eventually this success, first in radio and eventually in film, led to his succumbing to destructive mood swings and insecurity, and contributed to the deterioration of his marriages. Discovering his gift for comedy, his ego began to undermine his personal relationships with friends and co-workers. His personality became more turbulent. The film presents Sellers’ own personality as having often merged with that of his film characters, and his self-learned skill as a method actor as being used to mask his real self.

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