Cast: Geoffrey Rush (Peter Sellers), Charlize Theron (Britt Ekland), Emily Watson (Anne Sellers), John Lithgow (Blake Edwards), Miriam Margolyes (Peg Sellers), Sonia Aquino (Sophia Loren), Stanley Tucci (Stanley Kubrick), Stephen Fry (Maurice Woodruff)
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Genre: Biography
We all know, or supposed to know, that on the seventh day, God rested. Before, He was making the world and I'm sure it would have been really nifty to watch Him at it! So, when God made the world and all the stuff that’s sprinkled on the surface, He made Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve did their thing, got kicked out of a garden that would have been super neat-o to live in, and had Cain and Abel sometime in between. Cain and Abel somehow had kids (one of those "Do we really want to know how they did that?" kind of question), and so on and so forth as centuries past. So, Noah, Moses, David, a bunch of prophets and scribes and such came along and did their thing. Time went on and the world reached 1925. That's the year Peter Sellers was born. If you've never heard of Peter Sellers, then your lack of humor is disappointing and probably incurable! Stinks for you!!
This movie came out on HBO and, to begin with, is styled unlike any movie I have ever seen or heard about.
The movie, as though it comes as a surprise, is based off a book of the same name by Roger Lewis. If you've never heard of Roger Lewis, well...who has, aside from people who bought his book? Peter Sellers, "the man of a thousand voices", was a British actor best known for his Inspector Clouseau character from the Pink Panther films. The movie begins with Peter Sellers years on the BBC's Goon Show. It follows Seller's rise to British stardom. From there, he made it to Hollywood and became an international celebrity. That was his rise! The movie takes the audience through his fall as well. The fall began when he fell in love with Sophia Loren whom he co-starred with in the film The Millionairess. Despite Loren's lack of interest in Sellers as they both were already married, he divorced his wife but never fell out of love with her. This movie takes us through Seller's number of marriages, his rise of himself, and the stumbles with himself. It's sad to watch this grown man never detach himself from the little kid God had made back in '25.
What makes the film unlike other films is Geoffrey Rush's portrayal of Sellers. First, he looks just like Sellers. The makeup is phenomenal. He sounds just like him, too! As Rush portrays Seller's portraying his various film characters, the resemblance in all performances is outstanding. But Rush doesn't stop there. As Seller's portrayed so many different characters from different walks of life, Rush portrays the other actors doing their characters in the movie as though Peter Sellers is portraying them. Rush does this at different points of the movie to display the relationship of the different people in Sellers' life. It's amazing to watch. It's done in such an articulate and precise manner, it's almost convincing that Peter Sellers decided to have a second go at life and make a movie about himself. With all the love he had for himself, it wouldn’t come as a surprise. The movie has some "adult situations" as well as a scene that people with class would call a "fast forward scene." The movie is brilliantly written and wonderfully performed. Will the real Peter Sellers please stand up?
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