Far Cough 7:18 Wed Oct 26
Peter Sellers: Was he a comedy genius or what?
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To this day the Pink Panther series still cracks me up. also Dr Strangelove was brilliant.
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charleyfarley
7:41 Wed Oct 26
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yes yes and double yes
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LondonE3
7:46 Wed Oct 26
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Dr Strangelove is brilliant.
Panther films are hilarious. Love the bit where he's on the parallel bars .
Being There is a clever film as well.
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MaryMillingtonsGhost
7:58 Wed Oct 26
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Yes, without a doubt.
From Wiki:
"I start with the voice. I find out how the character sounds. It's through the way he speaks that I find out the rest about him. ... After the voice comes the looks of the man. I do a lot of drawings of the character I play. Then I get together with the makeup man and we sort of transfer my drawings onto my face. An involved process. After that I establish how the character walks. Very important, the walk. And then, suddenly, something strange happens. The person takes over. The man you play begins to exist."
Although probably now surpassed by Lenny Henry, Eddie Izzard and Nish Kumar.
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Far Cough
7:59 Wed Oct 26
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Love the scene where Kato stands on his shoulders to look in an upstairs window but to no avail so Clouseau says, I know, why don't I stand on your shoulders instead, Kato says what good what that do , and Clouseau replies, because I'm taller than you, you idiot.
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aldgate
8:34 Wed Oct 26
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Not sure his film "The Party" would get shown much these days - but very funny
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mallard
8:39 Wed Oct 26
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Pink Panther films are timeless comedy.
Remember him walking into a dark corridor for sometime until the lights came on and he was on a treadmill!
The Kato fight scenes were superb
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ironsofcanada
9:07 Wed Oct 26
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I have trouble saying monkey without thinking "minkey"
Strangelove, the best comedy ever in my opinion.
Being There is an incredible performance.
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zico
9:09 Wed Oct 26
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Shot in the Dark - "Everything I do is perfectly planned" as he falls backwards off the sofa. Clearly a genius on screen but not the nicest in real life by all accounts. All got a bit messy with his kids and Lynne Frederick got his estate now owned by her only daughter who never even met Sellers. Sadly, Michael his son died 26 years to the day his dad died.
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Far Cough
9:40 Wed Oct 26
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I have trouble saying monkey without thinking "minkey"
That whole scene with Clouseau, the blind beggar and the chimp, is utter genius as is the follow up with Herbert Lom's character, Dreyfuss
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Far Cough
9:42 Wed Oct 26
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You have to remember that Herbert Lom was almost as good as Sellers just a perfect chemistry
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ironsofcanada
9:56 Wed Oct 26
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Far Cough 9:42 Wed Oct 26
Very true
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kylay
11:04 Wed Oct 26
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It's between Strangelove and the Princess Bride for best movie of all time for me.
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chevy chase
11:17 Wed Oct 26
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Does your Dog Bite. 😂
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MaryMillingtonsGhost
11:35 Wed Oct 26
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Far Cough 9:42
Indeed he was' The worsening eye twitch......
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Kearley
11:58 Wed Oct 26
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chevy chase 11:17 Wed Oct 26
Zat is not my dog.
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Dowies Love Child
1:17 Thu Oct 27
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Peter Sellars should have won the best actor oscar for Being There, his creation of Chauncy Gardiner was brilliant.
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zebthecat
1:21 Thu Oct 27
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Dowies Love Child 1:17 Thu Oct 27
Definitely.
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J.Riddle
2:11 Thu Oct 27
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https://youtu.be/ajMqhpCBPAY
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Hello Mrs. Jones
5:56 Thu Oct 27
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There's a girl in my soup. Funny and poignant
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zico
8:42 Thu Oct 27
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Must put The Ladykillers out there. Sellers, Lom and the brilliant Alec Guinness. Must find it again, haven't seen it in years.
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