The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

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Duration:
122 min
Genres:
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Romance
IMDB rate:
7
Director:
Stephen Hopkins
Awards:
Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 20 wins & 24 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2004-08-26
Filming Locations: Trafalgar Square, St James's, London, England, UK
Earnings
Gross: $980,699 (Australia)$4,128 (Czech Republic)
Cast
Actor
Character
Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Geoffrey Rush
Peter Sellers
Emily Watson
Anne Sellers
John Lithgow
Blake Edwards
Miriam Margolyes
Peg Sellers
Peter Vaughan
Bill Sellers
Sonia Aquino
Sophia Loren
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Kubrick
Stephen Fry
Maurice Woodruff
Henry Goodman
Dennis Selinger
Alison Steadman
Casting Agent
Peter Gevisser
Ted Levy
David Robb
Dr. Lyle Wexler
Edward Tudor-Pole
Spike Milligan
Steve Pemberton
Harry Secombe
Nigel Havers
David Niven
Mackenzie Crook
Car Salesman
George Cicco
Michael Sellers, 3 Yrs.
James Bentley
Michael Sellers, 7-10 Yrs.
Eliza Darby
Sarah Sellers
Lance Ellington
Singer /
Lucy Punch
Lead Stewardess
Heidi Klum
Ursula Andress
Nick Maloney
Interviewer - Switzerland
Jane Milligan
Reporter - Pink Panther Premiere
Joseph Long
Carlo Ponti
Bob Sherman
Movie Executive
Sam Dastor
Hal Ashby
Mona Hammond
Ruth Attaway / Louise the Maid
Alan Williams
'Casino Royale' Director
Grant Russell
Plastic Surgeon
Julian Littman
Businessman on Plane
Tope Oluwole
Beautiful Black Woman
Kate Burrell
Sophia's stand-in
Rosie Fellner
Emma - Selinger's secretary
In-Sook Chappell
So Mi - Girl at Screening
Tom Wu
Burt Kwouk
Kenneth Hadley
Limo Driver
Robert Wilfort
Motorcycle Delivery Man
Ty Glaser
'Millionairess' Girl with Phone
Molly Hallam
Hilary - 'Strangelove' Assistant
Simon Markey
Reporter - Sophia Loren Arrives
Bruce Mackinnon
Reporter #1 - Britt at Hospital
Josh Cole
Reporter #2 - Britt at Hospital
Richard Syms
Newscaster #1
Osmund Bullock
Newscaster #2
Markus Napier
Maitre D' - Switzerland
Kennie Andrews
Maintenance Man
Vera Zaal
Car Showroom 60's Sci-Fi Girl
Tiara Tian
Car Showroom Asian Beauty
Charlotte Connoley
Car Showroom Blonde Bombshell
Stephanie Jacob
Nurse with Wheelchair
Gerrard McArthur
Wayne - Studio Engineer
Ray Donn
Studio Cameraman (uncredited)
Emilia Fox
Lynne Frederick
Andrew Houghton
Pink Panther 1st Assistant Director
Polly Kemp
Doctor (uncredited)
Talia Lanning
Victoria Sellers (uncredited)
John Perkins
Hospital Porter (uncredited)
Mike Savva
Italian Film Crewmember (uncredited)
Chuen Tsou
Oddjob Chauffeur (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Peter Vaughan, who plays Sellers' father in the film, co-starred with the actor in The Blockhouse (1973).
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Scenes were filmed with Emilia Fox as Lynne Frederick, Peter Sellers's fourth wife, but these were omitted from the final print. However they are featured on the DVD.
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The characters that come to haunt Peter Sellers in his dream (while he is being resuscitated in hospital) are Mr Robinson (The Ladykillers (1955)), Grand Duchess Gloriana XII (The Mouse That Roared (1959)), Aldo Vanucci (After the Fox (1966)), Lionel Meadows (Never Let Go (1960)), President Merkin Muffley and Dr Strangelove (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)), and Inspector Clouseau (Pink Panther series). The voice of Fred Kite (I'm All Right Jack (1959)) is also heard, but the character does not appear.
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Goofs
Sellers, along with some ladies, is seen riding in a stretch limousine version of a late-1980s Mercury Grand Marquis. This scene is supposed to be set sometime between Sellers' divorce from Britt Ekland in 1968 and the filming of The Pink Panther Strikes Again in 1976, and Sellers died in 1980, years before this car was was in production.
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In the scene from the Revenge of The Pink Panther, Sellers parrot is on his left shoulder. In the actual movie it is on the right shoulder.
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The soundtrack does not match Peter's life chronology. He couldn't listen to Tom Jones's "It's not Unusual" when he met Britt Ekland in 1964 (one year before it was released), Marvin Gaye's "I heard it through the grapevine" the same year (actually released in 1967) and David Bowie's "Space Oddity" divorcing Britt in 1968 (actually released one year later).
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Quotes
Blake Edwards: [On the set of the Pink Panther] Welcome to Hollywood.
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Peter Sellers: [Standing on the balcony] If you leave this flat, I'm going to jump off this balcony.
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Anne Sellers: [shouting] I'm fucking bored of the little boy! Why can't you be a man? You're a miserable, lying shit I hate you.
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Photos from cast
Charlize Theron Richard Ayoade
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