The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
(2004)
Regisseur:
Stephen HopkinsSchauspieler:
Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron, Emily Watson, John Lithgow, Miriam Margolyes, Peter Vaughan, Sonia Aquino, Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Henry Goodman, Alison Steadman, Richard Ayoade, Steve Pemberton, Nigel Havers, Mackenzie Crook, Lucy PunchIn den 50ern macht der junge Peter Sellers (Geoffrey Rush) sehr zur Freude seiner ebenso ehrgeizigen wie dominanten Mutter Karriere als Komiker beim Radio und träumt derweil vom Film. Als er mit Tricks und viel Talent einen Fuß in die Tür von Hollywood gesetzt hat, wächst die Unzufriedenheit mit seinem spießigen Familiendasein und den mangelnden Herausforderungen der Komödien von Blake Edwards (John Lithgow). Sellers leistet sich Affären mit Stars und Starlets, probiert Drogen aus und strebt - leider erfolglos - nach Anerkennung als Charakter-Mime.
Glaubt man diesem fesselnden, hochkarätig besetzten Biopic von Stephen Hopkins ("Lost in Space"), muss der beliebte Darsteller des Inspektor Clouseau schon ein rechtes Scheusal gewesen sein.
The professional and personal life of actor and comedian Peter Sellers was a turbulent one. His early movie fame was based primarily on his comic characterizations, often of bumbling and foreign-accented persons, characters which he embodied. As his movie fame rose, he began to lose his own personal identity to his movie characters, leading to self-doubt of himself as a person.
The professional and personal life of actor and comedian Peter Sellers was a turbulent one. His early movie fame was based primarily on his comic characterizations, often of bumbling and foreign-accented persons, characters which he embodied. As his movie fame rose, he began to lose his own personal identity to his movie characters, leading to self-doubt of himself as a person.