The Ghost of Peter Sellers

The tale of the comedy genius' lost film, and how he shredded it

"...Directed by: Peter Medak...."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Son of the Pink Panther

"...Shabana Azmi and Claudia Cardinale. Never one to let Peter Sellers rest in peace while he could extract another..."

Sept. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Pink Panther 2

Steve Martin returns as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau, but no Beyoncé in sight. Smart girl.

"...ridiculous French accent before the gag runs dry, and Peter Sellers pretty much got it all. Yet here’s Martin,..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Pink Panther

In this pointless rehash of the 1964 Blake Edwards film that introduced Inspector Clouseau to the world, Steve Martin inhabits the role of the bumbling French detective without a trace of the comic genius of Peter Sellers.

"...detective without a trace of the comic genius of Peter Sellers. He doesn't come close to reimagining Sellers' inspired..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

City Hunter

"...sexism -- I kept waiting for David Niven or Peter Sellers to appear, to no avail. Retained by a..."

Sept. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Horror, the Horror

William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist and screenwriter of the infamously terrifying film, discusses the recently released The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen and his life on both sides of the camera.

"...of split-pea soup: That's how most people remember William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist, directed by William Friedkin in 1973..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...Two giants of cinema get special nods, starting with Peter Sellers, Scene Stealer, followed by Hitchcock Week's celebration of..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Peter Sellers: MGM Movie Legends Collection

"...Peter Sellers: MGM Movie Legends Collection..."

June 22, 2007 Screens Review by Sofia Resnick

Scanlines

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

"...D: Stanley Kubrick (1964) W/ Peter Sellers, Sterling Hayden, George C. Scott, Slim Pickens, Keenan..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Screens Feature

The Original Hipster

Chronicle writer Dick Holland on the comeback of Texan Terry Southern, the all-around bad boy of black humor

"...story goes like this: Kubrick had paid English writer Peter George $3,000 for his novel Red Alert, a thriller..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Second Coming

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Definitive Director's Cut (1977)

"...D: Stanley Kubrick; with Peter Sellers, Peter Sellers, Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling..."

July 30, 1999 Screens Feature

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...D: Blake Edwards; with David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Claudia Cardinale. (widescreen)..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

TV Eye

In an unusual union between an indie-rooted movie network and another cable network specializing in sensational courtroom dramas comes a sustained, multifaceted discussion on one of the most pressing issues of our time: free speech

"...reviewed at press time: The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, a biopic of the charismatic actor based on..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam

"...by Fleiss and company, and Heidi's ex-best friend Victoria Sellers, daughter of the late Peter Sellers and actress Britt..."

June 21, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mortdecai

Johnny Depp fails to unleash his inner Peter Sellers in this globetrotting spy comedy.

"...the Sixties for inspiration. Depp’s Mortdecai borrows freely from Peter Sellers’ self-serious Inspector Clouseau and Mike Myers’ dim-bulb sex..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

DVDs: Part 3

Gift guide

"...ticks, while the never-before-seen clips from the estate of Peter Sellers are well-paralleled by his very own biopic, The..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Screens Feature by Eli Kooris

Ray

Ray Charles, we can't stop loving you, even though this formulaic biopic lacks your original style.

"...to Bobby Darin) and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers: All three show their adult heroes as actively..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Ladykillers

The Coen brothers remake a British comedy classic starring Tom Hanks in a flamboyantly love-him-or-hate-him performance.

"...you tremble with anticipation: Alec Guinness, Herbert Lom, and Peter Sellers, the latter fresh from The Goon Show. As..."

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Pink Panther

"...Directed by: Blake Edwards. Starring: Peter Sellers, David Niven, Robert Wagner and Capucine. The first..."

May 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lolita

"...Directed by: Stanley Kubrick. Starring: Sue Lyon, Peter Sellers, Shelley Winters and James Mason. Nabokov’s satire is..."

June 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...D: Kimberly Peirce; with Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III, Alison Folland...."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Peter Sellers owned a manor in Surrey, England. He sold..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Man Who Wasn't There

"...just responds right back. One time we were filming Peter Sellers' daughter, Victoria Sellers, who was a good friend..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Texas Platters

"...for, then bingo, otherwise, it's overdone enough to make Peter Sellers want to retool his Clouseau accent (were Sellers..."

July 11, 1997 Music Review

Cinematic Convergence

Oct. 14-21: The 11th annual Austin Film Festival

"...7:15 Robbing Peter..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Screens Feature

Making Lists

"...this debate that by 1989 was already beginning to peter out...."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Commission Considers a Black Live Music Fund

Envisioning a Black Live Music Fund and fixing the Broken Spoke

"...the name references the 1968 film The Party starring Peter Sellers in brownface. Soon after, June video "Austin Bar..."

July 10, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Your Weekend in Film

What major releases and one-off screenings are worth your theatre time

"...Drafthouse Ritz. Hal Ashby’s classic Being There (1979) stars Peter Sellers as a sheltered and simpleminded gardener who is..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

"Tales of the Obsessed" Comes to Town

The new Drafthouse series celebrates wonderful weirdos

"...turns by Robert De Niro (The King of Comedy), Peter Sellers (Being There), and, of course, a twofer of..."

July 28, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Chronicle Recommends: Fictional Presidents of Film and TV

Take a break from #45 with these fictional Commanders in Chief

"...Peter Sellers inhabits the simple-minded Chance, a gardener for a..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

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