Strangelove, and he portrayed the gardener chance in being there. Dec 08, 2015 a hilarious scene from a truly great film about a very simpleminded gardener who becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful businessman and an insider in washington politics. Strangelove and being there, clousseau is the best of peter sellers. That being said, a shot in the dark does many of its gags correctly, and while the film isnt consistently hilarious. He played multiple roles in such movies as the mouse that roared and dr. Of course, chess is not a game of thought but of mathematical strategy. It begins with a cockamamie notion, its basically one joke told for two hours, and it requires peter sellers to maintain an excruciatingly narrow tone of behavior in a role that has him onscreen almost constantly. Ive been watching pink panther films since i was very young. Clip from the movie being there 1979 featuring also sprach zarathustra by eumir deodato. Satire is a threatened species in american film, and when it does occur, its usually broad and slapstick, as in the mel brooks films. The stage play being sellers premiered in australia in 1998, three years after the release of the biography by roger lewis, the life and death of peter sellers. Being there movie trailer starring peter sellers and shirley maclaine.
Peter sellers looks for a garden in a being there scene youtube. Talking pink panther a shot in the dark 1964 peter sellers blake edwards. Based on jerzy kosinskis satirical novel about an illiterate gardener who has lived his entire life behind the walls of a washington, d. We all know and love peter sellers for his iconic role as the bumbling inspector clouseau. Shot in the dark 1964 peter sellers, elke sommer, george. In being there, the character of chauncey gardiner, a. Peter sellers, peter otoole, romy schneider, capucine, paula prentiss, woody allen, ursula andress.
Peter sellers plays an innocent and illiterate gardener who ends up the. Peter sellers list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Dec 15, 2008 peter sellers doing accents and talking dr. For the most part, peter sellers as hrundi v bakshi is a quiet, reactive character with a lot of strange 1960s hollywood people to react to. Gardner, uh, my editors and i have been wondering if you would consider writing a book for us, something about your um, political philosophy, what do you say. In 2004, the book was turned into an hbo film with the same title, starring geoffrey rush. I really like sellers and this series is one of my favorites. Until you love me henry mancini the pink panther strikes again.
On what would have been sellers 93rd birthday, here are 10 surprising facts about the actor. I think being there is a great movie, one of the best, with great actors, great music, great scenery and an eye for detail as well. Hal ashbys being there is a movie that inspires those feelings. A stately satire of modern media consumption and american politics, hal ashbys 1979 film being there follows the fortunes of a childlike gardener named chance peter sellers, who becomes an unlikely celebrity of d.
Bakshi, who emigrates to hollywood in hopes of making it big on the silver screen. Destroying the tone of your movie being theres credit sequence duration. Based on the 1970 novel of the same name by jerzy kosinski, it was adapted for the screen by kosinski and the uncredited robert c. This role was one of peter sellers best performances. David cairns takes a close look at the carefully calibrated minimalism of hal ashbys masterful satire. From the goon show, through the ealing comedies, the pink panther films, up to being there, he was consistently brilliant. As an aside, the video copy of this film that i purchased features a full cover picture of peter sellers and in the short synopsis on the reverse states that sellers stars as the great mcgonagall.
Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at movies. The film stars peter sellers and shirley maclaine, and features jack warden, melvyn douglas, richard dysart, and richard basehart douglas won the academy award for best supporting. It has the appeal of an ingenious intellectual game, in which the hero survives a series of challenges he doesnt understand, using words that are both. A booklet full of trivia about the movies is also enclosed. The film stars peter sellers and shirley maclaine, and features jack warden, melvyn douglas, richard dysart, and richard basehart. I raised that boy since he was the size of a pissant. Peter sellers full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango.
Watch being there starring peter sellers in this drama on directv. The original trailer in high definition of being there directed by hal ashby and starring peter sellers, shirley maclaine, melvyn douglas, jack. Watch being there online stream full movie directv. He has spent his whole life tending the garden and has nev. Its a movie based on an idea, and all the conventional wisdom. Among those that i recall once driving audiences wild here in mexico were the party 1967, starring peter sellers, with all the guests falling into a pool full of bubbles, and peter bogdanovichs zany screwball feature whats up doc. Upon the death of his employer, a confused chance is. Dec 14, 2014 clip from the movie being there 1979 featuring also sprach zarathustra by eumir deodato. Peter sellers, versatile english comic actor noted for his astonishing range of characters, though he was best known as inspector clouseau in the pink panther and its sequels. Chaunceychance is simple, vapid, unconcerned and utterly unselfconscious, yet he radiates an image of being ponderous, calculating, and complex. For the benefit of those of you who have yet to see the film, this is entirely incorrect. Dec 17, 1979 in late december 1979, united artists unveiled being there, starring peter sellers.
Peter sellers is flawlessly funny as indian actor hrundi v. Synopsis maltin not always succesful comedy of italian con man sellers, who poses as a movie director. Being there narrates the story of a writer who seeks asylum in germany to flee the war in his own country but he gradually becomes captive. The viewer is getting a glimpse into chances persona when a coworker tells him of his employers passing.
In late december 1979, united artists unveiled being there, starring peter sellers. Also abundant in this film is classic britflick style, which is great in my opinion. Though illiterate, a bit slow, and obsessed with television, he possesses a unique passion for plants. The film being there has some brilliant acting from multiple people all around. Jul 02, 2018 talking pink panther a shot in the dark 1964 peter sellers blake edwards. Despite his hollywood success, his comic virtuosity belied a troubled private life plagued by selfloathing, insecurity and abusive behavior. Being there is a 1979 american comedydrama film directed by hal ashby.
The play later transferred to new york in december 2010. The main character, played by peter sellers, is the exact opposite of the film itself. Chance, who has spent his life working as a rich mans gardener. One of peter sellers finest and final roles as an unassuming gardener who is mistaken for a brilliant philosoper. Smart, sophisticated, and refreshingly subtle, being there soars behind sensitive direction from hal ashby and a stellar peter sellers performance. The professional and personal life of actor and comedian peter sellers was a turbulent one. This is just like television, only you can see much further. Peter sellers is probably one of the early names i got to fix with a face on the screen, he and roger moore. The film stars peter sellers, shirley maclaine, melvyn douglas, jack warden, richard a. You take a part of you that is most private, most personal, most inward and you hurl it out into space you project it as far as you can. Drama hbo films presents the life and death of peter sellers, a kaleidoscopic look inside the unquiet mind of peter sellers. The pink panther a shot in the dark return of the pink panther.
Peter sellers looks for a garden in a being there scene. Being there, directed by hal ashby, is a rare and subtle bird that finds its tone and stays with it. A hilarious scene from a truly great film about a very simpleminded gardener who becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful businessman and an insider in washington politics. Vocal music is an attempt to take the whole human being and project it into space. Hes the perfect counterpoint to cary grant hitting up the south of france.
Jul 11, 2014 10 essential peter sellers films you need to watch posted on july 11, 2014 july 11, 2014 by alex moore considered by many to be one of the greatest comedic actors of all time, the enigmatic personality, peter sellers, created a body of work that spanned three decades and within that time also created some of the most memorable performances in. It is the ultimate gesture of getting out of yourself. Gardner was a blankfaced idiot savant who parroted lines hed heard on tv and was hailed as a genius. This page contains quotes from the movie being there. The pink panther strikes again 212 movie clip hunchback disguise 1976 hd. Chance peter sellers is a middleaged gardener who lives in the townhouse of a wealthy man in washington d. Dasein being there full movie with subs ganzer spielfilm germany. The richard burton interview on parkinson complete duration. Eve rand shirley maclaine, upset by her zillionaire husbands illness, consoled by idiot chance peter sellers, now called chauncey and newly famous as a counselor to the president, and taking a call from a financial editor john harkins in hal ashbys being there, 1979. This movie, though very much a product of 60s culture and style, has stood the test of time well. His early movie fame was based primarily on his comic characterizations, often of bumbling and foreignaccented persons, characters which he embodied. Film critic geoff pevere unpacks hal ashbys being there 1979, from the legacy of peter sellers, to the films comment on the role of media. The attempts to find out chancys background, what he represents or who, are similar to those related to controversial whistleblowers who disclose highly.
Adapted from the 1970 novella by jerzy kosinski, the screenplay was written by kosinski and the uncredited robert c. Being there 1979 original trailer hd 1080p youtube. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. See who they starred with and what they are working on now. Peter sellers in being there many who knew or worked with him have suggested, none too kindly, that one of sellers most famous roles, that of chauncey gardner in being there 1979, came close to capturing the real sellers. The chess champion said there was something about the computer he did not understand, and it frightened him. Peter sellers plays an innocent and illiterate gardener who ends up the most influential man in washington, d. Mar 19, 2009 being there movie trailer starring peter sellers and shirley maclaine. On the day that kasparov was defeated by deep blue, i found myself thinking of the film being there 1979. Kubrick knew it, blake edwards knew it, and this movie does a lot to prove it to everyone else. Simpleminded chance peter sellers, a gardener who has resided in the washington, d. Watch being there 1979 full movie streaming youtube. The pink panther strikes again 1976 full movie video. Peter sellers interview being therepink panther 1980 reelin in the years.
The minute comedy was nominated for two honors at the 52nd academy awards, winning one for melyvn douglas in. Upon the death of his employer, a confused chance is cast out into the big world. Being there movie trailer starring peter sellers and. Peter sellers smile in hal ashby movie being there, 1979 richard henry sellers, obe 8 september 1925 24 july 1980, known as peter sellers, was a british comedian and actor best known.