The Peter Sellers Story: Stanley Kubrick parts
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- Опубліковано 17 лис 2013
- Excerpts from the BBC Arena program, "The Peter Sellers Story", a documentary directed by Peter Lydon featuring Seller's home movies shot with his portable cameras. These excerpts covers the year when Sellers became famous in the US and the time he spent with Stanley Kubrick, making "Lolita" and "Dr Strangelove" in England.
Producer James B Harris recollects how Sellers was hired for playing the ambiguous character of Quilty and why the production was moved in England. Kubrick is portrayed with his wife Christiane while playing tennis and chatting in Seller's home garden.
Scenes from both "Lolita" and "Dr Strangelove" are included and quotes from Kubrick statements about Sellers are read by the narrator.
The documentary features interviews with several Sellers' friends and cooperators and a clip from 1964 TV program The Steve Allen Show where Sellers was interviewed about how he created the character and the voice of the mad Dr Strangelove by taking inspiration from photographer Arthur Fellig, aka Weegee: a tape with Weegee's voice studied by Sellers is included, where the photographer talks about his nickname and his work.
Full documentary (3 hrs long) on Peter Lydon's vimeo profile. vimeo.com/10gallonfilms - Розваги
The scene in Lolita with Sellers as Quilty prodding Humbert about what a "normal" guy he is is the most jaw-dropping display of acting that I've ever seen.
true I think he was jokely imitating Stanley Kubrick with his NYC accent
Ive watched that scene ten times in the past month since seeing it for the first time!
jAw DrOpPiNg! Doh!
The way Sellers transitioned into Alex Guinness was just incredible. Wow - it was spot on!!
Right? That was incredible!
George C. Scott's expressions are marvelous.
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George C. Scott was hilarious in Strangelove. For me he was on par with Sellers the whole time. Great movie
"Mein Fuhrer I can walk!!" Still one of the most hilarious lines ever from the genius Peter Sellars.
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is the war-room!"
@@yes-fq6jd Try to remember this about us fellow Americans; they just don't make American comedians, like they use to.
Which means; they just don't bother training their comedians, to know how to tell a good joke or 2.
And enigmatically the last line in the film..
That and "Springtime for Hitler and Germany" Mel Brooks' original of course, but Will Farrell did a great version too!
That Alec Guinness impression was stellar
Peter Sellers was a true genius. I was just at IMDb to see what people were saying about Dr Strangelove. To my disbelief there are people who do not like it. I am sorry humanity, black comedy does not get any better than this and it is easily the best cutting edge comedy ever made. 'Gentlemen you can't fight in here this is the war room!'
totally agree. his performance in Lolita (to me) is the greatest comedic performance on film ever. look at it today and it totally holds up. it's understandable that Kubrick wanted (and needed) his presence in his films. I mean what would Dr. Strangelove be without his work?
Dr strangelove was funny as hell!!!
It’s an absolutely brilliant film - well loved by intellectuals. Not going to make much sense to the erm uncultured - shall we say. A true work of genius by Kubrick - and a superb vehicle for Seller’s incredible virtuosity as an actor. Easily one of the greatest films ever made. A unique atmosphere unlike any other film ever made. A work of art.
Neil Aspinall you don’t have to like black comedies. I personally like Asian comedies
Peter sellers characters were incredibly annoying, although he played a good president in dr Strangelove. George C Scott made that movie tick.
Any fan of Sellers has to see Being There. It's his masterpiece.
It is i indeed
Yes without a doubt BEING THERE is his best role ever!
@TSD TSD Why is that? I'm unfamiliar with the credits etc.
It's very good Eve.
no kidding...
I'd never noticed it before how, when Strangelove is searching for his circular slide rule, somehow it appears in his alienated arm's hand, obviously without his knowledge. The look on Sellers' face then is comic genius.
What the one thing I respect about Peter Sellers is this; he never played as the DC Comic Book Hero: the Bruce Wayne Batman, it's good news to me.
Imagine Stanley Kubrick showing up to ask you for a role in his movie,
imagine that.
Thank you, Peter
he was a genius at accents. I love it when he does the indian accent. its is spot on.
One of the great tragedies in Oscars that Sellers did not win for an oscar on Strangelove. Rex Harrison, give me a fucking break.
Peter Sellers is one of those people who was so talented that award ceremonies often overlooked him. He should have won the Academy Award for Dr. Strangelove, but no. He didn’t win then and he didn’t win when nominated for Being There either. It’s a shame, but then again, the Oscars haven’t really gotten it right most of the time in decades.
@@Jared_Wignall
you are correct sir!...he deserved oscars for both!...he was a little too weird for the americans i think...the "academy" chooses based on votes from the top american actors so...i think that pete was maybe a LOT too weird for them...half of them KNEW him personally a probably KNEW that he was certifiably INSANE...so it would have been a hard win for PS...
I think the subject matter was an issue to some of the big wigs at that time. G.D. politics, always screwing something obviously better up!
It’s fine I don’t give a shit about oscars. Oscars don’t give a shit about a lot of the actual good films and actors.
Love Seller's interview with weegee- a fascinating character in his own right and a legend in photography
I love this guy man, he was so different and you just wouldn't find an actors like him anymore. He always said he didn't really know who he was, but to me he was one of the most talented actors ever and a really funny amusing guy. And after 15 heart attacks!!, he finally croaked it. A great loss,. Id like to see a Sellers statue.
Wow...your a very sick man.....we do not need more addicted to self peoples.....please.....full of vice and pedo!
I love Sellers as an actor, too but apparently he was a miserable human being in his personal life.
According to Kubrick, Sellers and Nicholson were "true geniuses."
DJ_Bullets Interesting, because I was unable to take “The Shining” seriously due to Nicholson's hamming up his performance to nearly comedic levels. Throughout the film, as Jack mugged shamelessly for the camera, I kept asking myself, “Where is the director?” With some sober directorial advice, Nicholson could have reduced the mania factor and turned into the haunted character he was supposed to be playing.
Never heard him say that about Nicholson
John Richards Funny. Nicholson's entire performance in The Shining was orchestrated by Kubrick. Spielberg had the same complaint, as many did, that Nicholson was too over the top. Kubrick's response to him, and I'm paraphrasing, was that it was his homage to James Cagney. The blame for the "hamminess" goes to Kubrick, ironically enough, not Nicholson.
@blkcandywarez thats cuz you got it all wrong, Jack was never supposed to be a perfectly sane person that descends into madness, he was supposed to be an insane person pretending he was sane in his daily life, up until the hotel and the ghosts wouldnt let him pretend any longer.
@blkcandywarez think there are many indications Jack is insane from the start. Him staring in the mirror intently for seemingly hours before calling Danny over, the Donnor Party story out of nowhere, his total lack of shock or horror when hearing about the Grady murders (also the reason Jack is even looking for a new job is because he lost his old teaching job for beating up a student; this is very lightly insinuated) and we already know hes practically broken Danny's arm and until recently was a raging alcoholic (this is a very important point seeing that Jack is really struggling with sobriety throughout the picture). Yet all the while you can see him masking everything with some pressurized composure thats slowly losing its lid.
Genius. One of the greatest movie actors ever. If were making a deficient movie, like the Beatles' MMT and I did not have enough material, I'd get Peter Sellers and just have him improvise. Then you'd have a film, and a good one at that.
Peter Sellers was an absolute comic genius of an actor - undoubtedly the best of all-time. Not unlike Brando, what he, too, brought to the movies truly transcended mere acting.
Check out "The Party" a highly underated Peter Sellers vehicle. How one actor almost single handedly could carry a whole movie without being boring is a feat. This was done with the majority of the scenes on just one set, and no other famous people for extra umph.
Joseph Nicholas One my favorite “little” films and a paen to the '60s. Sellers's character was sweet and the laughs he evoked at his character's expense were not from prejudice or malice, but from the understanding that Sellers is acting out our own insecurities when dealing with others. His performance was so brilliant, viewers forgot what a dog the rest of the movie was. As with “Being There”, Sellers made “The Party” worth watching.
Yes, it's funny and also bittersweet.
Joseph Nicholas - yes Joseph I completely agree - it’s a fantastic film that is belly laughingly funny. I love the phrase ‘Birdy num num’ in Seller’s superb Indian accent. I often imitated him doing that part for a gas. One of the funniest most underrated films ever made imo. Cheers 🥂. Rx
William Piccione it’s a remarkable little film. My kids and I have watched 10 times. The poster is on my wall.
Definitely in his top five best. Love the whole stink hand bit, and of course "birdie Num Num". So funny. Also love The Bobo and Alice B. Toklas.
The greatest comedic performance (for me) ever was Sellers performance in Kubricks 1962 film 'Lolita'. His accents and parts
are so convincing that it wasn't until several days after seeing the film and reading the review that I realized that he had played
3 parts
He was my hero as a kid. And inspired me to continue acting and doing voice-overs ever since.
Try to remember that; during the making of the 1964 flick called 'Dr. Strangelove,' the Russians never had a president governing their country in those days.
Dr.Stranglove's voice inspired by the great photographer WeeGee. That's awesome. Never knew that.
Group Captain Lionel Mandrake ..an under-rated performance but I always loved it.
I had English Grandparents and a Mother that forbade the watching of the 3 Stooges.With 5 boys born in 7 years she likely spared herself a trip to the emergency ward or 3. We grew up on the Carry On Movies, Tony Hancock and loved Eric Sykes, Terry Thomas etc. I collected comedy albums as a kid and had to scour the record stores for Goon Show LP's. There was nothing like that show before or since. It was Radio at its best. You can't really understand how brilliant Peter was without listening to these shows. Beyond The Fringe and Python came later and owed a lot to Sykes and Sellers.
I’ve always loved ARENA’s theme tune, even before I knew it was ENO.
A TRUE LEGEND!!! THANKS FOR POSTING THIS!
His film ‘The Party’ is also a gem. Well worth finding and enjoying! The Hindi mannerisms are cool.
some outstanding clips of Kubrick as well as fascinating trivia and tidbits.
I remember Arena doing this profile on Peter Sellers - it was absolutely brilliant - and came at just the right time for me as I was going thru a Sellers phase and really wanted to find out more about his life and career - and had already read Ps I Love You - the biography of him by his son - great book ! Then around 1999 (I believe?) the Arena program was aired and I was made up. He may have been a difficult and sometimes rather unpleasant person at times - who had issues - but he was a fascinating character who was undoubtedly a genius on screen. Died way too early. I miss him. He was a huge world wide star who shone bright for many years. RIP PS.
This is gold pure gold thank you😎
whoever put this together... THANK YOU:)
Fantastic upload and very interesting especially at the end with WeeGee.
Loved the Brian Eno right at the start :)
It's an amazing thing what two (or more, I suppose) can do when they work together and play off each other. Especially if, as in Kubrick's case, he manages to provide a perfect place to allow a Peter Sellers to blossom, and feel confident and encouraged to astound everybody watching. That's why it was so important, in the olden days, for the directors and actors/actresses to get along. On the other hand, in the days of CGI, the acting portion of the process has become almost unimportant. This is why most of the recent movies seem exceedingly dull to me. OK, a 14 YO loves some of them...
I'm back! He was a very skilled nut! Thanks for the video!
Every Stanley Kubrick film depicts a society or place that is well ordered, tightly-structured, even dull. But then things begin to unravel and a kind of madness which has been underlying it from the start begins to take over. I have been reading George Orwell and he talks about the 20th Century as being a new age of mechanization where people feel less and less significant as automation takes over our lives. Processes of production and consumption take centre and the very innovations meant to liberate us instead become our meaningless drive for perfection. There does appear to be an inevitable sense of pointlessness and directionless of living in the modern age which none of us can deny. As animals, we lack the capacity to deal with being displaced and consequently turn to violence in a desperate effort to reset the balance. Kubricks films often try to deal with these issues and people often say his films don't seem to age. Probably because he has highlighted something intrinsic about the human condition which never can fall out of fashion.
i used to love arena sunday night bbc 2
Yes - You always knew if it was about music it would have something in depth about it - Ah - Childhood in England
Three distinct characters. Brilliant! Nobody could do that today. Then again no such director now either.
There are so many great scenes and characters with Peter Sellers it's impossible to pick the one I most favor. But, in Lolita that Beatnik dance scene at the high school dance, Vivian Darkbloom dancing circles around Quilty while he snaps his fingers, checks the time on his wristwatch, looking so fricking 1960's cool. PRICELESS!
One of my favs too!
That scene with James Mason was sick, reminded me of Richard Pryor!
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From a 73yo Aussie fan.
John Benn 23yo Aussie fan right here :)
Sellers impresion on Guiness 🤯 so talented!!
Really good piece, and this front and rear end music is excellent. Makes me think of the ECM label music from the 1970's. Jan Garbarek, etc,
Eno...another green world...becalmed is the song
Kris Scanlon Geez that’s good music. Eno, wow!
Andy Sheppard on sax....
... and Steve Lodder on piano
this is cool whoever posted this
Precious video 📹 💖
Rare find_!
Thank you_!
Excellent stuff
I love Sellers, but I can't imagine anyone other than Slim Pickens in that role.
And it ended up being the most iconic and enduring moment of the whole film, immortalizing Pickens.
I agree completely. Plus it was just too much Peter Sellers, I think.
armageddon2419 The line was originally "a pretty good weekend in Dallas..." But then JF Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas just as the film was to be released, so the name of the city was changed -- "looped," i.e. recorded over. If you watch and listen to the scene carefully, you can see that he's not saying "Vegas."
@@timothytikker1147 ha. Really. I love watching for dubbed dialogue - you feel like you’ve had a peek behind the curtain..
Sellers as Quincy in Lolita is epic
Genius is a truly amazing thing!
Opening with Brian Eno and I’m glued to this video.
thanks for this..
Thank you that was very good
Brilliant, just brilliant.
"One of best things he ever done" quite right ...hey, hey 😊
Nice save and upload
BBC must own all the rights to Brian Eno's stuff, all of its documentaries features at least one of his songs.
Grateful 🙏
When I was kid in the 80's Sellers was Clouseau. Then I watched Lolita... He was absolutely brilliant in it, my thoughts were how come he'd wasted years with Clouseau, the guys a genius?
I am full of admiration for Peter Sellers. He undoubtedly possessed some kind of genius. But oddly I felt there was something dark and sinister about him. Even as I laughed he made me feel uneasy.
In his private life he could be a horrible person. His children by his first marriage had very little good things to say about him.
@@gregsmith7949His private life was his own and nothing to do with anyone else!
youtube advertizing algorithm: while Sellers was talking about his German accent, youtube inserted an ad form Volkswagen.
Kubrick used at least 3 cameras when filming Sellars as Dr. Strangelove, but you can still see Peter Bull, playing the Russian ambassador, break up when Strangelove's arm tries to strangle him.
Worth watching for PS fans. Worth watching for everyone else because of Wegee, or however it’s spelled.
Weegee! Great photographer... had no idea he worked on sets... and that one... wow!
Thanks
That was a really good Alec Guinness impression
Love the Eno intro music.
Interesting. Sellers' improvisation really made Dr Strangelove
The full 3 hour documentary is on Vimeo in case anyone is wondering.
yep i downloaded it
Holy shite! Didn't expect Weegee to sound like that.
This was shown on A & E Channel (before it turned over to all crime related programming) when they aired their Biography series. He was hysterical in Strangelove and The Lady Killers. Growing up in the 70's I couldn't wait for the next Pink Panther movie. His Clare Quilty is great comedically menacing character that is nothing more than a supporting character in the book (at least to the best of my memory) and did not have the dark humor. Love the footage of Kubrick and his wife. How they kept a straight face while filming Sellars during Strangelove must have been Herculean task. It would have been interesting to see how he'd play Major King Kong, but then we'd be denied that amazing performance by Slim Pickens. Sellars claims that he just couldn't get the Texas accent down despite being given tapes made by the writer Terry Southern. Perhaps it was ego and not the overload of characters he was being asked to play. A great film nonetheless with not a dull momrnt in it.
Sellers did get the Texas accent down eventually but what happened is he broke his leg while rehearsing a cockpit scene. With the broken leg, he couldn't fit into the cockpit anymore. So in a rush, Kubrick thought of Slim Pickens whom he met on the film "One Eyed Jacks". Figuring Slim wouldn't need any voice acting since Slim pretty much plays Slim Pickens type characters anyways.
Pickens wasn't allowed to know the film was a comedy!
GREG FREEMAN “How they kept a straight face while filming Sellers in Strangelove . . .” But they didn’t! Sellers was constantly breaking up the crew and Kubrick himself. In fact, he wasn’t satisfied with his performance in a given scene in Strangelove UNTIL he broke everybody up. Fortunately the muffled chortles on the other side of the camera did not disrupt the very best takes, and so they as now part of film comedy history.
And yes, I too enjoyed Sellers's restrained lunacy in “The Ladykillers.” But to my mind, Guinness stole the show with his brilliant characterization.
I like the music alot.
Wee Gee is famous for his decades of brutal and realistic crime scene photos. There are several books of his work.
great!
What´s the song played at the end titles? Anybody know? Sounds like Wayne Shorter..
Genius! He was...
The only complaint I would register is the way it just ended so quickly...I wonder if Heath Ledger got the idea to film himself from this Sellers effort.
Kubrick should have used Sellers more...
He really wanted to...Unfortunately Peter passed away.
He should have played HAL, both astronauts, and the Monolith in 2001.
What is the music at 5:37, does anyone know ?
At 4:16 and 4:19 Graham Stark looks just like Tony Randall.
Nice! What is the song and the jazz group playing in the first few minutes?
Notice the actors behind him as Strangelove trying not to lose it.
Sir Alec Guinness ! I sure miss Steve Allen and his talent for interviewing . Today's so called " stars" wouldn't pass muster as guests.
"We don't want that old Dr Cutler investigating the home situation." Dr Zimpf
That's my favorite. And the line "We Americans, what we believe" spoken with that German accent.
He filmed Orson Welles?!? The story that still circulates is that they could not stand each other and, when they filmed their scene in Casino Royale, neither of them were in he same room and body doubles were used. This proves that story false.
Yeah, was surprised to see that also. Cool.
Weegi, wow, they almost made a movie about him. It evolved into Nightcrawler with Jake Gylenhall
That Ougie guy is hillarious
4:48 - "LOL"
love the evocative jazz shit at the end highbrow nostalgia, enigmatic jazz sax crap
What was the song at the beginning??
+NimrodTheWise Brian Eno - Another Green World
Mandrake was hilarious
what is the jazz song from about 1:00 to about 2:30?
End titles has the credits. Although it reminds me of some New York heavy cats from the nineties....the syncopation is very much like this guy I can't think of...a sax player who has a vocalist on his album...and she's singing, 'everyone has a destination....everyone needs.... a place...to go.'
I was wondering the same and in the end credits it says: Music: Andy Sheppard and Steve Lodder.
It's called Cheetah by Andy Sheppard and Steve Lodder, and you can find all the music they made for this episode on an album called Moving image.
I've tried to get the Soundhound and Shazam Apps to recognise the sublime Alto Saxophonist music at th end of this short film, but they cannot identify this gorgeous music.
Does anyone here know what it is called and who played it?
It reminds me a little of Wayne Shorter's playing.
ua-cam.com/video/pZJnWulrQac/v-deo.html
sudo.3.pro.tok2.com/Quest/cards/A/AndySheppard/
MovingImage_x.html
Go watch Peter's interview with Parkinson, one of the funniest performances i have ever witnessed, RIP Mr Sellers...✌❤🙏
What's this, a deed to the ranch?
Chance the gardener - Being There.
is Weegee Teddy from Bob's Burgers?
Lolita was 12. 14 when they settled at Beardsley.
Birdie Num Num
I believe "Dr. Strangelove" is thought to be largely based on Dr. Edward Teller.
Right the first time!
Werner Von Braun for the nazi parts....
Wow, didn’t remember much of Peter Sellers, didn’t réalisé he was so big in US, just heard him as one of the mighty Goons
Wonderful! I am assuming that is Britt Ekland at 16:12 to 16:20. Can anyone confirm that?
Yep. That`s Britt.
Looks like her.