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Summary: Peter Sellers
Review: He was known as Inspector Clouseau,Chance the Gardener and many other characters, yet beyond his good looks and funny personality he was a very complex person
Married 4 times and continuously moving home all over the world from London to Ireland to Gstaad in Switzerland,Peter Sellers battled with himself everyday of his life
Ed Sikov goes indepth into the real Peter Sellers
A person that regularly took drugs and who eventually succumbed to a hard attack in a hotel bedroom in 1980
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Summary: Not a five star book.
Review: I found the book informative, but dull. It reads like a scrapbook.
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Summary: Comic madman well-explored
Review: I had a great time reading of Sellers's life and his madness. It is a wonderfully absorbing story, well-presented. Years ago, I read Micheal Sellers's memoir of his father. This book paints a similar portrait with deeper insights and captivating prose. A great companion to Sikov's book on Billy Wilder. Ultimately, the story is deeply tragic. How could a man who was so troubled, who brought so much unhappiness to those closest to him, make so many millions laugh?
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Summary: Good book, a few too many meaningless movie quotes
Review: I had the same complaint as another reviewer, where I could have done without the movie quotes. I was more interested in what Peter's friends said about him, in particular Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe. This really changes my views of Peter Sellers. Although he was an extraordinarily funny man, he was very much a weak human being, the book casting most of the blame for that upon his dysfunctional mother. Either which way, it sounds like Peter would have been an interesting person to know, and his antics belong front page in the NATIONAL ENQUIRER; because he was a wild one. I am not trying to belittle Peter Sellers in any way, as he is one of my very favorite comedians (and still is, even after reading this book), but I think Spike Milligan put it best when he said: "Peter Sellers is not a genius. He's a freak."
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Summary: Big disapointment.....very big
Review: I love Peter Sellers and all his movie work. This book does a great disservice to my memory of him. I really wish I hadn't started to read it. Did not finish the book and have no intention of doing so. Sometimes "warts" are best left alone!
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Summary: Big disapointment.....very big
Review: I love Peter Sellers and all his movie work. This book does a great disservice to my memory of him. I really wish I hadn't started to read it. Did not finish the book and have no intention of doing so. Sometimes "warts" are best left alone!
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Summary: Finally, someone got it right
Review: I'm a HUGE fan of Peter Sellers, so I've read everything I could find on him over the years. But this is the first biography that really captures the comedic genius of Sellers' legendary radio broadcasts and classic film work while delving equally deeply into the actor's tragic personal life. The author unearthed all sorts of tidbits that were new to this fan, too. What really surprised me, though, was how much information was transmitted without bogging down in the usual mire of biographical facts and dates. It's really a lively read that's true to Sellers' spirit. Sikov is a new name to me, but once I finish buying all of Seller's movies on DVD, I'm going to check out his book on Billy Wilder.
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Summary: This book is great!
Review: I'm a huge Peter Sellers fan, so I had some doubts about this book. Nobody ever seems to be able to get at the heart of Sellers's comedy style. But MR. STRANGELOVE turns out to be really great. It is full of wonderful details about his life, and the author really understands and appreciates Sellers as a performer. Its also very funny at times. Peter Sellers had a lot of problems, and the book covers them, but he was also a very gifted comedian, and it's nice to see that the author gets that fact.
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Summary: Lunatic Genius
Review: I've always been a big Peter Sellers fan. His work in DR. STRANGELOVE is beyond comic: it's still one of the great comedy performances of all time. And his work in the PINK PANTHER films still scares away every comic actor from ever reviving that successful series.
But I've also always had a deep curiosity as I've watched his career. How could someone so brilliant in LOLITA and DR. STRANGELOVE end up in something like WHERE DOES IT HURT? or SOFT BEDS, HARD BATTLES? Why was there a ten-year gap in the Pink Panther films?
Why the heck does he disappear halfway through CASINO ROYALE?Ed Sikov's bio provides a lot of answers while painting Sellers as a mad, bratty genius.
I'd read the English edition of the Roger Lewis book, THE LIFE & DEATH OF PETER SELLERS (a difficult read if you're a Yank) and a lot of the same info is found here as well, so all the details appear to jibe.
Peter Sellers had what we'd now call "issues." I found this to be a well-written bio and look forward to seeing Sellers's films again with a new perspective.
Quoting this book: "He (Sellers) remains to this day the master of playing men who have no idea how ridiculous they are."
He was genius and he was a lunatic. And we'll always have his films to entertain us. (Like another reviewer on here, I'll also check out Sikov's book on Billy Wilder).
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Summary: Lunatic Genius
Review: I've always been a big Peter Sellers fan. His work in DR. STRANGELOVE is beyond comic: it's still one of the great comedy performances of all time. And his work in the PINK PANTHER films still scares away every comic actor from ever reviving that successful series.
But I've also always had a deep curiosity as I've watched his career. How could someone so brilliant in LOLITA and DR. STRANGELOVE end up in something like WHERE DOES IT HURT? or SOFT BEDS, HARD BATTLES? Why was there a ten-year gap in the Pink Panther films?
Why the heck does he disappear halfway through CASINO ROYALE? Ed Sikov's bio provides a lot of answers while painting Sellers as a mad, bratty genius.
I'd read the English edition of the Roger Lewis book, THE LIFE & DEATH OF PETER SELLERS (a difficult read if you're a Yank) and a lot of the same info is found here as well, so all the details appear to jibe.
Peter Sellers had what we'd now call "issues." I found this to be a well-written bio and look forward to seeing Sellers's films again with a new perspective.
Quoting this book: "He (Sellers) remains to this day the master of playing men who have no idea how ridiculous they are."
He was genius and he was a lunatic. And we'll always have his films to entertain us. (Like another reviewer on here, I'll also check out Sikov's book on Billy Wilder).
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