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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:11 PM
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Poll question: Favourite Peter Sellers movie.
I love Peter Sellers - he's up there with Peter Cook and Peter Ustinov as one of my all-time favourite Comic Actors called Peter.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:13 PM
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1. Being There.
Edited on Fri Dec-17-04 05:16 PM by terrya
His most nuanced performance.
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:16 PM
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3. Being There was my vote - an all-time classic.
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:14 PM
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2. You blasphemer
Peter Cook rules ALL, and you well know that. :grr:

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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:16 PM
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4. I adore Cook. I'll put up a poll for him later.
I just adore Supergirl!
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:18 PM
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5. Pfft...don't bother
The few times I'm made posts in honor of him they've sunk like Kate Moss's cheeks. :(
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:19 PM
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6. Yes, but I'm that much more popular than you.
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:22 PM
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7. Thanks
You just ruined Christmas. :cry:
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:29 PM
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8. Murder by Death... BTW, have you ever seen the original Bedazzled (1967)?
:D
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:39 PM
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11. I have it on VHS.
Like I say, I'm a huge Peter Cook fan.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 06:19 PM
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19. Peter Sellers Was IN Murder By Death...
... but is it accurate to call it a "Peter Sellers Movie"?
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:32 PM
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9. Had to go with Being There as well
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micrometer_50 Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:38 PM
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10. The Mouse That Roared N/T
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:40 PM
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12. Another good one.
As is After The Fox.
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Joe Chi Minh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:50 PM
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14. I'm Alright Jack and
The Two-Way Stretch. Both English films - I think both in black and white.

There was a wonderful character actress called Irene Handel in both of them, too. What a gem! And I've never heard an actor with a more perfect cockney accent than Sellars' in The Two-Way Stretch.
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Z_I_Peevey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:45 PM
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13. I confess I had to look this one up
'The Optimists'

Saw this once in a theater long ago and it affected me deeply. It was sad and sweet. Very little dialogue, IIRC, but powerful.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 06:02 PM
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15. Being there....no brainer
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 06:10 PM
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16. Casino Royale
C'mon I gotta show some love for that turkey.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 06:10 PM
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17. The Pink Panther Strikes Again...
Edited on Fri Dec-17-04 06:11 PM by edbermac
Clouseau: Does your dog bite?
Hotel Clerk: No.
Clouseau: Nice doggie.

(Dog barks and bites Clouseau in the hand)

Clouseau: I thought you said your dog did not bite!
Hotel Clerk: That is not my dog.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 06:17 PM
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18. I Thought James Mason Was In Lolita (1960-something)
... was there a Peter Sellers version? Or am I confusing him with Woody Allen?
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Fiona Donating Member (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 06:21 PM
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20. James Mason played Humbert Humbert
but Sellers played Clare Quilty, the unabashed pedophile.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 06:23 PM
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21. Ah... Okay... Thanks. It's Been AGES Since I Had Seen That Movie
... I just don't remember him being in it. I'll have to see about renting it.
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 06:37 PM
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22. It's a very strange and eerie movie.
Really disturbing subject.
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 06:41 PM
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23. If it weren't a friendly call, Dmitiri, you wouldn't be getting it!
I also love any of the Pink Panther movies....the "Do you have a la-sanse for your minkey" scene is very nearly the funniest thing ever filmed....
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