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The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Directed by
Peter Medak
Not Rated
2018
1h 33m
Documentary
,
Biography
6.7
95%
63%
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A comedy genius, a hot new director and a 17th Century pirate film. What could possibly go wrong?
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Cast of The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Peter Medak
Himself / Director
Peter Sellers
Himself (Archive)
Spike Milligan
Himself (Archive)
Anthony Franciosa
Himself (Archive)
James Villiers
Himself (Archive)
Maggie Abbott
Herself
Lorenzo Berni
Himself
Rene Borisewitz
Himself
Tony Christodoulou
Himself
Robin Dalton
Himself
Kostas Dimitriou
Himself
Joe Dunne
Himself
Costas Evagorou
Himself
Norma Farnes
Herself
Murray Melvin
Himself
Piers Haggard
Himself
Joseph McGrath
Himself
Robert Wagner
Himself
Victoria Sellers
Herself
Sandy Lieberson
Himself
John Heyman
Himself
Rita Franciosa
Herself
Antony Rufus-Isaacs
Himself
Simon van der Borgh
Himself
Susan Wood
Herself
John Goldstone
Himself
David Korda
Himself
Dan Rissner
Himself
Dennis Frazer
Himself
Clive Revill
Himself
Dr. Tony Greenburgh
Himself
Ruth Myers
Herself
Paul Iacovou
Producer
The Ghost of Peter Sellers Ratings & Reviews
Los Angeles Times
Noel Murray
A useful way to consider both the brilliance of Sellers and the damage he wrought, as well as demonstrating the ludicrous leeway granted to celebrities and the ways that obvious warning signs of possible mental illness often went unheeded.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Wade Major
This is an extraordinary documentary. It's more of a personal memoir of a sort.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Angie Han
It's a really interesting spin on that subgenre of documentary about films that never got made... Because it's being directed by the person who tried to make the original movie, it adds an interesting layer.
Eye for Film
Jennie Kermode
Ghost Of Peter Sellers is replete with the magic it might have had. Whimsical and agonised, tragic and hilarious, it's a must-see warning for all would-be filmmakers and a poignant portrait of a moment in film history.
Spectrum Culture
Josh Goller
The late comedian's impudent specter looms large, but this doc is more focused on Medak's self-reflection about a catastrophic professional failure that clearly still stings.
Variety
Owen Gleiberman
A documentary about the making of one of the worst movies of its time, and maybe all time.
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
Especially for film buffs, it will certainly be fascinating, but also strangely moving in what it reveals about both Sellers and Medak.
The Victoria Advocate
Joe Friar
Medak opens old wounds to discuss the film that almost ruined his career 47 years ago and his wonderful relationship with Peter Sellers. Fascinating.
The Weekend Warrior (Substack)
Edward Douglas
Medak finds a way to offer some true sentiment and emotional insight into his tenuous relationship with Sellers.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Movie junkies, rejoice. Director Peter Medak has made an instructive and nightmarishly funny documentary about how actor Peter Sellers drove him crazy and nearly trashed his career.
IndieWire
Eric Kohn
In the grand tradition of "Jodoworsky's Dune" and "Lost in La Mancha," the lighthearted behind-the-scenes documentary recounts a tortuous production and the fascinating ways in which it went awry from every possible direction.
Counterpunch.org
Louis Proyect
A documentary that deserves to be studied just as much as Kurosawa or Godard in film school. As a negative example, it examines a 1974 Peter Sellers comedy as a textbook example of what to avoid.
Out of the Past
Raquel Stecher
The Ghost of Peter Sellers is an enthralling documentary that offers insights into the filmmaking experience and how a person's actions have ripple effects that last long after they have passed on.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Neither bitter nor maudlin, "The Ghost of Peter Sellers" is a movie about filmmaking and soul-searching, a tale of two Peters and maybe the worst of times for both.
Austin Chronicle
Richard Whittaker
What's most fascinating is that there's no self-indulgence on Medak's behalf. It's a filmmaker coming to terms with a deep bruise in his life, and the realization that time may heal all wounds, but will still leave a scar.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
It's a revealing view of an industry of enormous personalities-and the indulgences that feed them.
Boston Globe
Mark Feeney
The "Ghost of Peter Sellers" seems to have worked well as therapy. Fifteen or 20 minutes shorter, it would have worked equally well as documentary filmmaking.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
A nuanced portrait of a troubled, often self-destructive talent.
leonardmaltin.com
Leonard Maltin
As Medak talks to fellow survivors of this disaster we bear witness to what might have been if the stars hadn't so completely misaligned. For dyed-in-the-wool film buffs this is a valuable document.
The Hollywood Reporter
Todd McCarthy
The director has made a documentary that's both a mea culpa for his role in a botched enterprise that left no one looking good and an affecting attempt to define a life's turning point.
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