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A comic actor who first came to attention on the popular radio series The Goon Show, Peter Sellers remains one of the world’s most acclaimed comedy stars. Graduating from radio and TV to significant film roles, Sellers demonstrated a remarkable gift for character transformation.
The three films in this exclusive box-set are from the late 50s / early 60s period of Sellers’ career before he became an international star as Inspector Clouseau. I’m All Right, Jack (1959) won Sellers a BAFTA for Best Actor as a naïve ex-soldier looking to get ahead in business who unwittingly ends up as a pawn in the machinations between management and the trade unions; Only Two Can Play (1962) sees Sellers as John Lewis, a bored librarian tempted by the wife of a local councilor - risky stuff in a small Welsh Valley town; and finally Heavens Above! (1963), a British comedy of manners par excellence in which Sellers’ socialist priest is mistakenly sent to an upper-crust parish. The box-set is completed by a definitive collection of his very best work on TV: The Very Best of Peter Sellers.
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59 of 60 people found the following review helpful
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If you don't already have any of these movies, may I recommend this box set. Three of his best British films are here, together with a compilation of many of his finest and funniest moments (This last disk would would have been better with a bit of a comemntary or an introduction, but at least it does remind you of the odd film you may have overlooked, the man was in so many).
The films here are pre-Pink Panther, pre-super stardom, pre-OTT slapstick style acting and increasingly mad movies to suit that style. They represent the best of Sellers as a very gifted comedy character actor, when he was given great roles to perform with plenty of satire in them.
I'm Alright Jack is his major breakthrough picture, a very cleverly handled satire on British industry, a triumph of a film and gave Sellers a chance to show off his character acting talent. I doubt if many really expected a performance as riveting as he gave, though, and a new movie star was born.
The rather difficult to get hold of Only Two Can Play is a classy retelling of a K.Amis novel. Sellers' carefully nuanced character portrayal and his real acting abilty goes far deeper than just comedy in one of his straightest roles, making this movie a must see for this alone. Sellers plays a character who seems to be not too far away from his own, with his desire for women giving him trouble keeping his marriage together.
It's back to the Boulting Bros. for Heavens Above, and it's another fine character portrayal by PS, in a typical BB satire, very satirical and sharply observed. A lovely selection if you don't yet have these fine movies, and a great reminder of his immense acting talent.
The films here are pre-Pink Panther, pre-super stardom, pre-OTT slapstick style acting and increasingly mad movies to suit that style. They represent the best of Sellers as a very gifted comedy character actor, when he was given great roles to perform with plenty of satire in them.
I'm Alright Jack is his major breakthrough picture, a very cleverly handled satire on British industry, a triumph of a film and gave Sellers a chance to show off his character acting talent. I doubt if many really expected a performance as riveting as he gave, though, and a new movie star was born.
The rather difficult to get hold of Only Two Can Play is a classy retelling of a K.Amis novel. Sellers' carefully nuanced character portrayal and his real acting abilty goes far deeper than just comedy in one of his straightest roles, making this movie a must see for this alone. Sellers plays a character who seems to be not too far away from his own, with his desire for women giving him trouble keeping his marriage together.
It's back to the Boulting Bros. for Heavens Above, and it's another fine character portrayal by PS, in a typical BB satire, very satirical and sharply observed. A lovely selection if you don't yet have these fine movies, and a great reminder of his immense acting talent.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Two great films here and one mediocre one. Only Two Can Play is a good film about an affair that never really gets off the ground. The settings and location filming are spot on, it has a real flavour of the early sixties. I'm Alright Jack is a stunningly good film, so good in fact that it was shown in the school hall as part of my 'O' level Economics course way back in 1975!!! From 1959, again a great period piece and the acting is just superb, Ian Carmichael doing what he does best (one of my favourite actors) and of course Peter Sellers as the union man, such a versatile and entertaining actor, arguably at his peak here? Only one mans opinion but I found his later famous role in the Pink Panther as rather unfunny, especially with hindsight. These two films are a much better legacy,I never tire of watching them.
The third film, Heavens Above, is, for me, interesting but not one I will sit down and watch again.
On the basis of the first two films, five stars, it loses one as a package because of the third.
The third film, Heavens Above, is, for me, interesting but not one I will sit down and watch again.
On the basis of the first two films, five stars, it loses one as a package because of the third.
29 of 32 people found the following review helpful
It's great to have such classic films in one collection, but who wrote the cover notes? Apparently, in "I'm All Right, Jack", Sellers plays "a naïve ex-soldier who unwittingly ends up as a pawn in the machinations between management and the trade unions". Surely, Fred Kite is one of Peter Sellers' most significant rôles. If Studio Canal / Optimum Releasing are going to employ copywriters, can they please employ people who know and care about what they are doing! Fortunately, the inner notes for the individual films make good the mistake.
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Published 4 months ago by valentine14
SELLERS BEFORE THE SELL BY DATE
The minute Peter Sellers discovered America (or vice versa) he became unfit for human consumption, but here are three early films made before the rot set in. Read more
Published 6 months ago by H. L. Mason
The Straighter side to Sellers
I bought this boxset mainly for the drama set in the Welsh Valleys, 'Only Two Can Play'. I'd only been aware of having seen it on UK TV just the once and was keen to see it again. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Tim Kidner
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