The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers
HBO Films presents in association with BBC Films a DeMann Filmed Entertainment, Inc. and Company Pictures Production A Film by Stephen Hopkins
A scabrous, searching look behind the mask of a comedy icon.
Who was the real Peter Sellers? Which of the million faces he wore on screen was his own?
Through his rapid rise to fame, through his four marriages and several affairs, through his extraordinary relationships with family and friends, this film explores the world of a comic genius.
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers was an Official Selection in Competition at the Cannes Film
Festival 2004.
- Starring:
- Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron, John Lithgow, Miriam Margolyes, Stephen Fry, Stanley Tucci, Emily Watson
- Director:
- Stephen Hopkins
- Screenplay:
- Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, based on the book by Roger Lewis
- Producer:
- Simon Bosanquet
- Executive Producers:
- Freddy DeMann, George Faber, Charles Pattinson, David M Thompson
- Sales Agent:
- HBO Films
- UK Release Date:
- 1st October 2004
- Certificate:
- 15
- Awards for The Life and Death Of Peter Sellers:
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GOLDEN GLOBES
- Best Mini-series or Motion Picture made for Television
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture made for Television - Geoffrey Rush
