Richard Lester

 

Peter Sellers:

Peter Sellers, pravim imenom Richard Henry Sellers, rođen je 8. rujna 1925.
godine u Southsea, a preminuo je, od srčanog udara, u Londonu 24. srpnja 1980.
godine. Kao dječak glumio je u ljetovališnom varijeteu svojih roditelja.
Godine 1949. vodio je humorističnu emisiju Goon Show na radiu BBC.
Filmski glumački debi ostvaruje ulogom u filmu Penny Points to Paradise (1951).
Njegovo prvo razdoblje filmske karijere vezano je za ealing komediju.
Među njegovim početnim filmovima najznačajniji su: Gangsterska petorka
(The Ladykillers, 1955); Ja sam dobro, Jack (I'm All Right Jack, 1959) -
film kojim stječe status međunarodne filmske zvijezde; The Mouse That
Roared
(1959) - film koji je imao veliki uspjeh u SAD. Godine 1960, snima
film Milijunašica (The Millionariess) zajedno sa Sophiom Loren. Ugled
učvršćuje filmovima Lolita (1962) i Dr. Stranglove (Dr.
Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 1963) koje je
režirao Stanley Kubrick. Serijal o inspektoru Clouseau (poznat i kao serijal Pink
Panther
) redatelja Blake Edwardsa obilježio je njegovu karijeru i donio mu
status jednog od najpopularnijih svjetskih komičara.Snimio je više od 50
filmova. Dobio je brojne nominacije i nagrade a posebno se ističu tri
nominacije za Oscara, tri nominacije i jedan osvojeni Zlatni globus
te nagrada BAFTA.

Filmography

Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
Being There (1979)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
To See Such Fun (1977)
Murder by Death (1976)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Great McGonagall (1975)
Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1974)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1974)
The Blockhouse (1973)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1972)
Hoffman (1970)
There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
The Magic Christian (1969)
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968)
The Party (1968)
The Bobo (1967)
Casino Royale (1967)
Woman Times Seven (1967)
After the Fox (1966)
The Wrong Box (1966)
What's New, Pussycat? (1965)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
The Pink Panther (1964)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
The World of Henry Orient (1964)
Heavens Above! (1963)
Lolita (1962)
Only Two Can Play (1962)
Trial and Error (1962)
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1962)
The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
I'm All Right, Jack (1960)
The Millionairess (1960)
Never Let Go (1960)
Two-Way Stretch (1960)
Carlton Brown of the F.O. (1959)
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959)
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
The Naked Truth (1958)
Tom Thumb (1958)
Up the Creek (1958)
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn (1956)
John & Julie (1955)
The Ladykillers (1955)
The Goon Show Movie (1953)
Down Among the Z Men (1952)
Penny Points to Paradise (1951)


Films by this director

The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

(1959)

Directed by: Richard Lester
PHOTOGRAPHY: Richard Lester
Synopsis:

This is a short film done in the slapstick tradition. It consists of many gags, without a real story. It is famous as a debut of the later acclaimed director Richard Lester (A Hard Day's Night; Help; Three Musketeers; Superman). It is also Sellers’s directing debut.

b/w, 11 min

Petulia

(UK, USA, 1968)

Directed by: Richard Lester
PHOTOGRAPHY: Nicolas Roeg
Synopsis:

San Francisco krajem 60-ih godina prošlog stoljeća. Sredovječni ortoped Archie Bollen upravo se razvodi od supruge Prudence zvane Polo, koja će nastaviti skrbiti o njihovoj dvojici sinova. Archie je sjajan ortoped, ali i prilično problematičan čovjek koji gotovo savršen brak napušta govoreći da se jednostavno umorio od bračnog života. Na jednoj humanitarnoj zabavi Archie uskoro upozna mladu Petuliu Danner, djevojku kojoj se on očito sviđa, no koju on isprva odbije. Unatoč to...

color, 105'
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