Mr. Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers, Paperback – Illustrated, October 15, 2003. This is a book that should be read by any Sellers fan, for it mentions the blemishes (of which there were many), the good aspects (of which there were also many) of Sellers' personality, plus offers the factual familial backdrop which produced perhaps the greatest comic of this generation. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. 21 reviews. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, + $10.04 Shipping & Import Fees Deposit to Spain. We’d love your help. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Apart from that, very comprehensive and painstakingly researched. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Many times the exact lines from many scenes are repeated verbatim, who needs all that? Rent it. Told using interviews with Peter Sellers' friends and family, I found the book to be very revealing and entertaining. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Unfortunately this book doesn't take into account the Pink Panther movies as they were made later. What I didn't like in this book were the constant repeating of dialog, lines and detailed story summaries of each movie he made. Extremely Interesting, Will Permanently Change Your View, Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2005. Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2019. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. His parents worked in an acting company run by his grandmother. It will permanently alter your regard for him, when after reading it you see him onscreen -- conceptually similar to the way you can't truly concentrate on a movie, any more, when Woody Allen or O.J. This is a sympathetic biography, and the author is careful to present a balanced look at Sellers' life, the good and the bad. He comprehensively lived a child's life during his childhood, wholly unstructured and unorganized and undisciplined, propagating a glorious sense of fun, imagination and mimicry which formed the foundation of his adult career. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Recognized as the greatest British comic since Charlie Chaplin, Sellers was the grand master of fifty-five films - from Dr. Strangelove, to Being There and the Pink Panther hits. Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2019, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2018. Readers’ Top Histories and Biographies of the Last 5 Years. Failed projects and marriages, poor health and financial woes are on the record. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. His father was Protestant and his mother was Jewish (of both Ashkenazi and Sephardi background). This book tries hard and the author thinks he is being scrupulously fair, and it's not a bad effort. Fascinating read about Peter Sellers' personality and his life up until 1968. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2016. Start by marking “Peter Sellers: The Authorized Biography (Coronet Books)” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Something went wrong. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Something went wrong. by Coronet Books. An excellent biography of one of the world's top comedians. Just bear in mind that "authorised" in this case means by the Sellers estate, and that the author is a journalist and film critic. One could only wish he could have been better adjusted, but then again, maybe we wouldn't have had his few great performances had he been "normal". Want to know who Peter Sellers was? To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. An interesting read about a hugely successful but troubled artist. Please try again. It's another tell all book of behind the scenes dirty stories of disrespectful, abusive, snooty and irrational behavior of Sellers. Alexander Walker was a film critic and author of a number of biographies and books on the film industry. Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2016. Peter Sellers: The Authorized Biography by Alexander Walker With the help of exclusive interviews with colleagues and close friends, Robert Sellers' Peter O’Toole: The Definitive Biography paints the first complete picture of this complex and much-loved man. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. You have to read them all to get all the little stories and anecdotes about him. Full of all sorts of salacious details, but you should be warned that you're better off not reading it if you want to always have a soft spot and rosy glow for Peter Sellers in your life. He behaved abominably toward them and, objectively speaking, should have been brought to justice as an abusive husband and father. There is an old adage that it's the weird ones a person remembers in life; the normal or ordinary ones go unnoticed. Please try again. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Yet so many biographies confidently claim to be "authorised" or even finite - I wonder at their courage and impudence. Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2012. Full of boring andecdotes from everyone who even met Peter on the street. Peter Sellers's explosive talent made him a beloved figure in world cinema and continues to attract new audiences. If this is true Peter Sellers will be remembered until the end of time. Sellers' sporadically terrible behavior toward his first wife and children, were it to occur today and become public knowledge, would completely taint his career. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. The few instances of joyful periods the author provides though, including examples of sublime artistic creation, are brief and quickly segue into a dismal perspective of their futility. Buy Peter Sellers: The Authorized Biography Illustrated edition by Walker, Alexander (ISBN: 9780297779650) from Amazon's Book Store. Sooo over written! Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: FBA items qualify for FREE Shipping and Amazon Prime. Basically I was REALLY wanting to know what went on during the filming of one of my all-time favorite comedies "The Pink Panther" and it didn't even go there, not even close, instead delved deeply into lesser movies he made that no one really saw. The book reveals what drove him to extremes, why he drank to excess for many years and hated authority, but it also describes a man who was fiercely intelligent, with a great sense of humor and huge energy. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. This item cannot be shipped to your selected delivery location. Interesting read about a man who never seemed to really grow up, and clearly needed a woman all his life, perhaps that stems from his mother playing such a dominant role in his life. Be the first to ask a question about Peter Sellers. Simultaneously, as the author points out, he never developed the "inhibitors" that prevent normal grown-ups from losing emotional control and/or unpredictably launching into violent behavior. We didn't need whole pages of dialogue from scripts.
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