Peter Sellers on TCM
Peter Sellers in Lolita. Photo: Courtesy of Turner Classic Movies.
Peter Sellers will have his "Summer Under the Stars" day on Saturday, Aug. 29.
Turner Classic Movies will present thirteen Peter Sellers vehicles, including two TCM premieres, John Guillermin’s Waltz of the Toreadors and Robert Day’s Two-Way Stretch.
First of all, I must admit that I’m not that familiar with Sellers’ film career. Among the few of his films I’ve seen are a couple of the Pink Panther flicks — neither of which was very good — in addition to his two Oscar-nominated performances in Dr. Strangelove and Being There. So, this Peter Sellers Day on TCM will be a good opportunity for myself — and others — to become better [...]
by Andre Soares | August 23, 2009
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Tags: Blake Edwards, Classic Movies, Lolita, Murder by Death, Peter Sellers, Summer Under the Stars, TCM, The Mouse That Roared, The Party, Turner Classic Movies
Hal Ashby Academy Schedule
Marki Bey, Beau Bridges in The Landlord
Hal Ashby Tribute
The schedule/synopses below are from the Academy’s press release:
Friday, June 26, 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater
The Landlord (1970)
Ashby made his directorial debut with this poignant comedy in which a wealthy young man buys a Brooklyn apartment building and plans to displace the mostly black tenants, before personal relationships cause him to rethink his intentions.
Cast: Beau Bridges, Pearl Bailey, Diana Sands, Louis Gossett, Lee Grant
Academy Award nominee: Actress in a Supporting Role (Grant)
Shampoo (1975)
This classic tale of womanizing and blowouts in the fast lane of the swinging ‘60s was written by the film’s star, Warren Beatty, and the Oscar-winning writer of Chinatown, Robert [...]
by Andre Soares | June 16, 2009
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Tags: Beau Bridges, Being There, Classic Movies, Hal Ashby, Jack Nicholson, Los Angeles Screenings, Peter Sellers, The Landlord, The Last Detail
Douglas Kirkland Photo Exhibition
Brigitte Bardot (top); Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge! (bottom)
The photo exhibition "Freeze Frame: 5 Decades of Photographs by Douglas Kirkland," opens today in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ Grand Lobby Gallery in Beverly Hills. Admission is free.
"Freeze Frame" features more than 125 color and black-and-white images of old and new motion picture celebrities, including Anne Bancroft, Antonio Banderas, Brigitte Bardot, Drew Barrymore, Warren Beatty, Mel Brooks, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Gene Hackman, Salma Hayek, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Kevin Kline, Sophia Loren, and Baz Luhrmann.
Also, Shirley MacLaine, Ewan McGregor, Jeanne Moreau, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, Sidney Poitier, Susan Sarandon, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter Sellers (right, as a paparazzi going after Britt Ekland), [...]
by Andre Soares | January 19, 2008
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Tags: Brigitte Bardot, Britt Ekland, Douglas Kirkland, Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Los Angeles Screenings, Nicole Kidman, Peter Sellers, Photos, Titanic
