I LOVE this movie. The concept is clever, the comedy is gold and Peter Sellers nails every role. Very enjoyable wacky entertainment that deserves more recognition.

@LearningaboutMovies

3 жыл бұрын

yes!

Going to watch this evening with friends as we’re Peter sellers fans and I’m a limey missing home 😊 May, 2023

Glad you enjoyed it. I hadn’t thought about the parallel to Strangelove, despite the Sellers connection. He’d been in a long-running radio comedy, ‘the Goon Show’ before his movie career, and that was definitely an influence on Monty Python (as well as the Beatles). Being very silly about very serious things, especially the class-system, monarchy, and militarism, are all in that comic tradition. Ultimately I think a bit more warm-hearted then Kubrick. The end of the world is certainly possible, but not inevitable, and no matter what our political ideologies or national quirks, we’re all a bit ridiculous.

@LearningaboutMovies

3 жыл бұрын

radio comedy? I should look that up -- always seems like his humor depends so much on his face.

American officer POW: "I warn you, I know the whole Geneva convention by heart!" The Duchess: "Oh, how nice! I play the harpsichord!"

@LearningaboutMovies

3 жыл бұрын

that about sums it up.

@robkeeleycomposer

Ай бұрын

Such a glorious non-sequitur. Sellers at his very finest.

A distant echo of ‘Passport to Pimlico’, of course. Peter Sellers playing Queen Victoria played by Margaret Rutherford. Of course, Kubrick was a big, big Anglophile, so would have certainly loved this movie.

The sequel Mouse on the Moon is good too, about the space race. Peter Sellers has moved on by then and Margaret Rutherford had taken over as the Duchess. Jean seberg was very beautiful and luminous but was driven to suicide by the FBI (if I remember rightly). Thanks for telling people about this film 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@LearningaboutMovies

3 жыл бұрын

excellent, I will check out the sequel.

You made me think hard on the Dutchy of Grand Fenwick! Watch out for a secret Axis of Evil pack with Canada,eh.

@LearningaboutMovies

8 ай бұрын

thank you

Classic Sellers.. he was really a oddball, but still a genius on the screen. I absolutely adore the role of cluesou, everything is played to perfection.

@robkeeleycomposer

Ай бұрын

I feel that the rôle of Tully is a pretty close approximation of Seller’s rather downbeat personality.

@citizenVader

Ай бұрын

@robkeeleycomposer he once said he didn't have a personality and he lived out every single day through his characters

It's been ages since I last watched it, but some scenes are just unforgettable!

@LearningaboutMovies

3 жыл бұрын

yes!

Great movie! Very funny and entertaining. I intend to read the book that inspired the movie. Peter Sellers was a genius. Vittorio De Sica's - "After the Fox" is another great example of his wacky gallery of characters. I think Jerry Lewis (check out - "The Family Jewels") derived a great deal of inspiration from Sellers.Thank u for the video. God bless.

Yes! Truly a forgotten masterpiece.

@LearningaboutMovies

3 жыл бұрын

thank you.

I love this movie! Of course I am part English on my dad’s side.

Just watched it. Pretty funny. Do you recommend the sequel?

@LearningaboutMovies

3 жыл бұрын

no I haven't seen it. also tempted to read the book on which the movie is based. If you watch the sequel, let us know what you think.

So I watched the "sequel" and I must say it doesn't really feel like a sequel more like an alternate story. The actors are different, and the take on the situation is also different, but I enjoyed _The Mouse on the Moon_ about as much as I enjoyed this film. You just need to watch it with the idea of it being entirely seperate movie made entirely by different people instead of continuation.

@LearningaboutMovies

3 жыл бұрын

excellent! thank you, will check it out.

Maybe you should have said some words about the director Jack Arnold, who was an interesting guy. Mostly known for monster movie classics like Creature from the Black Lagoon and Tarantula.

@LearningaboutMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm, yes, a good point.

Saw it upon its release. Another Sellers tour de force✔✔✔✔😎

@LearningaboutMovies

3 жыл бұрын

yes!

the first order from star wars is literally fenwick.

@LearningaboutMovies

2 жыл бұрын

probably the only time ever that this comparison has been made!

I enjoyed it quite a lot, but that out of nowhere 50’s romance cliche is pretty awkward.

@LearningaboutMovies

2 жыл бұрын

it is, and that cliche is still everywhere!

I can't tell if you are dime-store David Cross or if David Cross is dime-store you.

@LearningaboutMovies

Жыл бұрын

How could it not be the latter?