In 1973, five years after his last Pink Panther film and nine years after Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb, Peter Sellers was set to appear alongside Anthony Franciosa and Spike Milligan in a piratical romp entitled Ghost In The Noonday Sun. If you haven't seen it, don't fear that you're slacking. It never got a cinema release, eventually making it onto video in 1985 and DVD in 2016. Director Peter Medak described making it as the single worst experience of his career. In this documentary, revisiting the Cyprus location, he sets out to explain why.
It's worth stating upfront that there isn't much dispute about the facts of what happened. What was always at stake was the distribution of blame. As far as Sellers was concerned, that all belonged to Medak - who was ultimately left to carry the can - but others...
It's worth stating upfront that there isn't much dispute about the facts of what happened. What was always at stake was the distribution of blame. As far as Sellers was concerned, that all belonged to Medak - who was ultimately left to carry the can - but others...
- 6/19/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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