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The Ghost of Peter Sellers

Negativeswas a wonderful book, I started shooting it, and it was likean absolute dream...

Negatives
was a wonderful book, I started shooting it, and it was like
an absolute dream come true. And that was the beginning
of my career. Out of the blue,
I had a phone call from Columbia Pictures. if I would be interested
in reading the script on A Day in the Death
of Joe Egg

Full Transcript

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Negatives was a wonderful book,
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I started shooting it,
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and it was like an absolute dream come true.
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And that was the beginning of my career.
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Out of the blue, I had a phone call from Columbia Pictures.
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if I would be interested in reading the script
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on A Day in the Death of Joe Egg.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:24
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Vegas Media

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Movie Summary

A comedy genius, a hot new director and a 17th Century pirate film. What could possibly go wrong?
And The Ruling Class, you know, - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:13
And The Ruling Class, you know,
We're interested in the work of the director, Peter Medak, - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:06
We're interested in the work of the director, Peter Med...
He has done two pictures. - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:06
He has done two pictures.
And me, naively thought, - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:05
And me, naively thought,
He really was very high on the fact - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:05
He really was very high on the fact
It was the happiest I had seen him for ages. - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:09
It was the happiest I had seen him for ages.
Peter always loved having - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:07
Peter always loved having
Think of Wardour Street and you think of film. - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:09
Think of Wardour Street and you think of film.
John Heyman was the producer of it. - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:21
John Heyman was the producer of it.
And the money side of the business - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:14
And the money side of the business
And any Peter Sellers picture - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:06
And any Peter Sellers picture
But, in those days, it was pretty unusual - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:10
But, in those days, it was pretty unusual
And the reputation after The Ruling Class of Peter Medak. - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:04
And the reputation after The Ruling Class of Peter Medak.
And, Peter was a genius, - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:07
And, Peter was a genius,
I mean very, very, very difficult. - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:04
I mean very, very, very difficult.
If you take it, you sink absolutely - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:06
If you take it, you sink absolutely
And it is luck, - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:04
And it is luck,
I've had that maybe just on two or three occasions. - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:05
I've had that maybe just on two or three occasions.
But, it won't be in future because - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:07
But, it won't be in future because
I knew Peter was a lot of trouble. - The Ghost of Peter Sellers 00:29
I knew Peter was a lot of trouble.