As disaster hits the industry due to the coronavirus shutdown, what better time to release a movie about the making of a true movie disaster that its filmmakers and all concerned probably wish had …
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series in which he played his signature character Inspector Clouseau, Sellers absolutely was one of the greats. But he also had a reputation for being a real handful on sets. That clearly is borne out in Medak’s experience in the making of this film that was shot largely on water, which is difficult enough when all goes well but a real downer when it doesn’t. In this case, the pirate ship sank before they even got the first shot.
Before the 67-day shoot was over Sellers would be faking a heart attack to get out of it , and after nearly being stabbed in a sword fight by co-star Tony Franciosa, Sellers refused to shoot their scenes together. Incident after incident happened as Medak revisits the locations and recounts the misery index with a screenwriter friend that serves as the glue for the docu retelling of this sordid tale.
Among those interviewed is the film’s producer John Heyman, who died in 2017, not long after participating. He is terrific, almost serving as a therapist for Medak, assuring him that over 40 years later it is time to get over this failure, and that they never should have made it in the first place. At different points in the docu, Medak gets highly emotional, so much so that it appears like this all happened to him yesterday rather than in the ’70s.
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