The man who played three roles in one film couldn't even play himself.
Acting
Sellers's own archival interviews, eerily prophetic
Direction
Scheinfeld lets contradictions breathe, no easy answers
Director
John Scheinfeld
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sellers was originally cast as the bomber pilot Major Kong too, but sprained his ankle and couldn't fit in the cockpit — Slim Pickens got the role instead, accidentally creating an even more perfect American archetype.
Roger Ebert's commentary here draws a direct line between Sellers's chameleon performances and his documented emotional emptiness — a connection the film industry still refuses to examine with its current stars.
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