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Director: Hal Ashby
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From Time Out Film Guide
Sellers' performance - as the innocent neuter figure who rises accidentally to political power on the strength of vacant homilies - is remarkable. But Ashby's direction is marred by the same softness that made The Last Detail and Coming Home so morally bland. What emerges in the end is a strange ambiguity of attitude to the American political system and a hollow humour about cultural values. The cinema of cynicism, really.Author: CA
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- Magmabulle said...
- Posted on Jun 06 2008 22:47 A warm comedy that shows Peter Sellers at the top of his game.
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Cast & crew
Director: Hal Ashby
Producer: Andrew Braunsberg
Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 130 mins
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