HBO's "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" is a movie about PeterSellers that plays like a Peter Sellers movie.
It's funny, sad, full of odd little turns, tics, treats andsurprises -- and it quite often takes your breath away.
Most remarkable, perhaps, for a film about an actor who famouslysaid, "There used to be a me behind the mask, but I had it surgicallyremoved," is the depth and fullness of the performance Geoffrey Rushdelivers in the title role.
Make that title roles, as Rush, a 1997 Oscar winner for "Shine,"not only vanishes into the troubled, cruel, crazy genius of Sellersbut, in Sellers-esque fashion, also morphs into nearly all of theman's most …
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