Re: Quick note before hitting the road...

Probably both :). I'm telling you, the commentary on the DVD makes the DVD
worth it. Definitely check it out :)

Jim

ANELLO Michael J wrote:

> brit staffer? or...fart sifter?
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> just wondering.
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> >>> jrovira@drew.edu 08/08/03 03:12PM >>>
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> That all sounds right from what I remember of the commentary after the
> film. The writers did have to reign in Peter Sellers a bit -- he
> originally conceived of the President character as comic, making him an
> asthmatic hooked up to an oxygen tank. He had the whole crew cracking
> up, but he had to be told "no, that's not it...this guy's supposed to be
> the voice of reason." Ha :)
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> Sellers was also supposed to play Slim Pickens' part, but sprained his
> ankle on the Bomb bay scene. When Slim arrived on set, a Brit staffer
> said, "Why look, he's already in costume."
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> Little did she know...
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> Jim
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> Omlor@aol.com wrote:
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> > Hi Kim,
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> > Yes, Stanley and Terry Southern and Peter George wrote the screenplay,
> > VERY loosely adapted from Peter's novel *Red Alert*.
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> > But I understand that much of the Sellers characterization was largely
> > Sellers' as well, and that it was Von Braun who was the original
> > inspiration.
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> > In any case, you have to love it....
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> > All the best,
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> > --John (still watching it rain)
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