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The Prisoner of Zenda (1979 film)

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Henzau switches sides and aids Frewin and Rudolf against Michael, opens the castle gates and rides away, telling Sapt that he will report for duty next week. Michael and his men attempt to capture Rudolf and Frewin, but they jump off the battlements into the moat, and Sapt has Michael arrested for treason. Assuming Frewin's identity, Rudolf pursues his interests in the countess and the London
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wrote "Though the budget supposedly reached $ 10 million, the film has the slapdash, impersonal feeling of those old studio features that were thrown together as star vehicles and rushed out against a strict deadline. But Sellers needs strong collaborators and a sturdy context. He may be our greatest
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wrote "Offhand, I can't recall another comedy with an energy level as disastrously low as the one retarding 'The Prisoner of Zenda.' Although the finale generates a little slapstick turbulence, the movie looks and feels inert for the longest time. It's difficult to decide where to place the blame."
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called the film an "unhappy spectacle of a capable cast, bedecked with turn-of-the-century finery and placed amid settings of historic Austrian splendor, straining and straining to get laughs out of solid lead (Even Henry Mancini's score seems desperately jaunty.) The ultimate effect of the film is
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After several failed assassination attempts, Michael attempts to lure Frewin into a trap. While the trap fails, Frewin, posing as Henzau's coach driver, is recognized and captured upon arrival in Zenda. Frewin and Rudolf escape with Antoinette's help, and when Sapt and his men arrive at the castle,
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driver Sydney (or Sidney) Frewin, the new King's half-brother from an affair with a British actress, rescues Rudolf from an assassination attempt. Once his resemblance to the King is noticed, Frewin is hired by the general, ostensibly as the King's coachman but actually to play the role of a decoy.
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dies in a balloon accident upon the celebration of his eightieth birthday. In order to secure the throne, General Sapt and his nephew Fritz travel to London, where the King's son, Rudolf V, lives through the day in London's pleasure establishments; but the King's demented half-brother Michael,
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called it "A limp and shoddy farce in which neither Sellers' lifeless double-role mugging, nor a dire fish-out-of-water script by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, encourage anything more than a deepening nostalgia for the straightfaced swashbuckling of previous adaptations"; whereas in
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gave the film 2 stars out of 4 and wrote, "Everything about the Peter Sellers comedy 'Prisoner of Zenda' seems tired. Its jokes are tired, its story situations are tired, its pacing is tired, and Sellers' dual performance seems doubly lackluster." Kevin Thomas of the
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The film's production was frequently tense: Sellers qualms about the production and struggles with his declining health led to several angry confrontations with his wife and co-star, Lynne Frederick, as well as the film's director, Richard Quine.
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comic actor but, unlike comedians who carry a film on the force of their immediately recognizable personality, Sellers's strong suit is his chameleonlike virtuosity, and chameleons are meaningless without a backdrop." Paul Taylor of
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In an unattended moment, Rudolf is captured and brought to Michael's castle of Zenda. Out of necessity, Frewin has to keep masquerading as the King for the coronation ceremony. Princess Flavia, Rudolf's
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When Sellers saw a preview of the film, he objected strenuously, claiming Mirisch had arranged for new footage to be shot without him or Quine turning it into "a Pink Panther movie".
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The ruse is quickly uncovered, however, when during an attack by Michael's men the royal guardsmen address Frewin as their new king, and the two look-alikes get acquainted.
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called the film "a tame comic vehicle for another exercise in multiple role-playing by Peter Sellers ... More than anything, pic resembles some of
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Roberts, Glenys (17 June 1979). "Peter Sellers--hiding behind a mask of mimicry: Mimicry provides a mask for the Sellers insecurities".
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wrote "There are occasions when Mr. Sellers is among the funniest men in the world, but this is not one of them." David Ansen of
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was a highlight of the film and gained some critical acclaim. It was also Quine's final film as a director and
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Arnold, Gary (May 25, 1979). "New 'Prisoner of Zenda': Afflicted by an Enemy Crisis With Peter Sellers".
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Mann, Roderick (Jan 28, 1979). "CALENDAR: MOVIES PETER SELLERS: HE'S NOT READY TO PACK IT IN YET".
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one of a feeling of embarrassment for all involved in its perpetration." Gary Arnold of
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in Vienna represented the "Ruritania" royal palace; other filming locations included
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Siskel, Gene (May 31, 1979). "'Prisoner of Zenda' not exactly a Sellers' market".
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thinking that he is the better claimant, sends an assassin after them.
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McCarthy, Todd (May 23, 1979). "Film Reviews: The Prisoner of Zenda".
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Mann, Roderick (Apr 10, 1979). "Sellers: No Way to Treat 'Prisoner'".
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Thomas, Kevin (May 25, 1979). "Sellers Stars in a Silly 'Zenda'".
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The film was announced in December 1976. and was shot in Austria.
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Ansen, David (June 11, 1979). "Peter Sellers in Wuwitania".
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pitched the film to Sellers while the latter was making
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Taylor, Paul (November 1979). "The Prisoner of Zenda".
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called it a "flatly directed, leadenly unfunny farce."
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Gill, Brendan (June 4, 1979). "The Current Cinema".
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Index


Richard Quine
Dick Clement
Ian La Frenais
The Prisoner of Zenda
Anthony Hope
Walter Mirisch
Peter Sellers
Lynne Frederick
Lionel Jeffries
Elke Sommer
Arthur Ibbetson
Henry Mancini
The Mirisch Corporation
Universal Pictures
Richard Quine
Peter Sellers
Lynne Frederick
Lionel Jeffries
Elke Sommer
Gregory Sierra
Jeremy Kemp
Catherine Schell
adventure novel
Anthony Hope
Peter Sellers
Dick Clement
Ian La Frenais
The Man in the Iron Mask
hot air balloon

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