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Old 26-08-2006, 01:45 PM
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I'm trying to find a copy of the only feature film directed by Peter Sellers entitled 'Mr Topaze' (aka: I Like Money) from 1961. I know it's never been released on vhs/dvd but wondered if anyone had a home recording??

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Yes - I'm pretty sure this is the only Sellers film that is unavailable (I don't know about A Day at The Beach). Even The Blockhouse and Ghost in the Noonday Sun have been released on video. Mr Topaze must be out there in some form as I've seen clips from it. Does anyone know if the BFI has a viewing copy?
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Saw a print of this at a Sellers season in Cardiff a couple of years ago. It was quite badly faded, watchable but instead of the colour it was like a black and white film tinted pink - if this came from the BFI and is the best print available maybe that's why it's never been released.
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Hi - Has anyone got a copy of Mr Topaze directed by & starring Peter Sellers, in the US it ws released as 'I Like Money.

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Hi - Has anyone got a copy of Mr Topaze directed by & starring Peter Sellers, in the US it ws released as 'I Like Money.

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I too have been looking for this elusive film. I think I'm right in saying that this is the only Sellers film that hasn't been released on video (or DVD) here or in America. I believe some clips can be found on various documentaries or clip compilations so it must still exist as it were. Perhaps your best bet is contacting the BFI - they might have a viewing copy.

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I remember seeing this film when it was first released. It wasn't a big box office success. I'm guessing that as a result the studio probably didn't bother to pursue a re-release in whatever form...

A pity - I liked the movie!
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In Roger Lewis' biography "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers", he says it took him two years to find a print - "all prints, save one, were melted down and the celluloid sent to Nigeria to be re-cycled into combs. ('You mean', said Milligan, aghast, 'that there are women in Africa combing their hair with Peter Sellers?')".

On the previous page, he says he saw the film "locked in a bunker at the British Film Institute".

Has anyone else here read this book? The author ends up sounding as crazy as his subject.
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