Peter Sellers
Hrundi V. Bakshi
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Theatrical release poster. Illustration by Jack Davis. The Party is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, and starring Peter Sellers and Claudine Longet. The film has a very loose structure, and essentially serves as a series of set pieces for Sellers's improvisational comedy talents. [2]
- Blake Edwards
- Henry Mancini
- April 4, 1968
The Party: Directed by Blake Edwards. With Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Natalia Borisova, Jean Carson. A clerical mistake results in a bumbling Indian film star being invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being fired.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Blake Edwards
- 1968-04-04
Gavin MacLeod. Charlie S. Divot. Sharron Kimberly. Princess Helena. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. While trying to tie his shoe, bumbling extra Hrundi V. Bakshi (Peter Sellers)...
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- Peter Sellers
- Blake Edwards
- Comedy
The Party (1968) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Sellers is Hrundi V. Bakshi, a painfully polite actor from India who courteously and delicately sabotages the evening of several dozen guests and an elephant. He is assisted by a hilariously drunken butler ( Steve Franken ). The story has to do with a party in the home of a Hollywood studio chief.
1968 · 1 hr 39 min. PG. Comedy. In Hollywood, a film star who is supposed to be fired ends up with an invite to an exclusive industry party due to a clerical error. Subtitles: English. Starring: Claudine Longet Peter Sellers. Directed by: Blake Edwards.
Synopsis. Unknown Indian actor Hrundi V. Bakshi ( Peter Sellers) has been hired to play a bugler on the set of a costume epic in the style of Gunga Din (1939). He keeps on playing his bugle even though he has been shot several times, and even after the film director ( Herbert Ellis) has yelled "Cut!".
