Al Checco, Claudine Longet, Corinne Cole

A clerical mistake results in a bumbling film extra being invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being fired.

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PG, 99 min.

Directed by: Blake Edwards

Release Date: April 4, 1968

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DVD Release Date: December 11, 2001

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  • January 19, 2008
    Arguably one of the best comedies ever made, one not to miss for all you kiddies watching American Pie: Beta House right now!

    This film has no real plot, but is just the ideal fish-out-of-water comedy. An uninvited and socially awkward guest (from a foreign culture, to boot) c...( read more)omes to a party, and chaotic, circumstantial comedy ensues. This movie is filled with slapstick, but also with absolutely ridiculous lines... "Do you speak Hindustani?" comes to mind... not a ton more to say, it's just a classic picture that no matter how many times you watch it will remind you what comedies are supposed to be like.
  • May 29, 2007
    Saw this based on a good friend's recommendation who loves it. Found it a complete bore. I keep watching Peter Sellers movies trying to like him. But I just don't. Except for A Shot in the Dark, I just don't find him very funny. What am I missing that everybody else sees?
  • February 21, 2007
    A one joke film that relies entirely on Seller's slapstick talents. It amuses (guiltliy because of the flagrant racist stereotype of Seller's character) during the opening party sequence, but the second part of the film is increasingly meandering and psychadelic, and clearly has ...( read more)no idea where it's going or what it's trying to say.
  • January 5, 2007
    pretty funny movie peter sellers is hillarious
  • October 24, 2006
    A situation comedy reloving around a single joke, The Party would be a something of a failure were in not in such talented hands. Sellers' performance as an accident-prone Indian actor has frequently been construed as racist, but his character is in concept and execution a fish o...( read more)ut of water, and as a result gives him plenty of room to stretch his considerable comedic muscles, poking fun at typical Hollywood conventions, such as a famous Western actor taking him for a Native American. The film also benefits from some impressively long takes, again illustrating Sellers' acting ability. The third act suffers slightly, the material clearly running out of momentum, offering up a daft gatecrashing involving an elephant painted with 'revolutionary' slogans, cementing it's 60s trappings.
  • October 28, 2009
    Comedy classic at its best. Peter Sellars is his funniest role, almost like a bumbling Mr Bean, but with funnier results. Definitely this movie was the basis of all other teen sorta party movies as well as slapstick humour we see on movie and TV now.
  • October 25, 2009
    Recommended by Arianeta
  • October 25, 2009
    i seen it more then once and not only that i can talk the way peter seller do .. totaly loved
  • October 24, 2009
    Peter Sellers plays a bumbling foreigner once again (but this time he's not from France) in this cult-favorite comedy. Hrundi V. Bakshi (Peter Sellers) is an accident-prone actor from India who has come to California, hoping to make a name for himself in Hollywood movies. However...( read more), Bakshi quickly makes the wrong impression on producer C.S. Divot (Gavin MacLeod) and studio chief Fred Clutterbuck (J. Edward McKinley) when he accidentally blows up the set for his first film. Clutterbuck jots down Bakshi's name to remind himself to have the actor blacklisted, but he doesn't realize that he's put the name on the guest list for an upcoming party at his home. Bakshi sees the social event as an opportunity to get back in Clutterbuck's good graces, but from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong, with increasing effect; it doesn't help that he finds himself infatuated with Michele Monet (Claudine Longet), Divot's latest starlet discovery. Director Blake Edwards shot The Party with a minimal script to allow Peter Sellers and the other comic actors greater room for slapstick improvisation, which helps explain why many of the film's most memorable scenes feature little or no dialogue. Absolute perfect comedy experience!!!!
  • October 15, 2009
    A must see classic.
    Birdy num num!!!

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May 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

Plays like leftovers from the Panther films. full review

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  • sybasys
    January 9, 2007
    Para mi, es una de las mejores peliculas de la epoca... comedia sana, y la gran participación de Peter Sellers como actor..... es una de mis favoritas.. además de traerme gratos recuerdos....

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