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Price $14.98
Starring:
Peter Sellers,
Herbert Lom,
Burt Kwouk,
Dyan Cannon,
Robert Webber,
Directed By:
Blake Edwards,
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Release Date: 1978-07-19
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
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Closed-captioned,
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Revenge of the Pink Panther
Product Description
Number six in the continuing "Pink Panther" series opens with the funeral of Inspector Clouseau. Of course we soon learn that the lovable bungler isn't dead at all; he's merely faking it so he can pursue incognito a ring of international drug smugglers through exotic Hong Kong. Employing a repertoire of ludicrous disguises the bungling police inspector is back again and this time Clouseau is looking for his own would-be murderer.System Requirements:Running Time: 103 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 027616905956 Manufacturer No: 1006394
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The sixth Pink Panther comedy was the last to star Peter Sellers (the following film in the series incorporated previously unseen footage), and it was also the last in the series to show any signs of genuine inspiration. It's a weak entry in the Panther pantheon, involving a rather mundane plot about a "French Connection" drug deal that leads Inspector Clouseau--presumed murdered and now sleuthing incognito--to Hong Kong for a brash, slapstick finale that almost compensates for the routine gags that precede it. Sellers and director Blake Edwards are coasting along smoothly here, and some of the gags pay off in well-earned laughs--particularly with a clever nod to Dr. Strangelove when Clouseau dons a Toulouse-Lautrec costume. Another highlight finds Clouseau disguised as an old sea captain, complete with a leaky inflatable parrot (it looks more like a purple puffin) resting limply on his shoulder. But a later attempt to spoof Mafia kingpins is hardly up to snuff for a talent as original as Sellers, and Dyan Cannon lacks the comedic sensibility to make the most of her role as a druglord's vengeful ex-mistress. Some of the physical gags are amazingly elaborate, and it's still a riot to hear Sellers perfecting (or is that murdering?) his hilarious French accent, but while it's adequately enjoyable this movie makes you long for the glory days of the Pink Panther franchise. --Jeff Shannon
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Revenge of the Pink Panther
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Revenge of the Pink Panther
Satisfying Valedictory for Sellers' Clouseau
I'm going to preface my review by saying that in my opinion Peter Sellers was the greatest comic force to grace the silver screen. When he picked his material correctly. When Sellers reassumed the Clouseau character in 1975 with "The Return of the Pink Panther" he had been wandering in the wilderness somewhat(see "The Blockhouse"). Sellers regained some box office clout but I get the feeling that he may have been slightly bored treading familiar ground. That said, the Clouseau films probably gave him the standing to capture the part of Chance the Gardener in "Being There", arguably his greatest performance. As for this film, it's consistently funny in a scattershot way but doesn't reach the classic status of "A Shot in the Dark". What I particularly admired here is that Sellers defers some of his screen time to the talented Burt Kwouk as Cato much like he did for Herbert Lom's Dreyfus in "The Pink Panther Strikes Again". My advice to anybody unfamiliar with the Clouseau series is to watch them sequentially to enhance your enjoyment.Revenge of the Pink Panther
Perfected Clouseau
Forget about the fact that this is one of the funniest, laugh out loud movies ever made for a moment. Take a close look at Peter Sellers in this film as the perfected character of Inspector Clouseau shines through. Far from the self-parodying, stale performances that many actors give when reviving roles for sequels, Seller's performance in this and the previous The Pink Panther Strikes Again (his last two Clouseau performances) are perfect and rank in the pantheon of all-time greatest comedic performances.
The Clouseau character is so perfected that practically every movement, every word spoken, elicits laughter. Prepare to crack up as Sellers (a Brit) portrays the bungling French chief inspector. With his goofy French accent, the self-proclaimed "master of disguises" gives us hilarious impersonations of (among others) a "Salty Sweedish Sea-dog," Toulouse Lautrec ("sorry, I'm a little short)" a peasant Chinaman, and an Italian mobster ("Mama mia, spaghettini Al Pacino"). The film is worth seeing for just those few moments, alone. But the hilarious plot yields us so much more.
More classic "battles" with sidekick Kato (with the obligatory damage to the downstairs apartment underneath Clouseau's), the conversion of Clouseau's apartment into a bordello, breaking and entering into the disco, the summary disposal of the vaunted assassin Chong (and the sound effects of his extended fall), and many other scenes leave you laughing for long after.
Although the classic dialog lines probably remain more relegated to cult classic status than, say, the classic lines from Seinfeld that have seeped into pop consciousness, one may still hear some oft repeated phrases from the loyal fan base of this classic: "It's green," "I've got a bit of a cold in the chest, you know," "The Pohhhp?", "Mr. and Mrs. Low Key," and of course "A very good month for the vintage, you know."
Bottom line is, whether you're a die-hard fan or not, this is one of the two Pink Panther movies that everyone must see. You don't need to see any prior films from the series to understand it. If you don't find it funny, there's a stick somewhere you need to find and move somewhere else.Revenge of the Pink Panther
Good Enough!
I don't think that this one is the best out of all the ones that I've seen. So far I've seen The Pink Panther, A Shot In The Dark, Inspector Clouseau, The Return Of The Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, this one, and The Pink Panther {2006}. This one is still pretty good though. It also has a great cast. Peter Sellers as Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau, Herbert Lom as the returning {somehow} Dreyfus, Dyan Cannon as Simone Legree, Robert Webber as Philippe Douvier, and Burt Kwouk as Cato. There is pretty much only one reason I don't like it to much. That is that Cato doesn't attack Clouseau at anytime except the beginning. Otherwise, this film is very good. That was my review.
Jedi404
Revenge of the Pink Panther
[Two-and-a-half stars out of Four] Another bit down as Dyan Cannon adds little!
Squeeling bleech blonde Lakers fan Cannon
needed the work and Sellers needed a'Kin-
der Gentler' Panther movie to star in be-
tween his 'Chance' movie in which he pla-
yed a gardner who's whole view of the world
was based on T.V., since he suffered his 4th
heart attack, and this time it was a bad one.
Not bad, funny and all but not much origin-
ality left in the series. Time for Leslie
Nielsen as Chief Inspector Frank Drebin to
take over these type films, w/ The Files
of Polic Squad, which borrows much from the
Panther Series (rewatch the Naked Gun(s)
soon again).Revenge of the Pink Panther
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