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Starring: Brenda De Banzie, John Le Mesurier, Robert Wagner, Peter Sellers, David Niven, Michael Trubshawe, Claudia Cardinale
Director(s): Blake Edwards
Country: USA, UK
Year: 1963
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, iPod
IMDB Rating: 7.2 out of 10 (21115 votes)
The trademark of The Phantom, a reknowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantoms exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and leaves Paris for Switzerland, where the famous Lugashi jewel The Pink Panther is going to be. However, he does not know who The Phantom really is, or for that matter who anyone else really is...
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Laurens Heinen (24 May 2012)
The creation of capt. Clouseau, but more
I don´t agree with the people who put this movie behind it´s follow-upsjustbecause it doesn´t contain as many jokes from Peter Sellers. Mind you thatthis movie contains much more. Not only are there the ridiculouscircumstances in which capt. Clouseau, his wife, the diamond thief and theothers find themselves, there is even a little tension about what willhappen to the jewel thief. This film was definitely good enough to launch¨the Pink Panther¨ but I assure you it will do more. The whole film, with aclimax in the ending, will give you a great laugh.
(23 May 2012)
Peter Sellers the high point, but such a bad film.
The beginning of the end for Peter Sellers. Such a talent and such a badfilm. Bumbling Clouseau reminds me of very bad children's televisionduringthe era of Whirligig in the UK. Yet Peter Sellers was a remarkabletalent -if you don't believe me try and get a copy of "I'm all right Jack" or"Heavens above". Nevertheless I consider Peter Sellers is the only reasonfor seeing this film - this may give you an idea of what I think of therestof the film.
msjlong (22 May 2012)
This film is a wonderful comedy!
The Pink Panther is one of the funniest and most charming films of the 60sshowing director Blake Edwards at his best. Peter Sellers' InspectorClouseau is only one of several main characters but there are manymarvellous slapstick moments.
nadzzab (21 May 2012)
The star of the show
Aside from the fun in watching Sellers and the great location shots,the real star for me and the part I remember the most often is FranJeffries in as smooth a performance as I've ever seen with "MeglioStasera". I even taped that part alone from a TV version and run itback from time to time. It was the only time in the film that I wishPeter Sellers had been left out.Other highlights include Capucine's transformation in the elevator, Theold man sitting down in a chair and watching the chase up and down thestreet, Robert Wagner's phony graduation photo (why didn't I think ofthat?) and the two gorillas facing each other trying to heist thejewel.The overall show itself? I enjoyed it immensely.
george.schmidt (20 May 2012)
Monsieur Clouseau at your service
THE PINK PANTHER (1964) ** Peter Sellers, David Niven, Capucine, RobertWagner, Claudia Cardinale. Sellers first turn as the accident proneInspector Jacques Clouseau is the least funny of the series with theFrenchlaw enforcer out to stop jewel thief Niven (ever dapper and dasher) asThePhantom out to nab the notorious flawed gem The Pink Panther. HenryMancini's familiar theme starts here. (Dir: Blake Edwards)
Master A. (19 May 2012)
mindless comedy
Go for the laugh. Its a silly comedy which doesn't require much brains.The film has its moments; just grab some popcorn and enjoy the flick.
Lynne Bronstein (19 May 2012)
It's not about a Pink Panther and it's not about a detective either.
People who found this movie unfunny, boring, and dated, and those whocan't understand why Sellers as Clousseau is not featured more in thefilm, are probably too young to be familiar with 60s film-making. Theyhave seen the various sequels and have come to expect a faster pace, amovie fixated on one character,and much more vulgarity. The PinkPanther was meant to be an ensemble comedy and closely resembles aFrench "bedroom farce." Note that there are five main characters andall of them are introduced in separate sequences at the film's start.Inspector Clousseau was not the film's focus;he was a supportingcharacter who happened to get the biggest laughs and was therefore madethe subject of the sequels. (You can bet that the ill-advised remakenow under way will feature Clousseau in every scene). Yes,I just sawthis film again and found the early part of it a bit slow by currentstandards, though most of it was just as funny as I remembered-and Ihad not remembered things like David Niven toasting the Princess with"L'Chayim!" or the Princess's incipient feminist retorts to Niven, orlines like "I'll have your stripes for this" (said to a cop disguisedas a zebra) and "Get your filthy hands off my asp." But I first saw ThePink Panther when it came out. I was 13 and it was the first movie Iwent to without my parents. To me, it was a risqué movie, an adultexperience, as were the James Bond films. For me,it still rocks
matt-96 (18 May 2012)
Pretty dull compared with the Clouseau to come
This is a generally dull heist-caper/bedroom farce; Sellers and a fineMancini score are the only real high points. But even still, this is theweakest of the Sellers' Clouseau entries. Sellers hadn't found the accentand he has been given very few good lines. Clumsiness is the only realcomedy here. Losing the wife and gaining Herbert Lom is what will beneededto turn Clouseau into a comedy masterpiece in the future.
Fiendish_Dramaturgy (15 May 2012)
This movie holds more sad moments than funny ones.
For a movie billed as one of the best in the annals of comedy, thiswork really surprises me. Clouseau is a loving and devoted husband whois diabolically cheated upon by his wife, blind to all but his owninner thoughts, and ridiculed by the audience for having the heart tocare.Aside from wonderful performances by David Niven and a strikingly youngRobert Wagner, Capucine as Mrs. Clouseau, and Claudia Cardinale asPrincess Dala, this movie offered little in the way of true amusement.There are scenes and moments in scenes which proffer a feeling ofbemused condescension, but there was not a single belly-laugh to behad.The mystery was easily solved as the clues were obvious from the start.I prefer a mystery which does involve at least SOME degree ofintelligence to figure out, but then again, if you the audience are torealize how bumbling and accidental Clouseau's success really is, youmust first see what is obvious to everyone BUT Clouseau, so there wasno real attempt to make the viewer puzzle the mystery.In my opinion, this is the weakest installment of the Sellers line,though there ARE worse..."Inspector Clouseau," starring Alan Arkin isatrocious as is, "Son of Pink Panther," with Roberto Benigni.All in all, this is the installment they started the series from, andI'm glad it's now been remade. It was time. At least Martin's Clouseauwas funny without also being tragic. I cannot generate any emotion atall towards Sellers' Clouseau other than pity.It rates a 5.4/10 from...the Fiend :.
Alligator_80 (14 May 2012)
Peter Sellers magnum opus
Peter Sellers is without question the greatest comedian pre-Revenge ofthe Nerds type comedy films and The Pink Panther stands as the greatestof his comical material.Though many consider A Shot In The Dark the best of the Panther series,it suffers from side-splitting though inconsistent gags. It can beargued however, that the original doesn't really kick off until thefocus shifts to Inspector Closeau as played by Peter Sellers. This ispartly true, though David Niven keeps the audience entertained as thesuave villain of the piece and when the focus finally shifts toSellers, the film's gags are bundled together until the very end andkeep the audience laughing consistently.A Shot In the Dark is still a comic classic and greatly extends on thegags featured in the Pink Panther, but if only the gags were moreconsistent, then A Shot in the Dark would no doubt be ten timessuperior to the original.
(14 May 2012)
Herbert Lom Steals this Over the Top Panther
THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN is a bit of a dichotomy. It starts off extremely humorous with a base in some form of reality. However, as the film progresses its drifts into the world of the surreal. This film does contain some extremely good scenes but it almost comes off as a very strange dream. Herbert Lom really comes into his own in this film. He is outrageously funny and steals this film. Mancini's theme and score is once again on target and extremely innovative. This is a fun outing in all and way over the top.
xbrad68 (14 May 2012)
Wow I wrote a review for this where did it go?
Good dbs May the 4s be with you Pink Panther series. Sure we think theyare funny as children but would you really want incompetent Police inreal life and don't tell me it was meant as an act. Ordinarily a suaveDavid Niven would get a higher mark but I was instructed to have F Fit.apparently no one should get 10 out of 10s. One to nine is still a lotof fun for marking. Keel Soot Keel Soot Keel soot Tucker Tuckarr KeelSoot Keel Soot Keel Soot. This is an insiders riddle that the Creatorssupercomputers would get the meaning of. Wow Cardinale still looksamazing on the screen. Thank you to IMDb for supporting the kind offreedom of speech that American Shadow President Kennedy my Great Uncleand Partial Father thanks to Moonfleet gene splicing and I support.Support IMDb
Scott-101 (13 May 2012)
Thumbs down to the series but thumbs up to the original
*** 1/2 out of ****:The Pink Panther series hasn't fared as well over time as other successfulmovie series like Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Star Wars, or Rocky,and I think the reason why is because the Pink Panther is a movie series inthe first place. In most of Sellers' movies, Jack Closseau's stumbles andfalls just get kind of repetitive and the movie's absurd storylines just rundry too easily, but on recent rewatching the series, I realized that thevery first movie in the series is actually a pretty entertaining movie.For starters, the movie is about the theft of a jewel called the PinkPanther so the title is relevant, for once. As opposed to other movies whereall Sellers' Inspector Clusseau does is bumble around and act idiot, in thismovie he actually seems to exhibit some intelligence as he's able to deducewho the criminal is before anyone else. By fine-tuning Clusseau (I'll flatadmit I probably didn't spell that name right) and making him appear morenormal, it becomes more of a test of Seller's comic abilities to deliver amore subtle performance, and it just escalates the whole movie.Don't worry, though, Clusseau still has his moments of clumsiness: he fallson a guy's broken leg, he gets his hand caught in someone else's beer mug,among other things. Just in this installment, the comedy is more evenlydistributed among a number of characters here. His wife, who behindClusseau's back, is both in love with and an accomplice for Clusseau'snemesis, the jewel thief, the jewel thief himself, the jewel thief'smischevious nephew, and the princess who's the Jewel Thief's next victim.There's a lot of elements of screwball comedy, where people's storylinescross in unexpected ways, and people are forced to hide under beds, behinddoors, etc. The story is fun, and ends with a surprise twist that has a lotmore humor packed into it, than 100 of Clussaeu's bouts of clumsiness, andit's set among a background of European Alps and Cheatteaus, in those nice60s-tinted colors.
Jennifer (12 May 2012)
FUNNIER THEN THE FIRST!
I was waiting a long time to see this movie because I loved the first one, but guess what... The 2nd one was better. I think the plot was better and there was a lot more jokes. I was laughing so much I was falling off my seat. Steve Martin is classic in this movie. Please do not listen to the critics, the critics don't have a funny bone in there body. The whole family will love this movie because there are a lot of jokes for adults and teens and then there are jokes for the kids! If you want to go to a movie that makes you want to fall off your seat laughing I would go see this movie!!!
MotoMike (07 May 2012)
A true classic - One of the best of the Sixties
To me, the defining moment in The Pink Panther comes when Clouseau isfinally asked by his wife to get her a sleeping pill. Frustrated,discouraged, he tramps across the room for the umpteenth time to do hiswife's bidding. We see him go into the bathroom, and then we hear - not see- ALL the pills drop on the floor of the bathroom. Without picking them up,or even saying anything or reacting in any way, he crunches across thefloorand back into our view, carrying the water and the pill for her. You knowexactly what happened; you didn't need to see it.This is typical of this movie and this style: the jokes are so underplayed,quiet and perfectly paced that people accustomed to seeing "American Pie"and "There's Something About Mary", or even the bunch 'o sequels to thisfilm (that grew progressively coarser and louder with each installment) maynot get or even notice them. In the first sight of Inspector Clouseau, wesee him pulling the old "leaning on a spinning globe and taking a pratfall"trick. But the moment is over with quickly; it's not made more than it ismeant to, because the point of the pratfall is to define Clouseau'scharacter in a moment. (Compare with later, more painful, re-occurences ofthis spinning-globe idea in the sequels). Most of the other moments derivefrom this idea: at the center of this caper film is this man who isinextricably dense and clueless, and yet retains a curious grace - not tospeak of a total savoire-faire in all moments.This film could never be made today. In fact, it's a time capsule of acertain sort of late 50's, early 60's sensibility. Examples: all the peopleshowing up for the Princess's dinner in formal evening wear. David Niven'slate-night repartee with the Princess - all about numb lips and champagne.The musical number - for no reason whatsoever. The glamorous locales -without a trace of irony, straight out of "To Catch a Thief", theinspiration for this type of "caper" flick. The curiously innocent andunsexual bedroom farce moments. And, of course, the ending car chase withguests in ape suits, a suit of armor, and not one but two cops in a zebraoutfit (what a good choice for those interested in speed and efficiency!)And these are just the moments - see how effortlessly the screenplay weavesall the story lines together, and how beautifully the pace gets acceleratedthroughout the movie. Not to speak of the opening credits, which are like awhole cartoon sequence in themselves.Obviously, I'm crazy about this picture; it's pretty, it's captivating,it'sromantic, it's funny, and it weighs about two ounces - it's just delectablecotton candy. And through it all Peter Sellers gives one of the mostsubtle,and funniest, comic performances put to film, walking around in a fog,totally unaware of reality, and underplaying his role to the hilt.Rumor has it that a remake is in the works, with Mike Myers in the Clouseaurole. Let's compare two moments to get a preview: Peter Sellers bringinghiswife a part-full glass of milk that he has spilled most of. At herquizzicallook he innocently says,"That was all they had, my dear!" .... comparedwithAustin Powers drinking, um, the brown substance that is not coffee.Different strokes for different folks, indeed. Looking forward to it, uhhuh.
Greg Treadway (07 May 2012)
As Fresh As The Day It Was Released
For me there are two Peter Sellars movies, The Pink Panther and Dr.Strangelove. Both are very different movies and Sellars is verydifferent in each one. One thing is true of both movies and of Sellarsin both movies and that is they are fall down funny movies. OriginallyThe Pink Panther was to be a movie for David Niven and follow more of aJames Bond like theme. Thank goodness for comedy that didn't happen.The sad thing about us gaining a Peter Sellars is that this moviekilled David Niven's career.For those that have not seen it, the movie The Pink Panther is aboutthe famous French Inspector Clouseau in search of world renown jewelthief, The Phantom. Years earlier Princess Dala has been presented arare gem, the largest of its kind in the world. Princess Dala goes onholiday and the jewel is stolen. It is thought that The Phantom hastaken the gem. Hilarity ensues as Clouseau goes about hunting down thePhantom and the jewel. With the invention of the character Inspector Jaques Clouseau, Sellarsand writer Blake Edwards (with the help of Maurice Richlin) created oneof the great movie icons of cinema history. Clouseau is as funny as heis inept. David Niven who plays the part of the fine English man SirCharles Lytton is brilliant and completely deadpan. Though at the timehis performance may have been considered debonair, in 2009 it is viewedas a caricature of a James Bond. There are so many subtle jokes andreferences a first time viewer will easily be able to find this movieas fresh as the day it was released.
Tim Cox (01 May 2012)
The Pink Panther
The incomparable Peter Sellers is outstanding as bumbling French Inspector Jacques Closeau, whodoes his usual detecting...while driving everyonearound him up to wall. Niven is cunning as thesophisticated thief Closeau is pursuing. Theclassic is smartly directed by Blake Edwards andfeatures the amazing score of Henry Mancini. Manysequels followed.
Stephen Alfieri (01 May 2012)
Good fun
I have seen all of the movies in this series, including the horror show thatstarred Roberto Benigni (the worst of the series). Having seen this movieyears ago, I remembered it as being very funny.After having seen it again a couple of nights ago, I'm happy to report thatit is still just as funny as it was years ago. Yes it does seem a littledated and much more tame in spots, but there is nothing to compare to thegag where Sellers steps on his violin. Yes, much of the humor is oldfashioned, and slapstick, but is there a funnier chase scene in any othermovie? Does the bedroom scene with Sellers, Niven, Wagner and Capucine haveany rival other than the stateroom scene in "A Night at the Opera"? Or howabout the two gorillas opening the safe? This is truly funnystuff.My only disappointment was realizing that Sellers is not in that much of themovie. Which is a shame if your not a fan of David Niven.But this is a minor point. If you haven't seen it in a while, go out andrent or buy "The Pink Panther".7 out of 10
JackBenjamin (29 April 2012)
Missing Gem
I don't get it. You've got one of the great comic actors in cinematic history -- upthere with Chaplin, Keaton, etc. -- why use him in only half thescenes? Does Edwards really think we'd rather look at beautiful women andfollow some kitschy plot? Imagine Jim Carrey or Steve Carrell in thisscenario -- wouldn't happen today. And those two don't hold a candle toSellers.Sellers was sold as the vehicle for this film when it came out. Thereal mystery is trying to find his scenes. Kubrick knew how to use him. See Strangelove.
kooleshwar (29 April 2012)
A comedy behind its times!!!
The only reason why i rented this movie was because of the legendarystatus of this film. A bumbling cop (peter sellers ) after a notoriousthief who wants to steal famous diamond sounded funny but i was wary ofthe fact that the film was over 40 yrs old. I was scared that thehumour of the film would not be of the kind i like.And surely and safely I can say that, this was exactly that happened.This movie can be a movie buffs, historians and psychoanalyst's idealobject of study on "What makes people laugh then and now".Without getting into any details let me say that this movie will not befunny for most people of this generation. Comedies were mostlycharacter driven in those times while nowadays they are more plot orsituation driven.The performance is good from most of the actors but i must say that thesupporting cast(junior) in comedies especially in those times weremerely bystanders or caricatures, and this case that holds true aswell. Capucine and Claudia were models and as such their acting talentswere not the best but acceptable. David Niven was the only one wholooked well and ease in this film and shone on the acting department.Peter sellers who made a career playing the bumbling stupid man ofusually foreign origin was i felt OK mainly because in those times itwas enough to paint a guy brown and give him a turban and say he wasIndian (the party) or give him a funny moustache and make him mumbleand say he was french (here) and peter sellers never actually talks orbehaves like a even a french caricature in this film. Besides i feelhis form of humour and the kind of roles that he has played have faroutlived his times.The score save for the legendary pink panther theme and one song wasquite ordinary and again something that will not go down with modernaudiences.The only 2 scenes that really shine are the one in the bedroom with 3men and cupucine in the room, and the ending car chase with theconfused man, these scenes were were hilarious and especially the firstone had me laughing my guts out.Not a movie i would recommend for most viewers, a few reasons why onewould watch this film are curiosity, research or nostalgia. Strictly OKmore of a 4.5/10.
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