The Pink Panther Strikes Again

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Summary: Herbert Lom is a delight.
Review: This is the fifth "Pink Panther" film in the series, but the fourth for Peter Sellers. This film was released during the Bicentennial Year 1976.
The first films in the series are: The Pink Panther (1964). A Shot In The Dark (1964), Inspector Clouseau (1968), The Return of the Pink Panther (1975).
Blake Edwards does it again. Produced, directed and screenplay by Blake Edwards.
Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) has been in a mental hospital all year long. It's all because of Inspector Clouseau and you know why. They just simply can not be in the same room. Dreyfus has even gave up smoking. The psychiatrist believes that Dreyfus seeing Clouseau again or just the mention of his name will put Dreyfus back into the deep end of going crazy. Dreyfus feels sane and fine, perhaps they will release him now. From here this film offers you many laughs right from the start and Dreyfus is really out to kill Clouseau.
Omar Sharif and Lesley-Anne Down also in film.
Herbert Lom is really a delight in this film and his very best.
The next films in the series are: Revenge of the Pink Panther (1983), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), Son of the Pink Panther (1993).
A new "Pink Panther" starring Steve Martin will be released July 22, 2005.

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Summary: Do you have a room?
Review: This is the most funny Pink Panther movie. In this film, the Chief has gone mad. He is now free and out of jail and met Clouseau and told him he will kill him. There are a bunch of funny parts. One of them is when Clouseau is dressed-up as a hunchback. My most favorite part is when Clouseau asks "Do you have a room?" This movie is a classic. If you loved A shot in the dark, then see this.

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Summary: The most insane of the Clouseau films
Review: This is the most insane of all the Clouseau (Pink Panther) films. Dreyfus escapes from an insane asylum willing to destroy the world in order to save it from Clouseau. He puts together a master plot, bending a scientist to his bidding by torturing his daughter (by scratching metal fingernails on a blackboard). Using the death ray created by the scientist, Dreyfus compels the world's governments to send their best assassins to kill Clouseau in order to save themselves from further annihilation.

You already know that Clouseau cannot be killed and will be oblivious to all that is going on around him. Much of this movie is absolutely hilarious. We also get the unbelievably beautiful Lesley-Anne Downe as the assassin Olga Barisova. Omar Shariff also does a turn as an assassin and does a service that actually ends up saving Clouseau from Barisova.

Dreyfus even has a scene playing the organ as a Phantom of the Opera kind of madman. It is hard to see how Dreyfus could return after the ending of this movie, but of course, he did.

This movie takes Clouseau off in a much different direction than the other movies and is so overwhelmingly insane that it might be too much for some. However, I liked the laughs.

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Summary: The Bumbling Inspector Clouseau's Best Movie
Review: This is the Pink Panther I remembered as a kid. Peter Sellers as the bumbling inspector Jacques Clouseau. Herbert Lom as Dreyfus, the former chief inspector that's been committed to a mental institute due to Clouseau's ineptitude. While there's no stolen diamond (as the previous "Pink Panther" movies usually had), this movie centers around the two main characters. A simple plot... Dreyfus wants to stop at nothing to rid the world of Clouseau. Memorable scenes: the opening scene at the mental institute with Dreyfus falling into the lake time and time again; Clouseau trying on his new hunchback disguise followed by an explosion; Clouseau disguised as a dentist working on Dreyfus' tooth; many failed attempts to get into Dreyfus' castle by Clouseau; and the apartment entry fight scene between Clouseau and his trusted Asian servant Cato. Memorable lines: "What kind of Bomb was it? ("The exploding kind"); "Does your dog bite? ("No") -the dog bites Clouseau- "I thought you said your dog doesn't bite?" ("That's not my dog"). Director Blake Edwards did a wonderful job guiding Sellers and then letting him go off on his own when needed while the camera was rolling. I can see where this movie was inspired by the James Bond series. As well as this movie proved to be a big inspiration to anything Austin Powers ever did. This movie has very few extras... a trailer, an 8-page booklet with some insight from the director, and your choice of full/wide screens. Picture is clear and sound is (only) average. Good movie overall and still fun to watch after all these years.

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Summary: Pink Panther Strikes Again Review
Review: This Pink Panther movie is not as good as A Shot In The Dark or the original Pink Panther. However, it is quite entertaining. Peter Sellers is funny as usual.

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Summary: Best Film in Series
Review: This was the first Panther film I was old enough to remember seeing on the big screen, and it is without a doubt the funniest and most entertaining. I have to say I have never seen the appeal of the first one.For me, the first Panther film merits about 3 stars, and Return and Shot in the Dark were about the same. This one kicks, and is just right. We also get to see a hot-looking Lesley Anne Down. This film does not waste any time and is full of what Clouseau does best. There are plenty of gag-destructive sequences to make you laugh out loud(best scene is where he is trying to penetrate the Chateau), and Dreyfuss(Herbert Lom) is in rare form here. The opening credits are some of the best as well that is a parody of different films like Sound of Music, Dracula, King Kong, and Singin in the Rain! Excellent in every way and definitely the best in the series.Don't waste your time with REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER and those other ridiculous sequels(CURSE OF, ON THE TRAIL OF)

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Summary: Classic Clouseau
Review: Unlike the other Panther films, which still mix in some of director Blake Edwards' skillful subtle comedy ala "Breakfast at Tiffany's," this Panther outing is strictly high caliber slapstick. The plot, which is far-fetched, exists simply as a framework to get star Peter Sellers out of one comic situation and into another. This is not a bad thing - some of the funniest comedies are the ones that have the skimpiest storytelling. I've seen all the Panther films many times, and this is the one that I always laugh the loudest at. It's hard not to enjoy Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau and how he unintentionally outwits his former superior Dreyfus (Herbert Lom). The DVD release contains both the widescreen and fullscreen versions of the film (though no real extras)and is a step up from the old VHS release. It's always nice to have this choice on a single disc. I honestly don't know what extras could be included as most of the outtakes were unfortunately recycled in the inferior "Trail of the Pink Panther." I recommend this DVD to anyone who enjoys a slapstick approach to comedy.

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Summary: Classic Clouseau
Review: Unlike the other Panther films, which still mix in some of director Blake Edwards' skillful subtle comedy ala "Breakfast at Tiffany's," this Panther outing is strictly high caliber slapstick. The plot, which is far-fetched, exists simply as a framework to get star Peter Sellers out of one comic situation and into another. This is not a bad thing - some of the funniest comedies are the ones that have the skimpiest storytelling. I've seen all the Panther films many times, and this is the one that I always laugh the loudest at. It's hard not to enjoy Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau and how he unintentionally outwits his former superior Dreyfus (Herbert Lom). The DVD release contains both the widescreen and fullscreen versions of the film (though no real extras)and is a step up from the old VHS release. It's always nice to have this choice on a single disc. I honestly don't know what extras could be included as most of the outtakes were unfortunately recycled in the inferior "Trail of the Pink Panther." I recommend this DVD to anyone who enjoys a slapstick approach to comedy.

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Summary: Side spliting,enormously funny.Frequent stops to bathroom
Review: Very well presented movie. Peter Sellers is fantastic