Release Date the Pink Panther Strikes Again
| The Pink Panther Strikes Again | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Blake Edwards |
| Screenplay by | Frank Waldman Blake Edwards |
| Produced by | Blake Edwards Tony Adams (Associate Producer) Animation: Richard Williams |
| Starring | Peter Sellers Herbert Lom Colin Blakely Leonard Rossiter Lesley-Anne Down |
| Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
| Edited by | Alan Jones |
| Music by | Henry Mancini |
| Production | Amjo Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom Us |
| Linguistic communication | English |
| Upkeep | $6 million |
| Box office | $75 meg[1] |
The Pinkish Panther Strikes Once again is a 1976 comedy film. The fifth film in The Pink Panther series, its plot picks up three years after The Return of the Pink Panther, with former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) about to be released from a psychiatric infirmary after having finally been driven insane by new Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau's (Peter Sellers) unrelenting ineptitude in the previous films. A typically disastrous visit from Clouseau on the twenty-four hours of his release prompts a swift relapse which cancels Dreyfus's scheduled discharge, but he before long escapes anyway, and organizes an elaborate criminal plot to threaten the countries of the world with annihilation by a massive light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation weapon if they do not assassinate Clouseau for him.
Unused footage from the film was later included in Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), after Sellers' death.
Plot [edit]
After iii years in a psychiatric hospital, former Chief Inspector of the Sûreté Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), has recovered from his obsession to impale Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) and is nigh to be released; Clouseau, who has since replaced Dreyfus every bit Master Inspector, arrivies unannounced to speak on behalf of his former boss, and within minutes drives Dreyfus insane again. Dreyfus later escapes from the hospital and again tries to kill Clouseau by planting a flop while the Inspector (by periodic arrangement) duels with his manservant Cato (Burt Kwouk). The bomb destroys Clouseau'due south flat and injures Cato, but Clouseau himself is unharmed, beingness lifted from the room past an inflatable hunchback disguise. Deciding that a more elaborate program is needed to eliminate Clouseau, Dreyfus enlists an ground forces of career criminals to his crusade and kidnaps nuclear physicist Professor Hugo Fassbender (Richard Vernon) and the Professor's girl Margo (Briony McRoberts), forcing the professor to build a "doomsday weapon" in return for his daughter'due south freedom.
Clouseau travels to the Great britain to investigate Fassbender'south disappearance, where he wrecks their family home and ineptly interrogates Jarvis (Michael Robbins), Fassbender'southward cross-dressing butler. Although Jarvis is later killed by the kidnappers, to whom he had get a dangerous witness, Clouseau discovers a inkling that leads him to the Oktoberfest in Munich, West Deutschland. Meanwhile, Dreyfus, using Fassbender's invention, disintegrates the United Nations headquarters in New York City and blackmails the leaders of the world, including the President of the United states of america and his Secretary of State (based on Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger), into assassinating Clouseau. However, many of the nations instruct their operatives to kill Clouseau to gain Dreyfus'south favor and possibly the Doomsday Car. As a effect of their orders and Clouseau's obliviousness, all of the other assassins terminate up killing 1 some other until merely the agents of Arab republic of egypt and Russia remain.
The Egyptian assassinator (Omar Sharif) shoots one of Dreyfus' assassins, mistaking him for Clouseau, but is seduced by the Russian operative Olga Bariosova (Lesley-Anne Down), who makes the same mistake. When the real Clouseau arrives, he is perplexed by Olga'due south affections but learns from her Dreyfus'southward location at a castle in Bavaria. Dreyfus is elated at the erroneous report of Clouseau's demise, simply suffers from a painful toothache and sends for a dentist; when Clouseau hears a dentist is needed at the castle, he disguises himself as an elderly German dentist and finally gains entry to the castle (his earlier attempts at sneaking in the castle had been repeatedly foiled by his general ineptitude and the castle'southward drawbridge). Unrecognized past Dreyfus, Clouseau ends up intoxicating both of them with nitrous oxide. When 'the dentist' mistakenly pulls the wrong tooth, Dreyfus immediately figures out it is Clouseau in disguise. Clouseau escapes, and a vengeful and now totally insane Dreyfus prepares to use the machine to destroy England. Clouseau, eluding Dreyfus'southward henchmen, unwittingly foils Dreyfus's plans when a medieval catapult outside the castle launches him on acme of the doomsday motorcar, causing it to malfunction and burn on Dreyfus and the castle itself. Every bit the remaining henchmen, Fassbender and his daughter, and eventually Clouseau himself escape the dissolving castle, Dreyfus plays "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on the castle'southward pipe organ while he himself disintegrates, until he and the castle vanish into sparse air.
Returning to Paris, Clouseau is finally reunited with Olga. However, their tryst is interrupted first past Clouseau'due south credible inability to remove his clothes, then past Cato's latest surprise assail, which causes all 3 to be hurled into the river Seine when the reclining bed snaps back upright and crashes through the wall. Immediately thereafter, a drawing paradigm of Clouseau emerges from the water, which has been tinted pink, and begins swimming, unaware that a gigantic version of the Pink Panther graphic symbol is waiting below him with a precipitous-toothed, open mouth (a reference to the then-recent motion-picture show Jaws, made further obvious by the thematic music). The film ends as the animated Clouseau chases the Pink Panther up the Seine equally the credits roll.
Cast [edit]
- Peter Sellers every bit Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau
- Herbert Lom as Former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus
- Leonard Rossiter as Superintendent Quinlan
- Lesley-Anne Down equally Olga Bariosova
- Colin Blakely equally Inspector Alec Drummond
- Burt Kwouk as Cato Fong
- André Maranne as François
- Michael Robbins as Ainsley Jarvis
- Richard Vernon equally Professor Hugo Fassbender
- Briony McRoberts as Margo Fassbender
- Dick Crockett every bit the President of the United States (Gerald Ford)
- Byron Kane as the US Secretary of State (Henry Kissinger)
- Paul Maxwell as CIA Director
- Gordon Rollings as Inmate
- Dudley Sutton as Inspector Mclaren
- John Clive as Chuck
- Damaris Hayman as Fiona
- Deep Roy as Diminutive Assassin
Bandage notes [edit]
- Owing to Peter Sellers's eye condition, whenever possible he would take his stunt double Joe Dunne stand up in for him. Because of the often concrete nature of the comedy, this would occur quite frequently.
- Julie Andrews provided the singing vocalisation for the female-impersonator "Ainsley Jarvis".[2] The scene in the nightclub when Jarvis sings is in many ways similar to scenes in Edwards'due south afterwards film Victor Victoria (1982), in which Andrews plays a woman pretending to be a man who is a female impersonator.
- Graham Stark, a longtime friend of Sellers, over again made an advent in the series, albeit in a small role every bit the desk clerk of a small German hotel. Since his role as Hercule LaJoy in A Shot in the Dark, he has appeared in small roles in every Pinkish Panther sequel except Inspector Clouseau, in which Sellers did not play Clouseau.
- Scenes featuring Harvey Korman equally Professor Auguste Balls and Marne Maitland as Deputy Commissioner Lasorde were deleted from the motion picture, but were later seen in total in Trail of the Pink Panther in 1982. Graham Stark would assume the part of Professor Assurance in the adjacent flick, Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978).
- Omar Sharif appeared, uncredited, as the Egyptian assassin.
- Tom Jones sang the Oscar-nominated vocal "Come up to Me".
- The office of Olga Bariosova was originally played by Maud Adams, who was replaced later on filming a few scenes. Blake Edwards then intended to cast Nicola Pagett after seeing her in Upstairs, Downstairs simply instead ended up casting Pagett's castmate Lesley-Anne Downward in the role.
- Though the character of the President of the United States (portrayed past Dick Crockett) is unnamed in the moving picture, it is obviously based on then current US President Gerald Ford; Crockett bore more than a passing resemblance to the President and Ford's somewhat exaggerated reputation for clumsiness as depicted in the moving picture was a national joke at the time. The President's unnamed somber Secretary of State (portrayed by Byron Kane) is obviously based on so current Secretary Henry Kissinger.
- Blake Edwards made a cameo appearance in the background of the nightclub scene.
Production [edit]
The Pink Panther Strikes Again was rushed into production owing to the success of The Return of the Pink Panther.[3] Blake Edwards had adjusted one of two scripts that he and Frank Waldman had written for a proposed "Pink Panther" Television set series as the basis for that motion picture, and he adapted the other equally the starting point for Strikes Again. Every bit a outcome, it is the but Pink Panther sequel which has a storyline (Dreyfus in the insane asylum) that explicitly follows from the previous moving picture. Oddly, the plot has cypher to do with the famous "Pinkish Panther diamond" of previous films, but comes off more similar a parody of James Bond movies.
The movie was in production from December 1975 to September 1976, with chief photography taking identify betwixt February and June 1976.[four] The strained relationship between Sellers and Blake Edwards had farther deteriorated by the time production of Strikes Once more was underway. Sellers was ailing both mentally and physically, and Edwards later commented on the histrion's mental state during production of the moving picture: "If you went to an aviary and yous described the first inmate yous saw, that'south what Peter had go. He was certifiable."[3]
The original cut of the film ran for effectually 180 minutes, but was drastically trimmed downwards to 103 minutes for theatrical release. Edwards originally conceived Strikes Again as an epic, zany chase film, similar to Edwards' earlier The Great Race, just UA vetoed this long version and the motion picture was edited downwardly to a more than conventional length. Some of the excised footage was later used in Trail of the Pinkish Panther. Strikes Again was marketed with the tagline Why are the earth'southward master assassins after Inspector Clouseau? Why not? Everybody else is. Like its predecessor and subsequent sequel, the film was a box office success.
During the film's championship sequence, at that place are references to boob tube's Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Batman, also the films King Kong, The Audio of Music (which starred Blake Edwards's wife, Julie Andrews), Dracula A.D. 1972, Singin' in the Pelting, Steamboat Bill, Jr. and Sugariness Clemency, putting the Pink Panther character and the animated persona of Inspector Clouseau into recognizable events from said movies. At that place is also a reference to Jaws in the catastrophe credits sequence. The scene in which Clouseau impersonates a dentist and the use of laughing gas and pulling the incorrect tooth are clearly inspired by Bob Hope in The Paleface (1948).[5]
Richard Williams (later of Roger Rabbit fame) supervised the animation of the opening and closing sequences for the 2d and final time; original animators DePatie-Freleng Enterprises would return on the adjacent film, simply with decidedly Williamesque influences.
Sellers was unhappy with the terminal cut of the moving picture and publicly criticized Blake Edwards for misusing his talents. Their tense relationship is noted in the side by side Pinkish Panther film's opening credits (Revenge of the Pinkish Panther) listing it every bit a "Sellers-Edwards" product.
French comic book author René Goscinny of Asterix fame was reportedly trying to sue Blake Edwards for plagiarism at the fourth dimension of his decease in 1977 afterward noticing strong similarities to a script titled "Le Maître du Monde" (The Master of the Globe) which he had sent Peter Sellers in 1975.[vi]
Reception [edit]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 76% based on 21 reviews, with an boilerplate score of 7.20/10.[seven]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sunday-Times gave the film ii and a one-half stars out of four and wrote, "If I'm less than totally enthusiastic almost The Pinkish Panther Strikes Again, maybe it was because I've been over this basis with Clouseau many times before," stating that a time would have to come up "when inspiration gives style to habit, and I recollect the Pinkish Panther series is just about at that point. That's not to say this film isn't funny—it has moments as good every bit annihilation Sellers and Edwards have always done—simply that it'due south time for them to move on. They worked together in one case on the funniest movie either one has ever done, The Party. Now it'southward fourth dimension to try something new again."[8]
Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote that the characters of Clouseau and Dreyfus "were made for each other," and further stated, "I'one thousand non sure why Mr. Sellers and Mr. Lom are such a hilarious team, though it may be because each is a fine comic player with a special talent for portraying the sort of all-consuming, epic self-assimilation that makes slapstick farce initially acceptable—instead of alarming—and finally so funny." Canby also enjoyed Clouseau'south French emphasis, and wrote, "Both Mr. Sellers and Mr. Edwards delight in old gags, and office of the joy of The Pink Panther Strikes Again is watching the way they spin out what is essentially a single routine".[9]
The moving picture earned theatrical rentals of $xix.five million in the U.s.a. and Canada[10] from a gross of $33.8 million.[11] Internationally, it earned rentals of $10.5 million for a worldwide full of $30 million.[x] By March 1978, the moving picture had grossed $75 1000000 worldwide and was hoping to earn another $eight 1000000 by the end of the year.[one]
Awards [edit]
- The screenwriters, Blake Edwards and Frank Waldman received a 1977 Writers Guild of America Award for "Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium". The motion picture also won a 1978 Evening Standard British Motion picture Award for "All-time Comedy".
- "Come up to Me", written past Henry Mancini (music) and Don Black (lyrics), received an Academy Award nomination for "Best Song" at the 49th Academy Awards.
- The movie was nominated for a 1977 Golden Earth Honour for "Best Motion Picture", and Peter Sellers was nominated for "All-time Motion Pic Actor – Musical/Comedy".[12]
- American Moving picture Constitute Lists
- AFI'southward 100 Years...100 Laughs – Nominated[13]
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Pic Quotes:
- "Does your domestic dog bite?" – Nominated[14]
Play Adaptation [edit]
The film was adapted into a play past William Gleason. Near events in the film occur though the locations sometimes are inverse. Scene changes are washed past women wearing pink panther costumes. The play currently can be licensed through Dramatic Publishing.[15]
References [edit]
- ^ a b "New 'Pink Panther,' Prepare For July Bow, Tops $7-Mil in Bullheaded Bids". Variety. 22 March 1978. p. 39.
- ^ Allmovie Cast
- ^ a b Thames, Stephanie "The Pink Panther Strikes Once again" (TCM commodity)
- ^ IMDB Business concern Information
- ^ Starks, Michael (October 1982). Cocaine fiends and Reefer madness: an illustrated history of drugs in the movies. Cornwall Books. p. 190. ISBN978-0-8453-4504-7.
- ^ (in French) Pascal Ory, Goscinny (1926–wall): la Liberté d'en rire, Paris: Perrin, 2007, ISBN 978-ii-262-02506-9, p. 221.
- ^ The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved xix March 2022
- ^ Ebert, Roger (20 December 1976). "The Pinkish Panther Strikes Again Review (1976)". Chicago Sunday-Times . Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (16 December 1976). "Pink Panther Team Unflappable In Quaternary High-Spirited Caper". The New York Times . Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ a b "UA Moving-picture show Rental Highlights of 1977". Variety. xi January 1978. p. iii.
- ^ "The Pink Panther Strikes Over again, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ IMDB Awards
- ^ AFI'south 100 Years...100 Laughs Nominees
- ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Film Quotes Nominees
- ^ "The Pink Panther Strikes Again". Dramatic Publishing . Retrieved 9 April 2022.
External links [edit]
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again at IMDb
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again at the TCM Pic Database
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again at AllMovie
- The Pinkish Panther Strikes Again at the American Picture show Found Catalog
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