Inspector Clouseau
by Bud Yorkin
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Actor: Alan Arkin, Barry Foster, Delia Boccardo, Frank Finlay, Patrick CargillDirector: Bud Yorkin
Brand: ARKIN,ALAN
Cinematographer: Arthur Ibbetson
Editor: John Victor-Smith
Producer: Lewis J. Rachmil
Writer: Blake Edwards
Writer: Frank Waldman
Writer: Maurice Richlin
Writer: Tom Waldman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-31
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of Inspector Clouseau
DVD Review: Brutal
Summary: 1 Stars
This is brutal. Arkin is terrible as the Chief Inspector. Clouseau is inept as a detective, but unfortunately Arkin is more inept than Clouseau in this. DVD Review: Funny, but PG
Summary: 3 Stars
I truly enjoyed Alan Arkin in this film, and found some of the scenes absolutely hilarious!
Deserving of a "G" rating it is not, however. "PG" would better inform prospective viewers.
DVD Review: Inspector C-lose-owwww!!
Summary: 2 Stars
Despite the presence of screen great Alan Arkin in the title role, INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU mostly falls on its face. I think the problem with this movie is that the character of Clouseau was still in its infancy - leaving Arkin (and the writers) little to go on. There is no Chief Inspector Dreyfus. No Phantom. No Cato. No Pink Panther.
It wasn't until THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER that Inspector Clouseau became a huge success. And that was because he became more of an overblown - but lovable - cartoonish character.
I will have to admit that the musical score by Ken Thorne is one of the few highlights of the movie. His main title theme ranks amongst those of the immortal Henry Mancini.
Interestingly enough, INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU is better than any of the Pink Panther movies which followed after Peter Seller's passing.
DVD Review: Arkin, Not Sellers, Created "Real" Clouseau
Summary: 4 Stars
All that is factual about this film has been stated well in the other reviews--but one thing has been missed even by critics. Alan Arkin, not Peter Sellers, "created" the Inspector Clouseau that we know and love.
Arkin gave Clouseau much more comic depth, yet managed to convince us that he really was an inept French detective. Without the silly gags which were so abused by both Sellers and Blake Edwards, Arkin delivers a picture-perfect performance.
I took away one star for a weak storyline that smacks too much of the 1960's--Yorkin could have done much better in that field. Otherwise, Arkin brings an unusual sparkle to this film, and one final secret: Peter Sellers COPIED many of Arkin's innovations in the later films.
DVD Review: Did Arkin even watch the other versions?
Summary: 1 Stars
I had not heard of this film until I found it in a bargin bin at one of my local DVD shops. For a few dollars I thought it might be worth a go,......wrong! This had to be one of the worst spinoffs that I have ever come across. It makes me wonder if the script writers and Arkin had even bothered to watch any of the other versions. Arkin comes across as an arrogant tot, not like the much beloved fumbling fool as we have come to know in other films. The language he uses it nothing like what we have come to expect from the inspector, and the accents are some of the worst on screen, and if not for the scenery of the day, it's hard to find anything worth watching in this film. I had to fast forward to the end, just to see if there might be anything of interest. Unless you can find this for a dollar in a used ex-rental bin, don't bother with it.
Description of Inspector Clouseau
The world's favorite Pink Panther super-sleuth is back and at it again in this outrageous comedy caper, starring Alan Arkin as the beloved but brainless Inspector Clouseau. When a nation's in trouble, criminal masterminds don't stand a chance against the French detective with a knack for recklessinvestigation. Tension is building at Number Ten Downing Street when it's discovered that the money stolen in the Great Train Robbery is merely operating capital for a bigger criminal plan. Never to fear, Clouseau is here! The bumbling detective sets out on a clumsy crusade to catch the crooks.But the case takes a riotous twist when Clouseau's face is seen masquerading from Swiss bank to Swiss bank for the heist of the century. Will Clouseau manage to save the day, or will the case of mistaken identity end his crime fighting forever?Comedy DVDs
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