The Pink Panther (Collector's Edition)
by Blake Edwards
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Actor: Brenda De Banzie, Capucine, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert WagnerDirector: Blake Edwards
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: Philip H. Lathrop
Writer: Blake Edwards
Editor: Ralph E. Winters
Producer: Dick Crockett
Producer: Martin Jurow
Producer: Walter Mirisch
Writer: Maurice Richlin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-01-27
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of The Pink Panther (Collector's Edition)
DVD Review: So very different from the rest of the series.
Summary: 4 Stars
The Pink Panther (Blake Edwards, 1963)
Like most everyone who grew up in the seventies, I had a steady diet of Pink Panther. There was a Saturday morning cartoon series (wonderful) and three theatrical entries in the Pink Panther film series (1975's Return of the Pink Panther, 1976's The Pink Panther Strikes Back, and 1978's Revenge of the Pink Panther). Somehow, though, I never get round to seeing Blake Edwards' original film until this weekend. I had entirely missed--despite the movie being directed by the man who brought us S. O. B., 10, and Victor/Victoria--that it would be a sex comedy. More fool me.
The Pink Panther of the title is, according to the opening scene, the world's largest diamond (it has a small pink discoloration in its center that, we are told, resembles a panther). It is gifted by a rajah to his daughter. We fast-forward to the swinging sixties, and the daughter has grown up to be Claudia Cardinale (who is about as Indian as I am, and whose role is entirely dubbed by Gale Garnett, recently of My Big Fat Greek Wedding). She still has the diamond, which is coveted by an international jewel thief known only as The Phantom. Through the magic of cinema, however, we know the Phantom is Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven), who is in the process of romancing the princess. But then there's Lytton's nephew George (Robert Wagner), who's planning on stealing the diamond himself and blaming it on the Phantom. Into the midst of this comes Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) and his lovely wife Simone (Capucine), whom both Charles and George fall for instantly. The result: a good deal of bed-hopping and not much focus on the jewel until the climactic (no pun intended) final sequence.
First off, put the idea out of your mind that this is a mystery. Especially if you grew up in the seventies and your idea of Inspector Clouseau is "this is Kato. I instruct him to attempt to kill me every time I enter the house." No Burt Kwouk in this one, unfortunately (I'm a big fan of Burt Kwouk's, more so since he showed up in Last of the Summer Wine). But as a sex comedy, it's a Blake Edwards classic, possibly the best he ever did (the arguable exception would be Victor/Victoria). Sure, it's silly and overdone, but that's kind of the point. The is where the screwball comedy meets the MPAA.
On the other hand, I do understand the argument that it doesn't work because it's a screwball comedy. A lot of them don't; they have a tendency to be collections of set pieces held together by the thinnest of tissue, and The Pink Panther does qualify. Still, they're very funny set pieces, and the tissue here has more substance than it does in many screwball comedies considered better (A Day at the Races and M. Hulot's Holiday come to mind). Over the years, Edwards integrated mysteries much more tightly into the Clouseau films, and if you were raised on the later ones, you might find this one jarring. It's still a lot of fun, though. *** ½
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