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  Curse of the Pink Panther - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The film was one of two produced concurrently following the death of the series' star, Peter Sellers.
Further films were cancelled, although another unsuccessful attempt at reviving the series occurred 10 years later with Son of the Pink Panther, starring Roberto Benigni as Clouseau's illegitimate son.
Yet another attempt would be made in 2006 with Steve Martin as Clouseau, although his film is considered a rebooting of the franchise rather than a relaunch or continuation.
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 Inspector Clouseau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In most of the films, he was played by Peter Sellers, with one film in which he was played by Alan Arkin and one in which he was played by an uncredited Roger Moore.
Steve Martin's rendition of Clouseau in the 2006 film is considered to be a rebooting of the character.
The film gives an origin to his role as an inspector: originally an inept police officer, he is hired by Chief Inspector Dreyfus to look bad and give Dreyfus the glory to solve the case himself.
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 Inspector Clouseau (1968 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Inspector Clouseau is a 1968 United Artists feature film, the third in the popular Pink Panther movie series.
The film was the last to feature Clouseau until 1974's The Return of the Pink Panther.
Apart from the 2006 film, Inspector Clouseau is the only entry in the series that does not feature Sellers in some way and is not directed by Blake Edwards.
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 Pink Panther - Wikipedia
The films initially starred Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau and were directed by Blake Edwards.
Clouseau bends down to tie his shoelace, falls over, etc, at just the right moment to ensure that the killers attempts strike other assassins.
Clouseau's superior, who is eventually driven insane by his intolerance for Clouseau's stupidity.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Pink Panther
In the original Pink Panther movie, the main focus was on on David Niven's role as Sir Charles Lytton, aka the infamous jewel thief "the Phantom", and his plot to steal the Pink Panther from its original owner.
The Inspector Clouseau character played essentially a supporting role as Lytton's incompetent antagonist, and provided slapstick comic relief to a movie that was a subtle, light-hearted crime drama.
(Clouseau's accent is far less pronounced in the early films; it was only starting in the 1970s that an exaggerated accent became part of the joke).
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 Pink Panther: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The diamond (diamond: Very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem) depicted in the first film (although fans over the years have perceived Inspector Clouseau (Inspector Clouseau: more facts about this subject) to be the Pink Panther, as evidenced by the titles of the sequels).
Although official, the 1968 film Inspector Clouseau is generally not considered part of the Pink Panther "canon (canon: A contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts) " since it did not involve Sellers or Edwards.
A new film, called The Pink Panther, starring Steve Martin (Steve Martin: United States actor and comedian (born in 1945)) as Inspector Clouseau and directed and produced by Ivan Reitman (Ivan Reitman: ivan reitman (born october 27, 1946) is a slovak-born, canadacanadian-raised...
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 IMDb user comments for Inspector Clouseau (1968)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
To him they were just minor setbacks on the way to solving the case he was working on, because he was so thoroughly convinced of his own abilities--which, as we all knew, were virtually nonexistent--that he knew beyond a doubt he would solve the case and become the hero, which he usually did.
Bud Yorkin's 'Inspector Clouseau' is funnier than the first 'Pink Panther', as well as some of the ones made in the late '70's and '80's.
Inspector Clouseau is also one of the shortest entries in the series; this would most likely be down to the fact that it seems choppy, with all the hallmarks of a movie being butchered down to around 90 minutes when a studio loses faith during post-production and test screenings.
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 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Steve Martin in Pink Panther role
The role of Clouseau has previously been played by Alan Arkin in 1968's Inspector Clouseau and Sir Roger Moore in the 1983 film Curse of the Pink Panther.
Film studio MGM said: "The Pink Panther series is one of MGM's most successful and enduring franchises, and we're pleased to have assembled such a stellar creative team to take the new film in a fresh and exciting direction."
Sellers played Clouseau in six films from 1964, ending with The Trail of the Pink Panther, which was released in 1982, two years after his death.
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 Inspector Clouseau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In most of the films was played by Peter Sellers with one film in which he played by Alan Arkin.
He is also the main character in series of animated shorts based off of titles of the feature films.
The character has an illegitimate son also Jacques Clouseau who was played by Roberto Benigni in the film Son of the Panther.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/The Party
The Party is a 1968 comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers and Claudine Longet.
In the film, Sellers' character drives a Morgan threewheeler car, as a symbol of his absurdity.
The film remains popular among fans of Peter Sellers as one of his most inventive comic roles, much of which was improvised at the time of filming.
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 the agony booth : TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER Review
Clouseau learns his new disguise is ready, and asks about the latex noses in the window.
Once Clouseau leaves, Auguste collapses and says, "I've never been in such pain!" Martha asks if she can kiss it and make it better, but Auguste tells her it "doesn't hurt that bad!" Oh well, I guess one laugh is all I'll be getting out of this scene.
Dreyfus is unsuccessful in getting a different inspector on the case, and eventually the commissioner tells him his finger is in a bottle of ink.
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 Barnes & Noble.com - The Pink Panther Film Collection -- Blake Edwards - DVD - Wide Screen
Sellers originates the Inspector Jacques Clouseau role in 1964's The Pink Panther, a film he dominates even though David Niven is arguably the lead.
Despite the film's success, the director and star would not collaborate on another Pink Panther movie until 1974's The Return of the Pink Panther; the feeble Inspector Clouseau (1968) would star Alan Arkin in the title role.
Clouseau is a more minor role here than he would be in the future.
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 I4U Price Watch : VHS : Inspector Clouseau
After a while you forget Sellers isn't in the film and accept it for what it is. The film does have a nifty plot involving a gang of thieves whose masterplan is to rob the Zurich bank and frame Clouseau.
Alan Arkin's Clouseau demonstrates some of these qualities sporadically but for the majority of his performance he comes across with a certain amount of annoying arrogance and plain stupidity and gains little sympathy from the viewer.
INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU from 1968 with Alan Arkin as Clouseau is a highly underrated effort from director Bud Yorkin.
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 DVD review of Return Of The Pink Panther, The - DVD Town   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In the meantime, Alan Arkin undertook the part in a forgettable 1968 film called, appropriately enough, "Inspector Clouseau." But Sellers' return was a triumph, so much so that the actor would complete two more "Panther" films before his untimely death.
This time around, Clouseau is again called upon to recover the fabulous diamond known as the Pink Panther after its theft from a museum in the tiny, fictional country of Lugash.
Beyond the film, there are production notes and filmmaker biographies and filmographies, neither of which are mentioned on the keep case; a generous thirty-four chapter stops; and a trailer.
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 1968
The whole film is played in a very tongue-in-cheek manner-especially when it comes to the frequent (but non-explicit) sex scenes.
This film could also be read as a criticism of white males--it is not merely a coincidence that the film's two most rational, constructive characters are a woman and a fl man. It is also no coincidence that the sequel takes place in a mall infested by the undead--a perfect analogy for consumer culture.
An excellent film with incredible atmosphere (the sepia-tinted scenes at the beginning are strangely haunting), little dialogue, and very religious overtones (despite the controversy with the Catholic Church upon its initial release).
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 :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Inspector Clouseau (xhtml)
"There is a time to laugh, and a time not to laugh," Inspector Clouseau solemnly intones, "and this is not one of those times." In a weirdly appropriate way, he's right, and "Inspector Clouseau" is one of those movies.
Clouseau is Alan Arkin this time, instead of Peter Sellers, and it's hard to say whether we gain or lose.
Unhappily, Arkin has been given a script not quite up to the two Sellers-Clouseau films, "The Pink Panther" and "A Shot in the Dark." And his director, Bud Yorkin, is good but not on the level with Inspector Clouseau's creator, Blake Edwards.
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 Unbecoming Levity :: Name That Movie #20   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
This would be the third (or the 4th if you count the box-office turd 'Inspector Clouseau' of 1968) film in the Pink Panther series "The Return of the Pink Panther" and as Bob notes correctly, Chief Inspector Dreyfuss, a regular in the films played by Herbert Lom, did not appear in the first film.
At the end of the film Clouseau is found to have had himself cosmetically altered to resemble Roger Moore (of James Bond fame), and was played of course by, Roger Moore.
Yeah, you heard right, there is going to be a new Pink Panther film, a 'prequel' to the original series, with a new actor playing the part of Inspector Clouseau and this time, they've chosen someone who might actually pull it off--Steve Martin.
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Daily Collegian - Steve Martin as the unlucky Inspector Clouseau in "The Pink Panther." "The Pink Panther" Directed by Shawn Levy Starring Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Beyoncé Knowles Rated PG 93 minutes MGM/Columbia Pictures Grade: C- "The Pink Panther" begins with an...
The Pink Panther, a painfully unfunny co-opting of the Peter Sellers/Inspector Clouseau character, impersonated by Steve Martin, that was pretty roundly panned...
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 Inspector Clouseau (1968)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
This was the last Clouseau film until Sellers returned to the role in 1975.
Quotes: Inspector Jacques Clouseau: There is a time to laugh and a time not to laugh, and this is not one of them.
He is not funny, he does not have the same clumsiness and slight idiocy, and I think he was pretty rubbish as the accent.
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 Amazon.com: Inspector Clouseau: DVD: Alan Arkin,David Bauer,John Bindon,Tutte Lemkow,Eric Pohlmann,George ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Despite the Clouseau character, this isn't nearly as madcap as it should have been, and often comes across as a made-for-TV 60s comedy.
In the scene where Clouseau is being chased through the cemetery after falling in the plot and disrupting the funeral, you can see a sign on a cross in the lower right part of the screen for a few seconds.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: There is a time to laugh and a time not to laugh, and this is not one of them.
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 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Martin 'ponders Pink Panther part'
Hollywood star Steve Martin is lining up to play Inspector Clouseau in a remake of The Pink Panther, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Martin, whose most recent film role was opposite Queen Latifah in Bringing Down The House, could step into the shoes originally filled by Peter Sellers.
The original Pink Panther film, released in 1964, saw Clouseau on the trail of a slippery jewel thief.
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 Teen Movie Critic
A film that defined the era of the turbulent 1960's, this low-budget film tells the tale of two motorcyclists (Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper) in search of the "real America".
The film is also quite scary in the way that it shows the brutality perpetrated upon the fl people of Mississippi.
A movie that is on par with Schindler's List, this is the type of film that children SHOULD see (despite the R rating), because it offers them a chance to learn about a dark chapter in American history and to perhaps learn from the mistakes made during that period.
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The whole film may rest on the shoulders of unknown Sammi Kraft, who has been given the Tatum O'Neal role of the young pitcher.
The world's most clueless detective, Inspector Clouseau, is cold on the trail of a diamond thief.
In the film version, Seann William Scott and Johnny Knoxville play good ol' boys Bo and Luke Duke, Jessica Simpson makes her debut as cousin Daisy and Burt Reynolds is the conniving Boss Hogg.
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 ipedia.com: Peter Sellers Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Sellers' first film successes were in 1959 in the British Ealing comedies, such as I'm All Right Jack and The Mouse That Roared.
Sellers is most famous for his role as the bungling Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies, which gave him a worldwide audience.
Commonly considered a master actor, sometimes described as an "obsessive perfectionist", Sellers found in Blake Edwards a devoted director who could delicately underline and follow his comic rhythms; Edwards defined Sellers as a "mercurial clown" who could turn comedy into drama, and vice-versa, in an instant.
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 At-A-Glance Film Reviews: Inspector Clouseau (1968)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
It takes a moment to get used to Alan Arkin in the role of Inspector Clouseau, especially with Arkin's distinctive nasal voice, but he works out to be a good substitute for the incomparable Peter Sellers.
Though rarely hilarious, Inspector Clouseau is always amusing and should please fans of the series.
Back to the Film Reviews for the 1960s.
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The film version of Sergeant Bilko, in which he played the part made famous on the small screen by Phil Silvers, was not a box-office success but Martin's performance was critically well received.
The role of Clouseau has previously been played by Alan Arkin in 1968's Inspector Clouseau, and by recently knighted Sir Roger Moore in the 1983 film Curse of the Pink Panther.
I mean, the film world is so oriented to promotion and getting the word out in certain ways, getting the word out in very vibrant ways and very specific soundbite ways.
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 Unbecoming Levity :: Post Comment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The full series is: #1 1963: The Pink Panther #2 1964: A Shot in the Dark #3 1968: Inspector Clouseau (Clouseau played by Alan Arkin) Most people don't even count the 1968 film 'Inspector Clouseau' in the series.
#4 1975: The Return of the Pink Panther (First film with Dreyfuss/Lom) #5 1976: The Pink Panther Strikes Again #6 1978: The Revenge of the Pink Panther (Peter Sellers last appearance) The films shot in the 70's, all starring Sellers, were very well received and highly successful.
#10 2005: The Pink Panther Yeah, you heard right, there is going to be a new Pink Panther film, a 'prequel' to the original series, with a new actor playing the part of Inspector Clouseau and this time, they've chosen someone who might actually pull it off--Steve Martin.
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