Best Pink Panther....ever!
Added 11/14/2009
This is absolutely my favorite Pink Panther movie. You'll laugh so hard, your sides will hurt.
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Triumphant Clouseau
Added 6/20/2009
After the commercial comeback of "The Return of the Pink Panther," Peter Sellers and director Blake Edwards maintain their creative momentum with this immediate sequel. Happily, "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" (1976) surpasses its predecessor in comic invention and production value. This time around, Sellers' immortal Inspector Clouseau must stop the insane Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) from destroying the world - not an easy task when the ex-boss calls for international assassins to eliminate the bumbling French detective. Edwards and Sellers make the most of this outlandish premise with several hilarious set pieces, highlighted by Clouseau's eventual penetration into Dreyfus' Bavarian castle. Slightly sadistic at times, but a comedy classic nevertheless.
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One Of The Best Pink Panther Films
Added 4/3/2009
In 1976,after the success of 1975's"Return Of The Pink Panther",Peter Sellers and Blake Edwards,teamed up again,to deliever one of the funniest Pink Panther Films.In"Strikes Again"Cheif Inspector Dreyfus(Herbert Lom),has totally gone insane.He breaks out of A mental hospital, assembles A team of criminal masterminds,kidnaps A professor,and builds A device that can make whole countries vanish.It's up to Clouseau(Peter Sellers)to try,and stop Dreyfus.As usual Clouseau proves himself to be A klutzy,incompetent,fool.There are so many funny moments,in this film;A hilarious karate fight with Kato(Burt Kwouk),The Interaggation scene with the professor's staff(Where Clouseau destroys A priceless Piano,and shoots his superior in the rear.),A Funny Motel romp(with A sexy,yet confused,Russian Agent(Leslie Anne Down),A humorous scene with Clouseau trying to cross A Castle Moat;quite unsuccessfully,and there's even A scene making fun of former President Gerald Ford.It's hard to put into words,all the humor in this movie;Sellers is insane in this movie.This,Along with"A Shot In The DarK",is prehaps the funniest Pink Panther movie.5 stars,you are guaranteed to laugh your butt off,at this movie.Classic Peter Sellars/classic Blake Edwards.
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THE BEST PINK PANTHER
Added 11/3/2008
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Peter Sellers returns as the slightly dim-witted, Inspector Jack Clouseau, in this sporadically funny follow-up. Steve Martin, like in a Hindu Proverb, has to be born a thousand incarnations, before he can come within a thousand miles of Peter Sellers. This time, Clouseau, is fighting his former chief, Dreyfus(Herbert Lom), who controls a piece of machinery, with which he is threatening to blow us all sky high. Blake Edwards is at the helm again, and, Lesley Ann Down, provides the beauty.
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The Prince of Prat
Added 9/14/2008
Hardly a vase is left unsmashed. Every great movie hit is parodied, even some movies made long after. Everything associated with the Peter Sellers/Inspector Clouseau series comes to a full and glorious peak. What is surprising is that this movie remains fresh even after all these years.
When Clouseau's servant Kato attacks him as he enters his apartment the resulting martial arts send-up is like a Jackie Chan outtake. There's even a glamorous Russian assassin wearing little more than a fur coat to outdo all the Bond girls.
Herbert Lom plays the insane Former Chief Inspector Dreyfus with the manic glee of a little boy running amok, cheerfully reprising bits of his role in "Phantom of the Opera". It has to be mentioned that Lom takes a pratfall with as much grace and panache as Sellers. The scenes where both appear together are comic masterpieces.
This is the movie where Sellers destroys the audience merely by saying, "Room" in Inspector Clouseau's ridiculous and phony French accent. It might be an old dog by now, but the trick still works, as does the joke.
President Gerald Ford is memorialized in this 1976 movie, with a look-alike actor stumbling over his feet in the mock Oval Office. I think the real Ford only fell once getting out of the Presidential helicopter, but the comics feasted on it for years. Another scene in this movie that no longer feels the same is the one in which the madman Dreyfus erases the UN Building in New York -- people running through the streets unfortunately called to mind the events in 2001. When this movie was filmed the skyline of New York did not have the twin towers of the WTC. The little flashback this scene engendered in my mind is not the fault of the movie. It was the world that changed...That the movie could still make me laugh after that is a testament to its comic power. Five stars still...the world needs to laugh. The clueless innocence of Inspector Clouseau is still a potent remedy for what ails us.
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Best Pink Panther....ever!
Added 11/14/2009
This is absolutely my favorite Pink Panther movie. You'll laugh so hard, your sides will hurt.
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Triumphant Clouseau
Added 6/20/2009
After the commercial comeback of "The Return of the Pink Panther," Peter Sellers and director Blake Edwards maintain their creative momentum with this immediate sequel. Happily, "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" (1976) surpasses its predecessor in comic invention and production value. This time around, Sellers' immortal Inspector Clouseau must stop the insane Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) from destroying the world - not an easy task when the ex-boss calls for international assassins to eliminate the bumbling French detective. Edwards and Sellers make the most of this outlandish premise with several hilarious set pieces, highlighted by Clouseau's eventual penetration into Dreyfus' Bavarian castle. Slightly sadistic at times, but a comedy classic nevertheless.
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One Of The Best Pink Panther Films
Added 4/3/2009
In 1976,after the success of 1975's"Return Of The Pink Panther",Peter Sellers and Blake Edwards,teamed up again,to deliever one of the funniest Pink Panther Films.In"Strikes Again"Cheif Inspector Dreyfus(Herbert Lom),has totally gone insane.He breaks out of A mental hospital, assembles A team of criminal masterminds,kidnaps A professor,and builds A device that can make whole countries vanish.It's up to Clouseau(Peter Sellers)to try,and stop Dreyfus.As usual Clouseau proves himself to be A klutzy,incompetent,fool.There are so many funny moments,in this film;A hilarious karate fight with Kato(Burt Kwouk),The Interaggation scene with the professor's staff(Where Clouseau destroys A priceless Piano,and shoots his superior in the rear.),A Funny Motel romp(with A sexy,yet confused,Russian Agent(Leslie Anne Down),A humorous scene with Clouseau trying to cross A Castle Moat;quite unsuccessfully,and there's even A scene making fun of former President Gerald Ford.It's hard to put into words,all the humor in this movie;Sellers is insane in this movie.This,Along with"A Shot In The DarK",is prehaps the funniest Pink Panther movie.5 stars,you are guaranteed to laugh your butt off,at this movie.Classic Peter Sellars/classic Blake Edwards.
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