The Pink Panther Strikes Again Play Characters
| The Pink Panther Strikes Over again | |
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 Theatrical release affiche | |
| Directed by | Blake Edwards |
| Screenplay by | Frank Waldman Blake Edwards |
| Produced by | Blake Edwards Tony Adams (Associate Producer) Blitheness: 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 | U.k. United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6 million |
| Box function | $75 1000000[1] |
The Pinkish Panther Strikes Again is a 1976 comedy picture show. The 5th motion picture in The Pink Panther series, its plot picks up iii years later The Render of the Pink Panther, with former Primary Inspector Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) well-nigh to be released from a psychiatric hospital later having finally been driven insane by new Main Inspector Jacques Clouseau'southward (Peter Sellers) unrelenting ineptitude in the previous films. A typically disastrous visit from Clouseau on the day of his release prompts a swift relapse which cancels Dreyfus's scheduled discharge, but he shortly escapes anyhow, and organizes an elaborate criminal plot to threaten the countries of the world with anything by a massive light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation weapon if they do not assassinate Clouseau for him.
Unused footage from the picture show was later included in Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), after Sellers' death.
Plot [edit]
After three years in a psychiatric hospital, former Chief Inspector of the Sûreté Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), has recovered from his obsession to kill Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) and is about to be released; Clouseau, who has since replaced Dreyfus as Chief Inspector, arrivies unannounced to speak on behalf of his former dominate, and inside minutes drives Dreyfus insane over again. Dreyfus later escapes from the hospital and in one case again tries to kill Clouseau by planting a bomb while the Inspector (by periodic system) duels with his manservant Cato (Burt Kwouk). The bomb destroys Clouseau's apartment and injures Cato, but Clouseau himself is unharmed, being lifted from the room past an inflatable hunchback disguise. Deciding that a more elaborate programme is needed to eliminate Clouseau, Dreyfus enlists an ground forces of career criminals to his cause and kidnaps nuclear physicist Professor Hugo Fassbender (Richard Vernon) and the Professor'south daughter Margo (Briony McRoberts), forcing the professor to build a "doomsday weapon" in render for his daughter'due south freedom.
Clouseau travels to the Britain to investigate Fassbender's disappearance, where he wrecks their family home and ineptly interrogates Jarvis (Michael Robbins), Fassbender's cross-dressing butler. Although Jarvis is later killed past the kidnappers, to whom he had become a unsafe witness, Clouseau discovers a clue that leads him to the Oktoberfest in Munich, West Deutschland. Meanwhile, Dreyfus, using Fassbender'south invention, disintegrates the United Nations headquarters in New York City and blackmails the leaders of the world, including the President of the United states 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's favor and possibly the Doomsday Machine. As a result of their orders and Clouseau's obliviousness, all of the other assassins stop up killing one some other until only the agents of Egypt and Russia remain.
The Egyptian assassin (Omar Sharif) shoots one of Dreyfus' assassins, mistaking him for Clouseau, but is seduced by the Russian operative Olga Bariosova (Lesley-Anne Downward), who makes the same mistake. When the real Clouseau arrives, he is perplexed by Olga'southward affections just learns from her Dreyfus's location at a castle in Bavaria. Dreyfus is elated at the erroneous study of Clouseau's demise, but 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 language dentist and finally gains entry to the castle (his before attempts at sneaking in the castle had been repeatedly foiled by his general ineptitude and the castle'due south drawbridge). Unrecognized by Dreyfus, Clouseau ends upward 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 employ the automobile to destroy England. Clouseau, eluding Dreyfus's henchmen, unwittingly foils Dreyfus's plans when a medieval catapult outside the castle launches him on top of the doomsday machine, causing information technology to malfunction and fire 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's pipe organ while he himself disintegrates, until he and the castle vanish.
Returning to Paris, Clouseau is finally reunited with Olga. Nevertheless, their tryst is interrupted first by Clouseau's apparent inability to remove his dress, and then by Cato's latest surprise attack, which causes all three to be hurled into the river Seine when the reclining bed snaps back upright and crashes through the wall. Immediately thereafter, a cartoon prototype of Clouseau emerges from the water, which has been tinted pink, and begins pond, unaware that a gigantic version of the Pink Panther character is waiting below him with a sharp-toothed, open rima oris (a reference to the then-recent moving-picture show Jaws, made further obvious by the thematic music). The film ends as the animated Clouseau chases the Pinkish Panther upwardly the Seine as the credits gyre.
Bandage [edit]
- Peter Sellers every bit Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau
- Herbert Lom every bit Former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus
- Leonard Rossiter equally Superintendent Quinlan
- Lesley-Anne Down as Olga Bariosova
- Colin Blakely as Inspector Alec Drummond
- Burt Kwouk as Cato Fong
- André Maranne as François
- Michael Robbins every bit Ainsley Jarvis
- Richard Vernon every bit Professor Hugo Fassbender
- Briony McRoberts every bit Margo Fassbender
- Dick Crockett as the President of the United States (Gerald Ford)
- Byron Kane as the US Secretary of Land (Henry Kissinger)
- Paul Maxwell as CIA Director
- Gordon Rollings every bit Inmate
- Dudley Sutton every bit Inspector Mclaren
- John Clive every bit Chuck
- Damaris Hayman as Fiona
- Deep Roy equally Diminutive Assassin
Cast notes [edit]
- Owing to Peter Sellers's heart status, whenever possible he would have his stunt double Joe Dunne stand in for him. Considering of the often physical nature of the comedy, this would occur quite frequently.
- Julie Andrews provided the singing vocalisation for the female-impersonator "Ainsley Jarvis".[two] The scene in the nightclub when Jarvis sings is in many ways like to scenes in Edwards'due south later on 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, in one case over again made an appearance in the serial, admitting in a small role as the desk clerk of a small German hotel. Since his part as Hercule LaJoy in A Shot in the Nighttime, he has appeared in small roles in every Pink Panther sequel except Inspector Clouseau, in which Sellers did not play Clouseau.
- Scenes featuring Harvey Korman as Professor Auguste Assurance and Marne Maitland as Deputy Commissioner Lasorde were deleted from the pic, simply were afterwards seen in total in Trail of the Pink Panther in 1982. Graham Stark would presume the role of Professor Balls in the next film, Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978).
- Omar Sharif appeared, uncredited, equally the Egyptian assassin.
- Tom Jones sang the Oscar-nominated song "Come to Me".
- The role of Olga Bariosova was originally played past Maud Adams, who was replaced later filming a few scenes. Blake Edwards then intended to bandage Nicola Pagett after seeing her in Upstairs, Downstairs only instead concluded up casting Pagett'southward castmate Lesley-Anne Downward in the role.
- Though the grapheme of the President of the United States (portrayed by 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'southward somewhat exaggerated reputation for clumsiness as depicted in the motion-picture show was a national joke at the fourth dimension. The President'south unnamed somber Secretary of Land (portrayed by Byron Kane) is manifestly based on then current Secretarial assistant 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 product attributable 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 serial as the basis for that moving-picture show, and he adapted the other as the starting point for Strikes Over again. Every bit a effect, it is the just Pinkish Panther sequel which has a storyline (Dreyfus in the insane aviary) that explicitly follows from the previous pic. Oddly, the plot has aught to do with the famous "Pink Panther diamond" of previous films, but comes off more than like a parody of James Bail movies.
The motion-picture show was in production from December 1975 to September 1976, with chief photography taking place between February and June 1976.[four] The strained human relationship between Sellers and Blake Edwards had further deteriorated past the fourth dimension production of Strikes Again was underway. Sellers was bilious both mentally and physically, and Edwards later commented on the actor's mental state during product of the film: "If y'all went to an aviary and you described the kickoff inmate y'all saw, that's what Peter had get. He was certifiable."[3]
The original cut of the film ran for around 180 minutes, but was drastically trimmed downwardly to 103 minutes for theatrical release. Edwards originally conceived Strikes Again as an epic, zany chase flick, similar to Edwards' earlier The Bang-up Race, simply UA vetoed this long version and the film was edited downwardly to a more than conventional length. Some of the excised footage was later used in Trail of the Pink Panther. Strikes Once again was marketed with the tagline Why are the world's chief assassins afterward Inspector Clouseau? Why not? Everybody else is. Like its predecessor and subsequent sequel, the film was a box office success.
During the film's title sequence, in that location are references to boob tube's Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Batman, also the films King Kong, The Audio of Music (which starred Blake Edwards'southward wife, Julie Andrews), Dracula A.D. 1972, Singin' in the Rain, Steamboat Bill, Jr. and Sweet Charity, putting the Pinkish Panther character and the blithe persona of Inspector Clouseau into recognizable events from said movies. There is besides 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 wrong tooth are clearly inspired by Bob Hope in The Paleface (1948).[5]
Richard Williams (later of Roger Rabbit fame) supervised the blitheness of the opening and closing sequences for the 2d and final fourth dimension; original animators DePatie-Freleng Enterprises would return on the next film, but with decidedly Williamesque influences.
Sellers was unhappy with the final cut of the film and publicly criticized Blake Edwards for misusing his talents. Their tense relationship is noted in the next Pink Panther picture show'due south opening credits (Revenge of the Pink Panther) listing it as a "Sellers-Edwards" product.
French comic book author René Goscinny of Asterix fame was reportedly trying to sue Blake Edwards for plagiarism at the time of his decease in 1977 after noticing strong similarities to a script titled "Le Maître du Monde" (The Primary of the World) which he had sent Peter Sellers in 1975.[6]
Reception [edit]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 76% based on 21 reviews, with an average score of 7.20/ten.[7]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two and a half stars out of four and wrote, "If I'1000 less than totally enthusiastic about The Pink Panther Strikes Once again, maybe it was because I've been over this ground with Clouseau many times earlier," stating that a fourth dimension would accept to come up "when inspiration gives manner to habit, and I recall the Pink Panther series is just about at that point. That'southward not to say this film isn't funny—it has moments as practiced every bit annihilation Sellers and Edwards have always done—only that it'south time for them to movement on. They worked together once on the funniest moving picture either i has ever done, The Party. At present it'southward time to attempt something new over again."[eight]
Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote that the characters of Clouseau and Dreyfus "were fabricated for each other," and farther stated, "I'm non sure why Mr. Sellers and Mr. Lom are such a hilarious team, though it may be because each is a fine comic actor with a special talent for portraying the sort of all-consuming, epic cocky-absorption that makes slapstick farce initially acceptable—instead of alarming—and finally so funny." Canby likewise enjoyed Clouseau'due south French emphasis, and wrote, "Both Mr. Sellers and Mr. Edwards please in old gags, and part of the joy of The Pink Panther Strikes Once again is watching the way they spin out what is essentially a single routine".[nine]
The film earned theatrical rentals of $19.five million in the The states and Canada[ten] from a gross of $33.8 million.[xi] Internationally, it earned rentals of $ten.5 1000000 for a worldwide total of $30 million.[ten] By March 1978, the film had grossed $75 million worldwide and was hoping to earn another $8 1000000 by the end of the year.[i]
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 likewise won a 1978 Evening Standard British Film Laurels for "All-time Comedy".
- "Come 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 motion picture was nominated for a 1977 Golden World Honor for "Best Motion-picture show", and Peter Sellers was nominated for "Best Motility Moving-picture show Actor – Musical/Comedy".[12]
- American Movie Found Lists
- AFI'due south 100 Years...100 Laughs – Nominated[13]
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes:
- "Does your dog seize with teeth?" – Nominated[14]
References [edit]
- ^ a b "New 'Pink Panther,' Set For July Bow, Tops $7-Mil in Blind Bids". Multifariousness. 22 March 1978. p. 39.
- ^ Allmovie Bandage
- ^ a b Thames, Stephanie "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" (TCM article)
- ^ IMDB Business Data
- ^ 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 978-2-262-02506-9, p. 221.
- ^ The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved 19 March 2022
- ^ Ebert, Roger (twenty December 1976). "The Pink Panther Strikes Again Review (1976)". Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (16 December 1976). "Pink Panther Team Unflappable In Fourth High-Spirited Caper". The New York Times . Retrieved ii June 2017.
- ^ a b "UA Motion picture Rental Highlights of 1977". Diverseness. 11 January 1978. p. 3.
- ^ "The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Box Function Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 23 Jan 2012.
- ^ IMDB Awards
- ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs Nominees
- ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes Nominees
External links [edit]
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again at IMDb
- The Pink Panther Strikes Over again at the TCM Movie Database
- The Pink Panther Strikes Over again at AllMovie
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again at the American Film Institute Catalog
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