The Return Of The Pink Panther [DVD]

We just watched this 37-year-old film again last night and I can't believe how funny it still is. In fact, knowing it by heart means that we start laughing BEFORE each of the best scenes!Peter Sellers was a comic genius and this is timeless classic comedy. Of course, some of the gags are a little transparent but there is so much humour that even the lame jokes are forgiveable. Personally, I find the Cato attack sequences a little overdone, but then comes a gem like the bank robbery skit, or the telephone repairman scene, or the vacuum cleaner débâcle and the feud with the parrot (swine bird!) or the suave antics of Guy Gadois which render his co-star Catherine Schell incapable of getting through a scene without dissolving into giggling fits.The early scene of the stealing of the Pink Panther is extremely well filmed and was, at the time, quite inventive and Bond-like in its stark night-time setting. Christopher Plummer is less wooden than usual as Lord Litton and copes convincingly with all the physical action, but the cloak-and-dagger sub-plot is clearly just an excuse for Sellers to let loose the force of nature that is Inspector Clouseau while abusing the French language. The supporting cast do a fine job, but inevitably Sellers steals every scene he's in.I'm not sure what other people are watching but my 2006 DVD has very reasonable picture quality for an older movie (albeit in 4:3 format) and there are six (fully dubbed) language options and subtitles in fourteen languages. So, surrender to the silliness and have a good clean laugh.

Good, clean, classic comedy. Peter Sellers was a master at this style of comedy. No extras on this /dvd,

I am sure most Amazonians will need no introduction to the strange delights of this, the best in the Pink Panther series ("A Shot in the Dark" runs it a close second). Nearly all the main actors are dead now but thank goodness they did what they did: Sellers, Stark, Lom, Kwouk, Plummer (the last-named still with us of course, as I write)...There are really more priceless scenes in this film and they are rather more cleverly conjoined by Blake Edwards than was managed in the others featuring the inimitable Clouseau. Many scenes come to mind: the telephone mending sequence also involving the sabotaged van(s) in the swimming pool; the near death of Kato in the apartment and the effect in the next door flat when the bomb explodes; the goings on at the Palace Hotel at Gstaad when the parrot is sucked into the vacuum cleaner; the descent of Dreyfuss into fitful, twitching madness.Sublime, acting brilliance.There is, of course, a discernible connection between these films and the Bond movies and, say the Dean Martin's "Matt Helm" films.

This was bought as " used...as new " and indeed is perfect. It was sent in a new sleeve and the whole thing is without fault. The film itself is the best of the all the Clouseau films and contains all that you would expect from the bumbling detective, both humour and slapstick comedy.

THIS FILM IS VERY FUNNY THE BEST BITS ARE AS WHEN PETER SELLERS GOES INTO CATHERINE SCHELLS ROOM AS A CLEANER AND CAUSES CHAOS WITH A HOOVER AND GETS SUCKED IN FIDDLES ABOUT WITH A LIGHT BULB WHICH KEEPS POPPING OUT GETS PLOPPED ON BY A PARROT THE OPENING TO THE FILM IS EVEN FUNNIER WHEN PETER SELLERS CARRYS OUT DETECTIVE WORK TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DISAPPERANCE OF THE PINK PANTHER THE LID COMES OF THE POWDER LOOSES THE GLASS FROM HIS MAGNIFIYING GLASS AND TOUCHES A THING WHICH COMES OF THE WALL AND BREAKS NOT TO MENTION SLIPPING ON SOME WAX WHO WOULD FORGET THE DISGUISES AS A TELEPHONE ENGINEER AND A SWIMMING POOL REPAIRER A CLASSIC FILM THAT WILL HAVE YOU IN STITCHES IT DOES WITH ME EVERY TIME THE FAMILY HAVE TO REACH FOR TISSUES EVERY TIME ITS ON CAUSE THEY LAUGH SO MUCH.5 STAR RATING

Well I bought this DVD due to the fact the first pink panther collection didn't include this film, due to MGM not owning the rights to it. I remember watching this film when I was younger and its still as funny as it was then, if not funnier. Peter Sellers returns as the bumbling Inspector trying to locate the missing Pink Panther diamond who he assumes was stolen by the Phantom. There is hardly a moment where you are not crying with laughter and you wonder if Catherine Schell who plays Lady Claudine Litton was laughing because of Peter Sellers acting or it was in the script. I have shown this film to younger friends who have seen the films and they all loved it. If you are looking for a funny film suitable for all of the family then this is the one to have.

The best of the panther films in my opinion, although I haven't seen the new ones with Steve Martin. I was extremely upset when I received the box set the Pink Panther film collection and this one wasn't in it. I thought it was a waisted christmas present although I'm not going to tell the person who purchased the set for me. But the purchase of the return of the pink panther makes me feel whole again.

This is an imported product and will not play in a UK DVD player unless you unblock the region code first... check google for how to set your DVD player to region free... every DVD manufacturer and model has it's own codes - there is no generic code.

Great

Guys night, date night or for the kids (Its rated G).

évidemment c'est spécial: moi je ne me psoe même pas la question si ça a bien vieilli ou pas, moi aussi j'ai vieilli! J'adore ce genre d'humour, et si mon préféré reste A Shot In the Dark, le moins aimé the Pink Panther, je pense qu'il faut avoir toute la série.

De film zelf TOP 5 sterren. Ben ermee opgegroeid en Sellers is dé beste Clouseau !!FILM 10/10 rich colors sharpnes OKVIDEO 9/10 2.36:1 aspect ratio correctAUDIO 8/10 english 2.0 monoEXTRAS 5/10COVER 10/10 slipcase

Ist ein lustiger Film für die ganze Familie.