Pink Panther Strikes Again

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Most Inspector Clouseau fans regard The Pink Panther Strikes Again as the best of the clumsy Parisian detective's "comeback" films of the 1970s. Driven insane by the stupidities of Clouseau (Peter Sellers), ex-inspector Dreyfuss (Herbert Lom) transforms into a master criminal. Kidnapping the inventor of a death ray, Dreyfuss threatens to use the demon device indiscriminately unless Clouseau is offered as a "sacrifice." A hunted man, Clouseau is forced to adopt one transparent (but hilarious) disguise after another. He is rescued from being incinerated by Dreyfuss when Soviet spy Olga (Leslie Ann Down) falls in love with him and strives to protect him. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Mono
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV, Color
• Subtitle: French, English, Spanish
• Features:
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AWARDS

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

•     Nominated Best Song - 1976 (Don Black, Henry Mancini)

• Hollywood Foreign Press Association

•     Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comed - 1976 (Peter Sellers)
•     Nominated Best Picture - Musical or Comedy - 1976

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Director:

  Blake Edwards

• Producer:

  Blake Edwards

• Screenwriter:

  Blake Edwards, Frank Waldman

• Cinematographer:

  Harry Waxman

• Composer (Music Score):

  Don Black, Henry Mancini

• Editor:

  Alan Jones

• Production Designer:

  Peter Mullins

• Art Director:

  John Siddall

• Associate Producer:

  Tony Adams

• Set Designer:

  Fred Carter

• Costume Designer:

  Tiny Nicholls, Bridget Sellers

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Peter Sutton

• Makeup:

  Harry Frampton

• Special Effects:

  Kit West

• Animator:

  Richard Williams Studio

• Credit Sequences:

  Richard Williams Studio

• Musical Performer:

  Don Lusher

REVIEW:

• Filled with brilliant lunacy and over-the-top comedic flourishes, The Pink Panther Strikes Again delivers the absurd goods for which the series is known. Played even broader than its predecessors, Strikes Again finds Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) in the super-spy role pitted against his incredibly evil nemesis Dreyfus (Herbert Lom. In one wacky moment after the next, Sellers throws subtlety out the window to match the film's exaggerated tone -- a tactic well-suited for delivering even more immediate laughs from the bumbling hero. The slo-mo kung fu scene is unbelievably funny, as are the moments in the interrogation scene, which border on Clouseau's best. As far as the supporting cast, Lom hams it up in his wide-eyed Bond villain role, while Lesley-Anne Down makes the screen sizzle every time her Russian minx character appears. With a cartoon-like bouncy feel to it, The Pink Panther Strikes Again is the perfect idiocy for the slapstick soul. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi