The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther

·       INTRODUCTION

The Pink Panther may be a British-American media franchise primarily that specialize in a series of comedy-mystery films that includes a clumsy French detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. The franchise began with the discharge of the classic Pink Panther film in 1963. The role of Clouseau was originated by and is most closely related to Sellers. Most of the films were written and directed by Blake Edwards, with theme music composed by Henry Mancini.

The first film within the series derives its name from the name pink diamond that has a vast size and price. The diamond is named the "Pink Panther" as a result of the flaw at its center, once viewed closely, is said to resemble a leaping pink panther. The phrase reappears within the title of the fourth film The come of the Pink Panther, during which the larceny of the diamond is once more the centre of the plot. The phrase was used for all the following films within the series, even once the jewel failed to figure within the plot. The jewel ultimately appeared in six of the eleven films.

·       Films

·       The Pink Panther

Main article: The Pink Panther (1963 film)

Although the first film was really centred on the Phantom/Sir Charles Lytton, depicted by David Niven; Peter Sellers's performance was thus well-liked that the ensuing series was designed on the Clouseau character, rather than the Phantom character. Niven's and Sellers's co-stars enclosed Capucine, Robert Wagner, and Claudia Cardinale.

·       A Shot in the Dark

Main article: an attempt within the Dark (1964 film)

Released but a year once The Pink Panther. Clouseau returns to muddle his means through a murder investigation. This marks the first appearance of Herbert Lom's Commissioner Dreyfus, his assistant François (portrayed by André Maranne), and Clouseau's manservant, Cato (portrayed by Burt Kwouk), all of whom became series regulars. Co-starring Elke Sommer, Saint George Sanders, Graham Stark and Tracy Reed.

·       Inspector Clouseau

Main article: Inspector Clouseau (1968 film)

This film stars Alan Arkin as Clouseau, and doesn't have the other revenant characters from the remainder of the series. Although it had been created by the Mirisch Corporation, Sellers, Blake Edwards, and Henry Mancini weren't concerned within the creating of this film.

·       The Return of the Pink Panther

Main article: The Return of the Pink Panther

(1975 film)

This not solely marks the come of the celebrated "Pink Panther" diamond however additionally - when AN 11-year hiatus - that of Sellers as Clouseau, together with director Edwards, Mancini, Dreyfus and Cato. Sir Charles Lytton is depicted by Christopher Plummer; the film additionally co-starred Catherine Schell, Peter Arne, and Graham Stark.

·       The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Main article: The Pink Panther Strikes Again

(1976 film)

Dreyfus' mental illness reaches a pinnacle, as he tries to intimidate the remainder of the globe into killing Clouseau. With co-stars Leonard Rossiter, Lesley-Anne Down and Colin Blakely, and that includes a anaglyph by Omar Sharif.

·       Revenge of the Pink Panther

Main article: Revenge of the Pink Panther

(1978 film)

This film pits Clouseau against the French Connection. It is the last during which Sellers compete Clouseau. He died two years after its release. With co-stars Robert Webber, Dyan Cannon, Tony Beckley and Robert arcade.

·       The Romance of the Pink Panther

The Romance of the Pink Panther was to be the seventh film within the franchise, to be written by Sellers and Jim Moloney.[1] because of hostility between Sellers and Blake Edwards, Edwards wouldn't have directed the film. The basic plot was to involve Inspector Clouseau becoming smitten with a cat burglar called "The Frog".[2] Two drafts were written before Sellers' death, each with different endings.[citation needed] Shortly later, it was suggested that Dudley Moore should play Clouseau, but Blake Edwards chose to introduce a new character in the series to replace Clouseau.

·       Trail of the Pink Panther

Main article: Trail of the Pink Panther

(1982 film)

Features Sellers as Clouseau utilizing scenes cut from Strikes once more also as flashbacks from the previous Pink Panther films. This film was meant as a tribute to Sellers, but after its release Sellers' widow Lynne Frederick successfully sued Edwards and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for tarnishing her late husband's memory. David Niven and Capucine reprize their original roles from the primary Pink Panther film. Trail was a critical and commercial failure.

·       Curse of the Pink Panther

Main article: Curse of the Pink Panther

(1983 film)

Inspector Clouseau and therefore the Pink Panther diamond, each of that had gone missing in path, square measure pursued by a bungling yank detective, Sgt. Clifton Sleigh (Ted Wass). Clouseau returns, when having cosmetic surgery to disguise his identity, during a anaglyph contend by Roger Moore (who is attributable as Turki Thrust II). Although intended to spawn a new series of misadventures for Sergeant Sleigh, the film's dismal box-office performance and critical drubbing led to a decade-long hiatus of the series.

·       Son of the Pink Panther

Main article: Son of the Pink Panther

(1993 film)

Blake Edwards tried once more to revive the series, this time by casting Roberto Benigni as Gendarme Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son by Maria Gambrelli, the murder suspect from A Shot in the Dark. Once again, several former Panther co-stars come – Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, and Graham Stark, and a star of the initial 1963 film, Claudia Cardinale. Although intended to relaunch the series with a new lovable inept hero, Son failed critically and commercially and became the final installment in the original Pink Panther series.

·       The Pink Panther

Main article: The Pink Panther (2006 film)

This boot launches a brand new series leading Martin as Inspector Clouseau and Kevin Franz Kline as Chief Inspector Dreyfus. Not a remake of the first film, it forms a brand new start line for a up to date series, introducing the Clouseau and Dreyfus characters in conjunction with the celebrated diamond to a new generation.