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1976 American British comedy film by Blake Edwards

The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Pink panther strikes again movie poster.jpg

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Blake Edwards
Screenplay by Frank Waldman
Blake Edwards
Produced by Blake Edwards
Tony Adams (Associate Producer)
Animation:
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
company

Amjo Productions
Distributed by United Artists

Release dates
  • 15 December 1976 (1976-12-15) (United States)
  • 22 December 1976 (1976-12-22) (United Kingdom)

Running fourth dimension

 103 minutes
Countries Uk
United states
Language English
Upkeep $6 one thousand thousand
Box function $75 one thousand thousand[i]

The Pink Panther Strikes Once more is a 1976 comedy picture show. The 5th film in The Pink Panther series, its plot picks upward 3 years later on The Return of the Pinkish Panther, with former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) about to be released from a psychiatric infirmary after having finally been driven insane past new Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau's (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 soon escapes anyhow, and organizes an elaborate criminal plot to threaten the countries of the world with annihilation by a massive laser weapon if they practise not electrocute Clouseau for him.

Unused footage from the flick was later included in Trail of the Pinkish Panther (1982), after Sellers' expiry.

Plot [edit]

Later on three years in a psychiatric hospital, quondam Primary Inspector of the Sûreté Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), has recovered from his obsession to impale Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) and is about to be released; Clouseau, who has since replaced Dreyfus as Primary Inspector, arrivies unannounced to speak on behalf of his one-time boss, and within minutes drives Dreyfus insane once more. Dreyfus later escapes from the hospital and again tries to impale Clouseau by planting a bomb while the Inspector (past periodic organisation) duels with his manservant Cato (Burt Kwouk). The flop destroys Clouseau's apartment and injures Cato, but Clouseau himself is unharmed, being lifted from the room by an inflatable hunchback disguise. Deciding that a more than elaborate programme is needed to eliminate Clouseau, Dreyfus enlists an army of career criminals to his cause and kidnaps nuclear physicist Professor Hugo Fassbender (Richard Vernon) and the Professor'due south girl Margo (Briony McRoberts), forcing the professor to build a "doomsday weapon" in render for his daughter'south liberty.

Clouseau travels to the UK to investigate Fassbender'southward disappearance, where he wrecks their family unit home and ineptly interrogates Jarvis (Michael Robbins), Fassbender's cross-dressing butler. Although Jarvis is later killed by the kidnappers, to whom he had become a dangerous witness, Clouseau discovers a clue that leads him to the Oktoberfest in Munich, W Germany. Meanwhile, Dreyfus, using Fassbender's invention, disintegrates the Un headquarters in New York City and blackmails the leaders of the globe, including the President of the United States and his Secretarial assistant of State (based on Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger), into assassinating Clouseau. However, many of the nations instruct their operatives to impale Clouseau to proceeds Dreyfus's favor and perhaps the Doomsday Machine. Equally a result of their orders and Clouseau's obliviousness, all of the other assassins end upward killing ane another until only the agents of Egypt and Russia remain.

The Egyptian assassin (Omar Sharif) shoots one of Dreyfus' assassins, mistaking him for Clouseau, merely is seduced past the Russian operative Olga Bariosova (Lesley-Anne Downwardly), who makes the same fault. When the real Clouseau arrives, he is perplexed by Olga'southward affections but learns from her Dreyfus's location at a castle in Bavaria. Dreyfus is elated at the erroneous study of Clouseau's demise, just 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 dentist and finally gains entry to the castle (his before attempts at sneaking in the castle had been repeatedly foiled by his full general ineptitude and the castle'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 information technology is Clouseau in disguise. Clouseau escapes, and a vengeful and at present 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 it 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 into thin air.

Returning to Paris, Clouseau is finally reunited with Olga. However, their tryst is interrupted first past Clouseau's apparent inability to remove his clothes, and then past Cato's latest surprise attack, which causes all iii to be hurled into the river Seine when the reclining bed snaps back upright and crashes through the wall. Immediately thereafter, a cartoon paradigm of Clouseau emerges from the water, which has been tinted pink, and begins swimming, unaware that a gigantic version of the Pinkish Panther character is waiting below him with a sharp-toothed, open oral cavity (a reference to the then-recent moving picture Jaws, made further obvious past the thematic music). The film ends as the animated Clouseau chases the Pinkish Panther upwardly the Seine as the credits roll.

Cast [edit]

  • Peter Sellers as Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau
  • Herbert Lom as Former Main Inspector Charles Dreyfus
  • Leonard Rossiter as Superintendent Quinlan
  • Lesley-Anne Downwards every bit Olga Bariosova
  • Colin Blakely as Inspector Alec Drummond
  • Burt Kwouk as Cato Fong
  • André Maranne as François
  • Michael Robbins equally Ainsley Jarvis
  • Richard Vernon as Professor Hugo Fassbender
  • Briony McRoberts every bit Margo Fassbender
  • Dick Crockett every bit the President of the United States (Gerald Ford)
  • Byron Kane equally the US Secretary of State (Henry Kissinger)
  • Paul Maxwell equally CIA Director
  • Gordon Rollings as Inmate
  • Dudley Sutton as Inspector Mclaren
  • John Clive equally Chuck
  • Damaris Hayman equally Fiona
  • Deep Roy equally Atomic Assassinator

Cast notes [edit]

  • Attributable 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 voice for the female-impersonator "Ainsley Jarvis".[2] The scene in the nightclub when Jarvis sings is in many means similar to scenes in Edwards's later motion-picture show Victor Victoria (1982), in which Andrews plays a woman pretending to exist a man who is a female impersonator.
  • Graham Stark, a longtime friend of Sellers, one time again fabricated an appearance in the series, admitting in a small part as the desk-bound clerk of a pocket-size German hotel. Since his office as Hercule LaJoy in A Shot in the Dark, 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 Balls and Marne Maitland every bit Deputy Commissioner Lasorde were deleted from the motion picture, just were afterward seen in full in Trail of the Pinkish Panther in 1982. Graham Stark would assume the office of Professor Balls in the next film, Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978).
  • Omar Sharif appeared, uncredited, every bit the Egyptian assassin.
  • Tom Jones sang the Oscar-nominated song "Come to Me".
  • The office of Olga Bariosova was originally played by Maud Adams, who was replaced after filming a few scenes. Blake Edwards and then intended to cast Nicola Pagett after seeing her in Upstairs, Downstairs but instead ended up casting Pagett's castmate Lesley-Anne Downwardly in the role.
  • Though the character of the President of the United states of america (portrayed by Dick Crockett) is unnamed in the film, it is manifestly based on then current United states of america President Gerald Ford; Crockett bore more than a passing resemblance to the President and Ford's somewhat exaggerated reputation for clumsiness as depicted in the moving picture was a national joke at the time. The President's unnamed somber Secretary of Land (portrayed by Byron Kane) is obviously based on then current Secretary Henry Kissinger.
  • Blake Edwards made a cameo appearance in the background of the nightclub scene.

Product [edit]

The Pinkish Panther Strikes Once again was rushed into production attributable to the success of The Return of the Pink Panther.[three] Blake Edwards had adapted i of two scripts that he and Frank Waldman had written for a proposed "Pink Panther" TV series as the basis for that picture show, and he adapted the other as the starting point for Strikes Once again. As a outcome, it is the only Pink Panther sequel which has a storyline (Dreyfus in the insane asylum) that explicitly follows from the previous film. Oddly, the plot has nothing to do with the famous "Pinkish Panther diamond" of previous films, only comes off more than like a parody of James Bond movies.

The pic was in product from December 1975 to September 1976, with principal photography taking identify between February and June 1976.[four] The strained relationship betwixt Sellers and Blake Edwards had further deteriorated by the time production of Strikes Again was underway. Sellers was ailing both mentally and physically, and Edwards subsequently commented on the player'due south mental state during product of the flick: "If yous went to an asylum and you described the get-go inmate you saw, that'due south what Peter had become. He was certifiable."[3]

The original cutting of the film ran for effectually 180 minutes, but was drastically trimmed downward to 103 minutes for theatrical release. Edwards originally conceived Strikes Again as an epic, zany hunt film, similar to Edwards' earlier The Bully Race, simply UA vetoed this long version and the picture was edited down to a more conventional length. Some of the excised footage was later used in Trail of the Pink Panther. Strikes Again was marketed with the tagline Why are the world's master assassins after Inspector Clouseau? Why non? Everybody else is. Similar its predecessor and subsequent sequel, the movie was a box office success.

During the film's championship sequence, in that location are references to television receiver'south Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Batman, besides the films King Kong, The Sound of Music (which starred Blake Edwards's wife, Julie Andrews), Dracula A.D. 1972, Singin' in the Rain, Steamboat Bill, Jr. and Sweet Charity, putting the Pink Panther character and the animated persona of Inspector Clouseau into recognizable events from said movies. There is also a reference to Jaws in the ending credits sequence. The scene in which Clouseau impersonates a dentist and the use of laughing gas and pulling the incorrect molar are clearly inspired by Bob Hope in The Paleface (1948).[v]

Richard Williams (later of Roger Rabbit fame) supervised the animation of the opening and closing sequences for the 2d and terminal time; original animators DePatie-Freleng Enterprises would return on the next movie, but with decidedly Williamesque influences.

Sellers was unhappy with the concluding cut of the film and publicly criticized Blake Edwards for misusing his talents. Their tense relationship is noted in the next Pink Panther movie's opening credits (Revenge of the Pink Panther) list it equally a "Sellers-Edwards" production.

French comic book writer René Goscinny of Asterix fame was reportedly trying to sue Blake Edwards for plagiarism at the fourth dimension of his death in 1977 later on noticing potent similarities to a script titled "Le Maître du Monde" (The Primary of the Earth) 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 7.20/10.[7]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Dominicus-Times gave the flick two and a half stars out of four and wrote, "If I'thou less than totally enthusiastic about The Pink Panther Strikes Again, maybe it was because I've been over this ground with Clouseau many times earlier," stating that a time would have to come "when inspiration gives way to habit, and I think the Pink Panther series is only about at that point. That's not to say this film isn't funny—information technology has moments as skilful as annihilation Sellers and Edwards take ever done—only that it'south time for them to move on. They worked together once on the funniest movie either one has ever done, The Political party. At present information technology's time to try something new again."[8]

Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote that the characters of Clouseau and Dreyfus "were made for each other," and further stated, "I'm non sure why Mr. Sellers and Mr. Lom are such a hilarious squad, though it may be because each is a fine comic actor with a special talent for portraying the sort of all-consuming, epic cocky-assimilation that makes slapstick farce initially acceptable—instead of alarming—and finally so funny." Canby also enjoyed Clouseau'southward French accent, and wrote, "Both Mr. Sellers and Mr. Edwards please in quondam gags, and part of the joy of The Pinkish Panther Strikes Once again is watching the style they spin out what is substantially a single routine".[9]

The motion-picture show earned theatrical rentals of $19.5 million in the United states of america and Canada[ten] from a gross of $33.8 one thousand thousand.[11] Internationally, it earned rentals of $x.5 million for a worldwide total of $xxx 1000000.[10] By March 1978, the moving picture had grossed $75 meg worldwide and was hoping to earn another $8 meg past the end of the year.[ane]

Awards [edit]

  • The screenwriters, Blake Edwards and Frank Waldman received a 1977 Writers Guild of America Honour for "All-time One-act Adapted from Another Medium". The moving-picture show also won a 1978 Evening Standard British Film Award for "Best One-act".
  • "Come to Me", written by Henry Mancini (music) and Don Black (lyrics), received an University Award nomination for "Best Vocal" at the 49th University Awards.
  • The picture was nominated for a 1977 Gilded Globe Laurels for "Best Movie", and Peter Sellers was nominated for "All-time Move Picture Histrion – Musical/Comedy".[12]
American Picture Institute Lists
  • AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs – Nominated[13]
  • AFI'south 100 Years...100 Motion-picture show Quotes:
    • "Does your dog bite?" – Nominated[xiv]

Play Adaptation [edit]

The film was adjusted into a play past William Gleason. Most events in the film occur though the locations sometimes are changed. Scene changes are done by women wearing pink panther costumes. The play currently tin be licensed through Dramatic Publishing.[15]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b "New 'Pinkish Panther,' Fix For July Bow, Tops $7-Mil in Blind Bids". Variety. 22 March 1978. p. 39.
  2. ^ Allmovie Cast
  3. ^ a b Thames, Stephanie "The Pinkish Panther Strikes Again" (TCM article)
  4. ^ IMDB Concern Data
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ (in French) Pascal Ory, Goscinny (1926–wall): la Liberté d'en rire, Paris: Perrin, 2007, ISBN 978-2-262-02506-9, p. 221.
  7. ^ The Pinkish Panther Strikes Again, Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved xix March 2022
  8. ^ Ebert, Roger (20 December 1976). "The Pink Panther Strikes Again Review (1976)". Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  9. ^ Canby, Vincent (sixteen Dec 1976). "Pink Panther Squad Unflappable In Quaternary High-Spirited Antic". The New York Times . Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  10. ^ a b "UA Film Rental Highlights of 1977". Variety. 11 January 1978. p. iii.
  11. ^ "The Pink Panther Strikes Once again, Box Office Information". Box Part Mojo. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  12. ^ IMDB Awards
  13. ^ AFI'due south 100 Years...100 Laughs Nominees
  14. ^ AFI'south 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes Nominees
  15. ^ "The Pink Panther Strikes Again". Dramatic Publishing . Retrieved 9 April 2022.

External links [edit]

  • The Pink Panther Strikes Again at IMDb
  • The Pink Panther Strikes Once again at the TCM Movie Database
  • The Pink Panther Strikes Again at AllMovie
  • The Pink Panther Strikes Again at the American Motion picture Institute Catalog

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