PINK PANTHER PLAY HOUSE MOVIE

Sellers run amokвЂ¦All in all, extremely jolly.вЂќ Mancini created a whole new jazzy theme for Clouseau and the main titleвЂ™s animation sequence was once again crafted by DePatie and Freleng. The New Yorker praised Edwards and Blatty for вЂњthe good sense to toss the foundation stock out the window and let Mr. The comedy was released in the summer of 1964 and became an even bigger hit than The Pink Panther. Also starring Elke Sommer as the main murder suspect and veteran actor George Sanders as the owner of the chateau where the bodies keep piling up.

PINK PANTHER PLAY HOUSE MOVIE

Commissioner Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), driven to comic psychosis by ClouseauвЂ™s ineptitude, and ClouseauвЂ™s servant Cato (Burt Kwuok), characters who would become mainstays in the ensuing movie series with Sellers, appear for the first time. Edwards brought along Inspector Clouseau, who was not a character in the original play, and turned Sellers loose in the murder mystery plot. Director Edwards enlisted William Peter Blatty to co-write a screen version of the French play by Marcel Archard (adapted by Harry Kurnitz for Broadway). Edwards, Sellers, and Mancini reunited for A SHOT IN THE DARK, the second of their several collaborations that continued into the 1970s.

The film was added to the National Film Registry in 2010. In addition, the feline character that cavorted across the screen in the merry main title sequence by the DePatie-Freleng animation studio became an Oscar-winning cartoon star. The score is ranked #20 in the AFIвЂ™s all-time top 100. ManciniвЂ™s original score was Oscar-nominated and won three Grammy awards, as well as inclusion in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Of course, the memorable theme music by Henry Mancini is the filmвЂ™s greatest legacy.

Audiences thoroughly enjoyed the jewel heist caper, especially the antics of Sellers, who effectively stole the film from an ensemble cast including David Niven as the suave thief Sir Charles Lytton, Robert Wagner as his playboy nephew, Capucine as ClouseauвЂ™s philandering wife, and Claudia Cardinale as the exiled Princess Dala, the owner of the fabulous diamond known as вЂњthe Pink Panther.вЂќ Variety found the original screenplay by Edwards and Maurice Richlin ( Pillow Talk ) вЂњintensely funny,вЂќ with kudos to the cast and especially SellersвЂ™ вЂњrazor-sharp timing.вЂќ Location shooting in the Italian Alps by cinematographer Philip Lathrop in lush Technicolor enhanced the comedy. THE PINK PANTHER, the first of a series of films with the blundering sleuth, opened in the United States in April 1964 and was an immediate hit. Peter Sellers plays the inept French detective to comic perfection in the 55 th anniversary screenings of THE PINK PANTHER and A SHOT IN THE DARK at three Laemmle locations on April 1. LAEMMLEвЂ™S ANNIVERSARY CLASSICS presents an APRIL FOOLSвЂ™ TWOFER Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classics Series invite you to celebrate April Fools' Day with a double feature starring writer-director Blake EdwardsвЂ™ inspired creation of accidental mayhem, Inspector Clouseau.

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