Forget that the Pink Panther is actually a jewel. The Pink Panther has become synonymous with Jacques Clousseau, and he is the brilliant, ineffectual and highly amusing Peter Sellers. Add in an equally zany Herbert Lom (as Dreyfuss)and you have an excellent mix.
The story line isn't complicated. A stressed-out Inspector Dreyfuss tries to kill Clousseau, with amusing results. Blake Edwards is master of this type of comedy, where actions,noises and bizarre situations are primary.
There is a spoof of the 007 films in evident here, and the slap-bang unsubtle comic elements work. The film hasn't really dated (apart from hair styles an clothing!) in 30 years,and is as good a laugh now as it was then.
Make rheum and see it...
The story line isn't complicated. A stressed-out Inspector Dreyfuss tries to kill Clousseau, with amusing results. Blake Edwards is master of this type of comedy, where actions,noises and bizarre situations are primary.
There is a spoof of the 007 films in evident here, and the slap-bang unsubtle comic elements work. The film hasn't really dated (apart from hair styles an clothing!) in 30 years,and is as good a laugh now as it was then.
Make rheum and see it...