Written by James M. Tate / 4/24/2020 / No comments / action , blake edwards , burt kwouk , franchise , herbert lom , leslie anne-down , peter sellers , sequel , seventies , spy
PETER SELLERS STRIKES IN 'THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN'
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Spoof on JAWS which came out the year previously in THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN from 1976 |
It seems writer/director Blake Edwards got an itch to make something beyond a slapstick comedy, but Peter Sellers, as the new Chief Inspector Clouseau, won’t let that happen... at least not entirely.
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Clouseau fighting Kato in THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN |
Thus the most intriguing aspect of STRIKES AGAIN, the second Sellers/Edwards Panther film to follow A SHOT IN THE DARK over a decade earlier, is how the comedy merges with the action — and vice versa. Perhaps Blake Edwards was competing against the popular Roger Moore/James Bond films where villains hijack supersized weapons...
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The cool looking castle from The Pink Panther Strikes Again |
Die hard PANTHER fans may desire less stunt work and more of the subtle stuff — like accidentally placing a hand on a moving globe — that distinguishes Peter Sellers from all other physical comedy actors.
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Briony McRoberts as Margo, with her father and captor, facing Dreyfus in The Pink Panther Strikes Again |
But here he’s contentedly optimistic and somewhat dazed, relying too much on goofy costumes rather than handling the humor on his own. After the world domination plot is set in place, Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau sleepwalks through a seemingly abandoned storyline... Maybe he should never have gotten that promotion in the first place.
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Briony McRoberts as Margo Fassbender in The Pink Panther Strikes Again |
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