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- The Pink Panther
- A Shot in the Dark
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again
- Revenge of the Pink Panther
- Trail of the Pink Panther
- A Shot in the Dark
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Subtitles are English and German for the Hard of Hearing, plus Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.
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However, the picture quality throughout this set is superb, beautifully shap and clear images, with remastered surround sound stereo so you can enjoy Henry Mancini's seductive theme music coming from all the speakers. Best of all, the films are presented in their original anamorphic widescreen scope. The extras are impressive too, with an all-new documentary, a 1978 TV special and 'The Unknown Peter Sellers'. Blake Edwards also provides an interesting audio commentary over 'The Pink Panther'.
'Trail of the Pink Panther' isn't a classic in the series but deserved to be included as a tribute to Peter Sellers genius, and a reminder that no-one else could (or should) play Clouseau.
All in all, while it would have been more perfect if 'Return' had been included, this is still a highly collectible and impressive set.
Like many, the inclusion of Trail raises a few questions. I do not object to it being in the collection, but then why didn't they include the follow up movie Curse, which would more neatly complete the series. Ok, it may not have Peter Sellers, and isn't one of the gems of the series, but at least it has more of a plot than the Trail clip compilation.
The other alternative would have been not to release Trail in the package but to create an extended edition of Strikes Again with the additional Peter Sellers footage Trail contains. The reason for this is that all the PS footage from Trail comes from unused out-takes from Strikes Again.
Anyway, despite this, and a flimsy cardboard & easily damaged presentation box, the other movies in the series featured in this collection are absolute classics. My own personal favourite - Revenge!
However, the Return of the Pink Panther is very much the best of the films and where is it? it ought to be on the ultimate collection surely!
For me this is not a series but rather two groups of films: The Pink Panther and Shot in the Dark which have a definite 60's feel to them and then the three '70s films (the absent "Return", "Strikes Again" and Revenge") which are essentially a vehicle for Sellers in various costumes. The Trail of the Pink Panther is hopelessly disjointed and simply an embarrassment - it should really have been scrapped and certainly not made part of this collection (interesting/sad fact - it was David Niven's last film - he was rapidly succumbing to Motor Neurone Disease at the time and all his lines had to be dubbed as his voice was so weak).
Despite all this there are some classic moments, not least in "Strikes Again" with Clouseau's attempt to get into the castle where the mad Dreyfuss is holed up (the muttered "swine moat!" as a soaked Clouseau pulls himself once more out of the moat gets me every time) and the tooth pulling sequence in the same film.
Don't take these films too seriously as they don't stand up to much criticism. Despite dodgy scripts Sellers' brilliance shows through, albeit in a series of glimpses.
This with the exception of "Trail Of....."is a GREAT set.
Why does everyone put "Trail Of......"down?Well, since you ask(and even if you don't),I shall tell you!
In 1982(2 years after the death of Peter Sellers)for whatever strange and misguided reason,Blake Edwards decided to make another Pink Panther movie.Yes,I know his star was dead,but that didn't stop our Blake.He cobbled(literally) together old PP outakes,new scenes made to shoe horn in with the old,and flashbacks from old PP scenes.Sadly considering that Peter Sellers is not in many of them, and the ones he is in are not that funny (if they had been they would have been in the PP films they were made for).
The joins show too,the scenes sometimes fit very awkwardly together and those actors who WERE in the originals suddenly look older in the newly shot scenes.
Blake Edwards should hang his head in shame for the disrepect this does to the memory of Peter Sellers,if he intended it as a tribute(which is indicated as such at the start of the film) it's a strange way of expressing it.If he did it for the money then that is worse.
I would say buy the set,which is worth the money.Watch "Trail of........"
after the other films, just to see how a director can destroy a wonderful idea with a final self inflicted shot!
Lynne Frederick's(Peter's widow) sued Blake Edwards for $14.5 million,I don't know if she won,but she certainly deserved to.
Mind you Blake Edwards didn't learn,in 1983 he made"Curse of the Pink Panther"which didn't have Clouseau in it at all.... Read more ›
5 estrelas.
Deu para matar saudades, já não os via há "séculos".
Legendas pt - pt .
Was however able to return and got a complete set on the 2d try.
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