The Pink Panther (1963 film)

The Pink Panther (English: The Pink Panther) is a directed by Blake Edwards in 1963 turned feature film from the genre of the detective comedy, followed by a number of other a Pink Panther movies and beyond, also an eponymous cartoon series. The film opened on December 19, 1963 in the German cinemas nationwide.

Content

The focus of this film is an unusually large diamond, the pink because of its luster and a small shadow in the middle that resembles a leaping panther, which is called " Pink Panther ", as well as an English master thief called " The Phantom ", behind the the British aristocrat Sir Charles Lytton is hidden.

At the beginning of the story, the characters are first introduced. First, the phantom that steals by master jewelry and jewelry and always manages to escape the police. Then the nephew of Sir Charles, George Lytton, opposite his uncle pretended to study in the U.S., but in reality also a crook, like his uncle. There is still the wife of Inspector Clouseau, Simone, who is the ally and lover of the phantom in reality. Finally, the inspector Jacques Clouseau goofy, who has made it his life's work to make the Phantom finally nailed down.

The protagonists meet in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d' Ampezzo each other. The Princess of Lugasch, Dala, spends her winter vacation. Sir Charles is on site in order to seize the opportunity to steal the diamonds. Inspector Clouseau is present in the company of his wife, to possibly catch the phantom. Also, the nephew of Sir Charles travels to being able to mix.

Sir Charles staged a kidnapping of the dog by Princess Dala, to win by the heroic pursuit of the offender 's trust of the princess. Means feigning an injured leg goes that plan then also. He even manages to make the otherwise abstinent Princess drunk. He falls in love with the princess. His lover Simone gets it and sees its relationship with Sir Charles disturbed.

After some setbacks, by investigations into the rental car, which came into use in the dog - kidnapping, be found that the accomplice is in the service of Sir Charles Lytton, and thus can only be this the phantom. However, this may flee at the last second.

Finally, a new opportunity, is preserved as the diamond in a sovereign villa in Rome. During a costume festival when even Inspector Clouseau, including police force in disguise is present, Sir Charles Lytton and George make (coincidentally the same gorilla costume) is trying to steal the diamond. When they finally opened the vault, but the diamond is gone.

After a wild chase both Lytton be arrested and await trial. Simone Clouseau wants to help her lover out of awkward situation and turns with the truth to Princess Dala. She also knows that the princess has even stolen the diamond, on the one hand to collect the insurance of a half million dollars and the other to preserve the diamond before a possible return to the people of Lugasch. ( The diamond was once presented to the king by the people who gave him his daughter. According to abolish the monarchy, the people demanded back the diamond. )

Princess Dala agrees. And so the precious stone Inspector Clouseau is palmed. The Lytton are all freely - and Clouseau is suspected to be the Phantom, was arrested.

Criticism

" The sparkling, elegant staged crime caper was not least famous for its cartoon titles leader, later a TV animated series in Germany from the: ., Pink Panther ' emerged '

"(...) With a playful Peter Sellers, the caricature of a detective (...). ( Rating: 3 of 4 stars - very good) "

Awards

  • Henry Mancini was in 1965 in the category Best Music, Score - Substantially Original nominated for an Oscar.
  • 1988, the film won an ASCAP Award for Most Performed Feature Film Standards.
  • Peter Sellers was nominated as best actor in a comedy for a Golden Globe, as well as the best British actor for the BAFTA Awards.
  • The film reached the 2nd place at the Laurel Award for Best Comedy.
  • The Music of Henry Mancini was nominated for a Grammy.
  • The soundtrack by Henry Mancini was elected to the issued by the American Film Institute's " list of the top 25 film scores from 100 years " at No. 20.
  • 2010 The Pink Panther as a " particularly worthy of preservation American film " in the National Film Registry was recorded.

Background

  • The opening credits of the film led to the famous cartoon series about the Pink Panther, in Germany called " Pink Panther ".
  • The character of Inspector Clouseau was originally only a well-developed supporting role, but met with a public that such resonance that Blake Edwards decided to demand of Peter Sellers to dedicate this quirky and clumsy inspector other films. To this end, Edwards wrote to the script for " A Shot in the Dark " to a Clouseau film and later developed more screenplays - after the death of Peter Sellers also sequels that worked only with excerpts and outtakes earlier films.
  • Originally, the role of Inspector Clouseau Peter Ustinov was provided, which canceled shortly before filming began. Then was offered the role of the hitherto internationally unknown Peter Sellers, who agreed for a fee of 90,000 British pounds.
  • The role of Inspector Clouseau marked the international breakthrough for Peter Sellers.
  • Became famous for the theme song The Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini composed and recorded with his orchestra. The saxophone solo was blown by Plas Johnson.
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