The Pink Panther (1963)

Regisseur:

Blake Edwards

Drehbuchautoren:

Maurice Richlin (screenplay) and
Blake Edwards (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

20. März 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Krimi | Romanze

Werbezeile:

You only live once... so see the Pink Panther twice!!!

Plot:

In the first movie starring Peter Sellers as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau, he tries to catch a jewel thief who is right under his nose.

Plot Keywords:

Animated Title Sequence | Policeman | Slapstick | Bodyguard | Police

Filmpreise:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Warning: This Isn't The Typical Wacky Pink Panther Film

Besetzung

David Niven	...	Sir Charles Lytton
Peter Sellers	...	Insp. Jacques Clouseau
Robert Wagner	...	George Lytton
Capucine	...	Simone Clouseau
Brenda De Banzie	...	Angela Dunning (as Brenda de Banzie)
Colin Gordon	...	Tucker
John Le Mesurier	...	Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)
James Lanphier	...	Saloud
Guy Thomajan	...	Artoff
Michael Trubshawe	...	Felix Townes
Riccardo Billi	...	Aristotle Sarajos
Meri Welles	...	Monica Fawn (as Meri Wells)
Martin Miller	...	Pierre Luigi
Fran Jeffries	...	Greek 'cousin'
Claudia Cardinale	...	Princess Dala

Alternativ:

Rosarote Panther, Der (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

115 Min

Produktionsland:

UK | USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Italienisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.20 : 1

Tonverfahren:

4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | France:U | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:AL | Norway:12 (re-rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | USA:Unrated | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG

Drehorte:

Cortina d'Ampezzo, Belluno, Veneto, Italy

Firma:

Geoffrey Productions Inc.

Dies und das:

The role of Simone Clouseau was offered to Ava Gardner and Janet Leigh before Capucine got the part. In her autobiography, Leigh states she turned it down because she had recently gotten married to her fourth husband Robert Brandt and didn't want to go off on location and away from her new husband for the duration of filming. Ava Gardner accepted the role but both her salary and personal demands were deemed unacceptable to the producers.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: In one of the bedroom scenes, the Inspector places his robe on a chair next to the bed. In the next shot the robe is gone and returns again the following shot.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Gem dealer 1: As in every stone of this size, there is a flaw.
Sultan: A flaw?
Gem dealer 2: The slightest flaw, your excellency.
Gem dealer 1: If you look deep into the stone, you will perceive the tiniest discoloration. It resembles an animal.
Sultan: An animal?
Gem dealer 1: A little panther.
Sultan: Yes! A pink panther. Come here, Dala. A gift to your father from his grateful people. Some day it will be yours. The most fabulous diamond in all the world. Come closer.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Montiert/geschnitten zu Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)

Soundtrack:

It Had Better Be Tonight

Warning: This Isn't The Typical Wacky Pink Panther Film

The first half of this movie was terribly disappointing - a real bomb (in the old sense of the word). I say that AFTER I had seen all the others in the theater and then acquired the DVD set of Pink Panther films a couple of years ago. I couldn't wait to re-visit some of these "classics."

Well, this first movie stunned me in that you could hardly call it a comedy. That first hour was so slow, so annoying with unlikeable characters that I almost stopped the disc at that point. However, it picks up after an hour and gets better and better.

The traffic scene where the old man comes out, stands in the road and stoically watches cars driven by apes and others whiz by, is a classic - one of the funniest scenes I've ever witnessed on screen. Most of the comedy, as usual, was provided by Peter Sellers but his Clouseau really didn't start clicking until the next few movies.

If you think this is the normal riotous "Inspector Clouseau," you will be sorely disappointed. David Niven, Capuncine and Claudia Cardinale dominate the movie, not Sellers, and those first three give very dated performances.