Who Provided the Singing Voice for Ainsley Jarvis in the Film the Pink Panther Strikes Again?
| The Pink Panther Strikes Again | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Blake Edwards |
| Screenplay past | Frank Waldman Blake Edwards |
| Produced past | Blake Edwards Tony Adams (Associate Producer) Animation: Richard Williams |
| Starring | Peter Sellers Herbert Lom Colin Blakely Leonard Rossiter Lesley-Anne Downwards |
| Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
| Edited by | Alan Jones |
| Music past | Henry Mancini |
| Production | Amjo Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Countries | Uk United states |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $vi 1000000 |
| Box office | $75 million[i] |
The Pink Panther Strikes Again is a 1976 one-act flick. The 5th flick in The Pink Panther serial, its plot picks up iii years after The Render of the Pink Panther, with sometime Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) about to be released from a psychiatric hospital after having finally been driven insane past new Master Inspector Jacques Clouseau's (Peter Sellers) unrelenting ineptitude in the previous films. A typically disastrous visit from Clouseau on the day of his release prompts a swift relapse which cancels Dreyfus's scheduled belch, but he soon escapes anyhow, and organizes an elaborate criminal plot to threaten the countries of the earth with annihilation by a massive laser weapon if they do not assassinate Clouseau for him.
Unused footage from the film was later on included in Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), later Sellers' death.
Plot [edit]
After three years in a psychiatric hospital, onetime Chief Inspector of the Sûreté Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), has recovered from his obsession to impale Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) and is about to be released; Clouseau, who has since replaced Dreyfus equally Chief Inspector, arrivies unannounced to speak on behalf of his former boss, and within minutes drives Dreyfus insane once again. Dreyfus later escapes from the hospital and once over again tries to kill Clouseau past planting a bomb while the Inspector (by periodic organisation) duels with his manservant Cato (Burt Kwouk). The bomb destroys Clouseau'due south apartment and injures Cato, but Clouseau himself is unharmed, being lifted from the room past an inflatable hunchback disguise. Deciding that a more than elaborate plan is needed to eliminate Clouseau, Dreyfus enlists an army of career criminals to his cause and kidnaps nuclear physicist Professor Hugo Fassbender (Richard Vernon) and the Professor's daughter Margo (Briony McRoberts), forcing the professor to build a "doomsday weapon" in return for his daughter'due south freedom.
Clouseau travels to the UK to investigate Fassbender's disappearance, where he wrecks their family home and ineptly interrogates Jarvis (Michael Robbins), Fassbender's cross-dressing butler. Although Jarvis is later killed past the kidnappers, to whom he had become a unsafe witness, Clouseau discovers a clue that leads him to the Oktoberfest in Munich, Westward Federal republic of germany. Meanwhile, Dreyfus, using Fassbender's invention, disintegrates the United Nations headquarters in New York City and blackmails the leaders of the globe, including the President of the United States and his Secretary of Country (based on Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger), into assassinating Clouseau. Nonetheless, many of the nations instruct their operatives to impale Clouseau to gain Dreyfus's favor and possibly the Doomsday Machine. As a result of their orders and Clouseau's obliviousness, all of the other assassins end upward killing one another until only the agents of Egypt and Russia remain.
The Egyptian assassin (Omar Sharif) shoots one of Dreyfus' assassins, mistaking him for Clouseau, but is seduced by the Russian operative Olga Bariosova (Lesley-Anne Down), who makes the same error. When the real Clouseau arrives, he is perplexed by Olga'south affections but learns from her Dreyfus's location at a castle in Bavaria. Dreyfus is elated at the erroneous study of Clouseau's demise, but suffers from a painful toothache and sends for a dentist; when Clouseau hears a dentist is needed at the castle, he disguises himself as an elderly German dentist and finally gains entry to the castle (his earlier attempts at sneaking in the castle had been repeatedly foiled by his general ineptitude and the castle's drawbridge). Unrecognized past Dreyfus, Clouseau ends upwards exhilarant both of them with nitrous oxide. When 'the dentist' mistakenly pulls the wrong tooth, Dreyfus immediately figures out it is Clouseau in disguise. Clouseau escapes, and a vengeful and now totally insane Dreyfus prepares to employ the motorcar to destroy England. Clouseau, eluding Dreyfus'south henchmen, unwittingly foils Dreyfus'south plans when a medieval catapult outside the castle launches him on top of the doomsday machine, causing it to malfunction and fire on Dreyfus and the castle itself. As the remaining henchmen, Fassbender and his daughter, and eventually Clouseau himself escape the dissolving castle, Dreyfus plays "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on the castle's pipe organ while he himself disintegrates, until he and the castle vanish.
Returning to Paris, Clouseau is finally reunited with Olga. Withal, their tryst is interrupted start past Clouseau's credible inability to remove his clothes, and then past Cato'south latest surprise attack, which causes all iii to be hurled into the river Seine when the reclining bed snaps back upright and crashes through the wall. Immediately thereafter, a drawing paradigm of Clouseau emerges from the h2o, which has been tinted pink, and begins pond, unaware that a gigantic version of the Pink Panther character is waiting below him with a precipitous-toothed, open up oral fissure (a reference to the then-recent flick Jaws, made further obvious past the thematic music). The film ends as the animated Clouseau chases the Pinkish Panther up the Seine every bit the credits roll.
Cast [edit]
- Peter Sellers as Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau
- Herbert Lom as Former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus
- Leonard Rossiter as Superintendent Quinlan
- Lesley-Anne Downwards every bit Olga Bariosova
- Colin Blakely every bit Inspector Alec Drummond
- Burt Kwouk as Cato Fong
- André Maranne every bit François
- Michael Robbins every bit Ainsley Jarvis
- Richard Vernon as Professor Hugo Fassbender
- Briony McRoberts as Margo Fassbender
- Dick Crockett as the President of the United states of america (Gerald Ford)
- Byron Kane as the United states of america Secretary of State (Henry Kissinger)
- Paul Maxwell equally CIA Director
- Gordon Rollings every bit Inmate
- Dudley Sutton as Inspector Mclaren
- John Clive every bit Chuck
- Damaris Hayman as Fiona
- Deep Roy as Diminutive Assassin
Cast notes [edit]
- Owing to Peter Sellers's centre condition, whenever possible he would have his stunt double Joe Dunne stand in for him. Because of the often physical nature of the comedy, this would occur quite frequently.
- Julie Andrews provided the singing vocalization for the female person-impersonator "Ainsley Jarvis".[2] The scene in the nightclub when Jarvis sings is in many ways similar to scenes in Edwards's later film Victor Victoria (1982), in which Andrews plays a adult female pretending to be a human who is a female impersonator.
- Graham Stark, a longtime friend of Sellers, once again made an appearance in the series, albeit in a small office every bit the desk clerk of a pocket-sized German hotel. Since his role as Hercule LaJoy in A Shot in the Dark, he has appeared in minor roles in every Pinkish Panther sequel except Inspector Clouseau, in which Sellers did not play Clouseau.
- Scenes featuring Harvey Korman as Professor Auguste Balls and Marne Maitland as Deputy Commissioner Lasorde were deleted from the motion-picture show, simply were afterward seen in full in Trail of the Pink Panther in 1982. Graham Stark would assume the office of Professor Balls in the next picture, Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978).
- Omar Sharif appeared, uncredited, every bit the Egyptian assassinator.
- Tom Jones sang the Oscar-nominated song "Come up to Me".
- The role of Olga Bariosova was originally played by Maud Adams, who was replaced after filming a few scenes. Blake Edwards then intended to cast Nicola Pagett afterward seeing her in Upstairs, Downstairs just instead ended up casting Pagett's castmate Lesley-Anne Down in the role.
- Though the character of the President of the United States (portrayed by Dick Crockett) is unnamed in the film, it is plain based on and then current US President Gerald Ford; Crockett bore more than a passing resemblance to the President and Ford's somewhat exaggerated reputation for clumsiness as depicted in the film was a national joke at the time. The President'southward unnamed somber Secretary of State (portrayed by Byron Kane) is obviously based on and then current Secretary Henry Kissinger.
- Blake Edwards made a cameo appearance in the background of the nightclub scene.
Product [edit]
The Pink Panther Strikes Once more was rushed into production owing to the success of The Return of the Pinkish Panther.[3] Blake Edwards had adapted one of ii scripts that he and Frank Waldman had written for a proposed "Pink Panther" Goggle box series as the basis for that picture show, and he adjusted the other as the starting point for Strikes Again. As a outcome, information technology is the only Pink Panther sequel which has a storyline (Dreyfus in the insane asylum) that explicitly follows from the previous moving picture. Oddly, the plot has nothing to practice with the famous "Pinkish Panther diamond" of previous films, merely comes off more than like a parody of James Bond movies.
The pic was in production from December 1975 to September 1976, with main photography taking place between February and June 1976.[iv] The strained relationship between Sellers and Blake Edwards had further deteriorated by the fourth dimension production of Strikes Again was underway. Sellers was ailing both mentally and physically, and Edwards later on commented on the actor'south mental country during production of the motion picture: "If you went to an asylum and you described the first inmate you saw, that's what Peter had become. He was certifiable."[three]
The original cut of the film ran for effectually 180 minutes, simply was drastically trimmed downwards to 103 minutes for theatrical release. Edwards originally conceived Strikes Once more every bit an epic, zany chase film, similar to Edwards' earlier The Great Race, merely UA vetoed this long version and the pic was edited down to a more conventional length. Some of the excised footage was later used in Trail of the Pinkish Panther. Strikes Over again was marketed with the tagline Why are the world's chief assassins after Inspector Clouseau? Why not? Everybody else is. Like its predecessor and subsequent sequel, the film was a box office success.
During the film'south title sequence, in that location are references to goggle box's Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Batman, also the films King Kong, The Audio of Music (which starred Blake Edwards's wife, Julie Andrews), Dracula A.D. 1972, Singin' in the Rain, Steamboat Beak, Jr. and Sweet Clemency, putting the Pinkish Panther graphic symbol and the animated persona of Inspector Clouseau into recognizable events from said movies. There is also a reference to Jaws in the catastrophe credits sequence. The scene in which Clouseau impersonates a dentist and the use of laughing gas and pulling the wrong tooth are clearly inspired by Bob Hope in The Paleface (1948).[v]
Richard Williams (later on of Roger Rabbit fame) supervised the animation of the opening and endmost sequences for the second and final fourth dimension; original animators DePatie-Freleng Enterprises would return on the next film, but with decidedly Williamesque influences.
Sellers was unhappy with the final cut of the flick and publicly criticized Blake Edwards for misusing his talents. Their tense relationship is noted in the next Pink Panther movie's opening credits (Revenge of the Pink Panther) listing it as a "Sellers-Edwards" product.
French comic volume writer René Goscinny of Asterix fame was reportedly trying to sue Blake Edwards for plagiarism at the time of his death in 1977 later on noticing strong similarities to a script titled "Le Maître du Monde" (The Master of the World) which he had sent Peter Sellers in 1975.[half dozen]
Reception [edit]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an blessing rating of 76% based on 21 reviews, with an boilerplate score of 7.20/ten.[seven]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film ii and a half stars out of four and wrote, "If I'1000 less than totally enthusiastic about The Pinkish Panther Strikes Again, mayhap it was because I've been over this basis with Clouseau many times earlier," stating that a time would have to come up "when inspiration gives way to habit, and I retrieve the Pinkish Panther series is just almost at that point. That's not to say this pic isn't funny—it has moments every bit skillful as anything Sellers and Edwards take ever washed—just that it's time for them to move on. They worked together once on the funniest pic either one has e'er done, The Party. Now information technology's time to endeavor something new once more."[8]
Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote that the characters of Clouseau and Dreyfus "were made for each other," and further stated, "I'm not sure why Mr. Sellers and Mr. Lom are such a hilarious team, though it may be considering each is a fine comic actor with a special talent for portraying the sort of all-consuming, ballsy self-absorption that makes slapstick farce initially acceptable—instead of alarming—and finally so funny." Canby also enjoyed Clouseau's French accent, and wrote, "Both Mr. Sellers and Mr. Edwards please in old gags, and role of the joy of The Pink Panther Strikes Once again is watching the way they spin out what is essentially a single routine".[9]
The film earned theatrical rentals of $nineteen.v meg in the U.s.a. and Canada[10] from a gross of $33.8 million.[11] Internationally, it earned rentals of $10.5 million for a worldwide full of $30 million.[10] By March 1978, the film had grossed $75 million worldwide and was hoping to earn some other $8 million by the terminate of the twelvemonth.[one]
Awards [edit]
- The screenwriters, Blake Edwards and Frank Waldman received a 1977 Writers Guild of America Award for "Best One-act Adapted from Another Medium". The motion-picture show also won a 1978 Evening Standard British Film Honor for "All-time One-act".
- "Come to Me", written past Henry Mancini (music) and Don Blackness (lyrics), received an Academy Award nomination for "Best Vocal" at the 49th Academy Awards.
- The moving-picture show was nominated for a 1977 Aureate Globe Award for "Best Motion Moving-picture show", and Peter Sellers was nominated for "Best Motion Picture Actor – Musical/Comedy".[12]
- American Film Plant Lists
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs – Nominated[13]
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Pic Quotes:
- "Does your dog seize with teeth?" – Nominated[14]
References [edit]
- ^ a b "New 'Pinkish Panther,' Ready For July Bow, Tops $vii-Mil in Bullheaded Bids". Multifariousness. 22 March 1978. p. 39.
- ^ Allmovie Cast
- ^ a b Thames, Stephanie "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" (TCM article)
- ^ IMDB Business Information
- ^ Starks, Michael (Oct 1982). Cocaine fiends and Reefer madness: an illustrated history of drugs in the movies. Cornwall Books. p. 190. ISBN978-0-8453-4504-7.
- ^ (in French) Pascal Ory, Goscinny (1926–wall): la Liberté d'en rire, Paris: Perrin, 2007, ISBN 978-2-262-02506-nine, p. 221.
- ^ The Pink Panther Strikes Over again, Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved 19 March 2022
- ^ Ebert, Roger (20 December 1976). "The Pink Panther Strikes Once more Review (1976)". Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (16 December 1976). "Pink Panther Team Unflappable In Fourth Loftier-Spirited Antic". The New York Times . Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ a b "UA Picture Rental Highlights of 1977". Variety. 11 January 1978. p. 3.
- ^ "The Pinkish Panther Strikes Again, Box Role Data". Box Part Mojo. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ IMDB Awards
- ^ AFI'south 100 Years...100 Laughs Nominees
- ^ AFI'southward 100 Years...100 Picture Quotes Nominees
External links [edit]
- The Pink Panther Strikes Once again at IMDb
- The Pinkish Panther Strikes Again at the TCM Moving-picture show Database
- The Pinkish Panther Strikes Again at AllMovie
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again at the American Motion picture Institute Catalog
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pink_Panther_Strikes_Again
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