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prince_corum — 20 years ago(August 19, 2005 12:55 AM)
yes, you bet it's damn funny! The more you think of it the funnier it getsSellers is priceless as the inspector, as usual! As Dreyfus said: "Give me ten men like Clouseau and I could destroy the world."!
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martynfreak — 20 years ago(September 08, 2005 09:11 AM)
The best bits:
Clouseau ripping his trousers while getting out Maria's dossier (they repeated this in 'The Pink Panther Strikes Again')
Clouseau hearing a woman singing thinking she's being screams, charges in the room straight through the window on the other side of the room.
The bed lifting off the floor when the bom goes off.
Clouseau getting out the car on the wrong side and falling in the fountain.
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danrice56 — 19 years ago(November 05, 2006 08:39 PM)
Actually, Clousseu spinning the globe and sliding off it occurs in the first pink panther movie. In "A Shot in the Dark", he spins the globe and gets caught in the metal ring around the middle of the globe.
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Ultimate007 — 19 years ago(November 10, 2006 12:34 AM)
Actually, Clousseu spinning the globe and sliding off it occurs in the first pink panther movie. In "A Shot in the Dark", he spins the globe and gets caught in the metal ring around the middle of the globe.
right, he gets Africa all over his hand in this movie.
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mb1981 — 19 years ago(December 24, 2006 04:45 AM)
I can't believe that no one mentioned (in my opinion) the funniest part of the movie. When Clouseau gets Maria to go back to his apartment. Right when he is about to go to bed with her and well. I won't give it away. It is too funny! I laughed so hard I cried! I will give you a hint (Clouseau + Maria + Cato in Clouseau's apartment). Priceless scene.
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herjabram — 15 years ago(July 05, 2010 11:53 AM)
my funniest part is when Clouseau is in his office waiting for "the Gambrelli woman". He investigates several sounds in the hallway, you'll hear a suspense theme, and behind his back Hercule brings in Gambrelli in his office without him noticing it, and then he's rehearsing his conversation not knowing that she's already in the room; hilarious!
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starbase_74 — 20 years ago(October 15, 2005 02:44 AM)
I read a review of this in Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide and rented the DVD today. I like Peter Seller's and The Pink Panther, but this movie didn't make me laugh at all. Maybe it's the later Panther films I remember being funny, because I wouldn't recommend A Shot In The Dark to anyone; it's just not funny. The plot is thin. The jokes weak.
Maltin strikes out once again with his reviews (The Shawshank Redemption getting two and a half stars, indeed).
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raaesquire — 20 years ago(February 16, 2006 03:30 PM)
ive only seen a shot in the dark twice, but i enjoyed it alot. im thinking of getting the pink panther movies with peter sellers on dvd (except for trail of the pink panther, which has clips of sellers) because - how can you kill off inspector clouseau, bring him back in the curse of the pink panther and then have him completely dead in the dreadful son of the pink panther?! no, the first five films, the pink panther, a shot in the dark, the return of the pink panther (my personal favorite), the pink panther strikes again, and revenge of the pink panther are the absolute best. had edwards not tried to revive the franchise without sellers, this would have left an even bigger legacy on comedy.
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classicmoviecomedy — 20 years ago(February 25, 2006 10:39 AM)
It depends on what kind of humor you're looking for, I think. A SHOT IN THE DARK is not as fast-paced slapstick roughhouse style like the later PANTHER films (in my opinion), but it is better paced than the first film in the series, and gives Sellers much more opportunity to develop his Clouseau character, and to put him in to more interesting situations. It's my favorite of the series, but it is slightly different in tone than the later three with Sellers. Being based on a stage play, they opened it up enough so that it works really well as a film.
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TheRetroCritic — 20 years ago(March 01, 2006 07:16 AM)
Funny? No, it's not. It's bloody hilarious!
CLOUSEAU (out of the blue): What's that you said?
HERCULE: Nothing inspector.
CLOUSEAU: What do you want?
HERCULE: You sent for me.
CLOUSEAU (angry): Of course I sent for you!!!!
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