Clousseau, yes,
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kevin-bergin — 9 years ago(May 18, 2016 11:59 AM)
Clousseau, yes,
but
no diamond thieves, no theme song and no animated insulation spokes-cartoon.
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moondawg_32304 — 9 years ago(June 04, 2016 02:26 PM)
If that's your opinion far be it to convince you otherwise. It also has Cato, Dreyfuss, and other trademarks. Literally, it is not a PP movie. Would it be right to exclude it from the collection however? It would be a shame for someone not to see it because it was not identical to the others. It became a Clouseau movie after Edwards came in and reworked it after production started.
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crood — 9 years ago(July 11, 2016 12:21 PM)
Technically, no, but then I think they often tried to hard to fit the diamond into the plots. Revenge didn't have the diamond either. However, from a formula standpoint it's far closer to the others than the original.
This is where most of Clouseau's more outlandish characteristics were established. Also, the supporting characters debuted here. In a lot of ways, it's the real first movie in the series since the Clousau of the original wasn't the star and was a far more generic character. -
SealedCargo — 5 years ago(August 08, 2020 09:35 AM)
the pink panther name sticking to Sellers was accidental. the first movie was a vehicle for David Niven with Sellers as a kind of co-star's co-star. but since the entire movie was stolen by him, The Pink Panther name was attributed to Sellers because it had a nice ring to it: The Pink Panther flows off the tongue. The latter movies except for Return didn't involve the diamond.
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