{"id":32736,"date":"2013-11-15T12:08:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T19:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=32736"},"modified":"2022-07-25T13:39:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T20:39:54","slug":"pink-panther-the-1963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=32736","title":{"rendered":"Pink Panther, The (1963)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure no one ever had a husband like you.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Poster-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-55638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Poster-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Poster-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Poster-180x270.png 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Poster.png 737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA British playboy (David Niven) and his nephew (Robert Wagner) separately attempt to steal a valuable jewel from a princess (Claudia Cardinale) while bumbling police inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) &#8212; whose wife (Capucine) is having an affair with Niven &#8212; tries to determine the identity of a notorious jewel thief known as &#8220;The Phantom&#8221; (Niven).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blake Edwards Films<\/li>\n<li>Capucine Films<\/li>\n<li>Claudia Cardinale Films<\/li>\n<li>Comedies<\/li>\n<li>David Niven Films<\/li>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Peter Sellers Films<\/li>\n<li>Robert Wagner Films<\/li>\n<li>Thieves and Criminals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary accurately notes that this &#8220;overrated Blake Edwards comedy at least gave Peter Sellers his first chance to play bumbling Inspector Closeau&#8221;, and that &#8220;Sellers completely steals the film from the other stars, including topbilled David Niven&#8221;. He points out that beautiful Capucine (whose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/92626\/FRENCH-ACTRESS-CAPUCINE-LEAPS-TO-HER-DEATH.html\">personal life was quite tragic<\/a>) is &#8220;surprisingly good doing physical comedy with Sellers&#8221;; indeed, the &#8220;abundance of sight gags&#8221; &#8212; primarily between these two characters &#8212; are what stand out most in one&#8217;s memory. Unfortunately, the &#8220;film drags badly when Clouseau isn&#8217;t on the screen&#8221;, with the forgettable storyline seemingly designed as an excuse merely for audience members to drool at the lifestyles of the rich and famous. Of note are Henry Mancini&#8217;s beloved score, and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DePatie-Freleng_Enterprises\">DePatie-Freleng<\/a>&#8216;s animated opening credits &#8212; but this one really can be skipped.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau and Capucine as his deceptive wife<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Sellers-Capucine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Sellers-Capucine.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"528\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Sellers-Capucine.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Sellers-Capucine-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Sellers-Capucine-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The clever animated opening credits<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Opening-Credits.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Opening-Credits.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"528\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Opening-Credits.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Opening-Credits-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pink-Panther-Opening-Credits-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Henry Mancini&#8217;s score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; stick with <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=32730\"><em>A Shot in the Dark<\/em> (1964)<\/a> if you&#8217;d like to see a reasonably worthy entry in the series. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0057413\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?res=EE05E7DF173BE473BC4C51DFB266838F679EDE\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/36342\/pink-panther\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/19551\/the-pink-panther#articles-reviews?articleId=960951\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/the-pink-panther\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure no one ever had a husband like you.&#8221; Synopsis: A British playboy (David Niven) and his nephew (Robert Wagner) separately attempt to steal a valuable jewel from a princess (Claudia Cardinale) while bumbling police inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) &#8212; whose wife (Capucine) is having an affair with Niven &#8212; tries to determine the identity of a notorious jewel thief known as &#8220;The Phantom&#8221; (Niven). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Blake Edwards Films Capucine Films Claudia Cardinale Films&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=32736\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32736"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85760,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32736\/revisions\/85760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}