Now, we know that Clouseau is missing, but is he dead? Clifton Sleigh, an equally incompetent police officer assigned to find the missing Inspector Clouseau. The lawsuit was eventually settled out of court in 1988, around the time Edwards came up with one final film idea that would ultimately become the unofficial series finale. When Gardner dropped out, so did Ustinov, so the role of Clouseau went to Sellers. Final theatrical movie of David Niven (Sir Charles Litton) and Harold Kasket (President Sandover Haleesh). Francois Duval. "no,that's sleigh as in one horse open. However, it's not the same. Sir Roger Moore was a close neighbour of David Niven at the time of filming as both lived as tax exiles in Switzerland and had known each other for a number of years. Lead actors Ted Wass and Roberto Benigni from this film and Son of the Pink Panther (1993) respectively were both born on October 27th, 1952. Of course the ghost of Peter Sellers lives on and he was sorely missed. According to show-business trade paper "Variety", this movie "lensed simultaneously with Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)". All rights reserved. The film was one of two produced concurrently following the death of the series' star, Peter Sellers. Before Peter Sellers' untimely death, two drafts had been written for "Romance of the Pink Panther". Curse of the Pink Panther 1983 Overview Synopsis Credits Photos & Videos Film Details Articles & Reviews Notes Brief Synopsis The world's worst detective investigates the disappearance of Inspector Clouseau. Curse, sadly, proved to be Niven's final film. Dreyfus and his long-suffering assistant, Sergeant Franois Durval (Andr Maranne), soon find that the sabotage has worked a bit too well: while slightly more intelligent and capable, Sleigh is just as clumsy as Clouseau. This movie began production immediately after principal photography on Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) wrapped. Once again, regular Panther co-stars return Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, and Graham Stark, and a star of the original 1963 film, Claudia Cardinale. Curse of the Pink Panther is a 1983 crime/comedy film and the eighth installment in The Pink Panther franchise, once again directed by Blake Edwards.This film is the first in the franchise not to star Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau, who had gone missing in the film prior to this one.Instead, the spotlight is given to up-and-coming actor Ted Wass (chosen from his role as Danny . This Pink Panther movie was not the first to not feature Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau. Moore took the name in tribute to his friend Bryan Forbes, an actor turned director who used the name Turk Thrust when he made a cameo in the 1964 Clouseau film A Shot in the Dark. Watch it if you must, but you'll be reminded of how Peter Sellers will be missed. The rear windshield changes a couple times in damage during the car chase. Actually, it wasn't as bad as expected, but though the slapstick scenes are good, the rest of the movie is blah. Clifton Sleigh, portrayed by Ted Wass. Once again, you'd be wrong. Curse of the Pink Panther COMEDY Inspector Clouseau is missing and the Pink Panther (David Niven) is hot on his trail in this wildly funny laugh-fest that offers plenty of slapstick humor and a myriad of stars including Joanna Lumley, Herbert Lom and Robert Wagner. They tried to fill the void left by Sellers with old footage, in "Trail of the Pink Panther." It was Niven's final film performance and, due to his failing health, his voice was dubbed by impressionist Rich Little. The role was then modified to include elements of slapstick. The credits roll shortly afterwards. When Peter Sellers died, you'd have thought they'd have let the 'Pink Panther' series die with him. Martin reprises his role, but John Cleese replaces Kevin Kline as Chief Inspector Dreyfus. Unlike most previous films, this film will not be focused on Inspector Clouseau, but instead on the titular cartoon character himself. See production, box office & company info. They went ahead with a television movie in 1989, The New Pink Panther. In 2014, MGM announced (see above) that it was planning an animation / live-action hybrid film reboot of the franchise,[32] to be directed by David Silverman and produced by Walter Mirisch and Julie Andrews. O.K. The Pink Panther (1963), the original film of the series, centered on the Phantom/Sir Charles Lytton, portrayed by David Niven. Blake Edwards may have created Inspector Clouseau but to audiences there was only one actor for the Pink Panther series. Curse of the Pink Panther Countries Produced United Kingdom Duration 110 minutes Year of Release 1983 Product Tags Blu-ray Format Blu-ray Program Type Movie Sound Features Digital Theater Systems (akin to 5.1) Screen Format Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV Aspect Ratio 2.35:1 Subtitles English Studio KL Studio Classics Other Product Name Anxious to hear from his nemesis again, Dreyfus makes a deal with a criminal by promising him early parole . Chief Insp. And besides David Niven and Capucine, it was nice to see Robert Wagner also show up as Niven's nephew George Lytton who's also from The original Pink Panther. Sellers' role is created by using scenes cut from Strikes Again, as well as flashbacks from the previous Pink Panther films. He also appears in "Curse of the Pink Panther". 1983's Curse of the Pink Panther is the first to feature a different lead character, blundering American detective Sgt. Curse of the Pink Panther is a 1983 comedy film and a continuation of The Pink Panther series of films created by Blake Edwards in the early 1960s. John Ritter and John Cleese were also considered for the role. This was David Niven's final film appearance, and he died two weeks before its release. Terms and Policies Filmed right after Trail of the Pink Panther, Curse of the Pink Panther continues the storyline of finding both Chief Inspector Clouseau and the Pink Panther diamond. We wont be able to verify your ticket today, but its great to know for the future. Rossi then tried to sell the diamond to Countess Chandra who instead killed him (shown in the pre-credits sequence) when trying to kill Clouseau who arrived at Chandra's house to retrieve the diamond. The name "the Pink Panther" became attached to Inspector Clouseau in much the same way that Frankenstein has been used in film titles to refer to Dr. Frankenstein's creation, or The Thin Man was used in a series of detective films. Enter Sergeant Clifton Sleigh (Ted Wass) of the New York Police Department, a walking disaster area that his commanding officer is overjoyed to pack off to Paris. Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". The original tagline on posters was 'He's been bombed, blasted and plugged in the parachute Is this any way to welcome the World's Greatest Detective?'. Thus was created "Curse of the Pink Panther." Ted Wass plays the newcomer, an amazingly inept New York cop named Clifton Sleigh, who is chosen to investigate Clouseau's disappearance. He is told to use the Interpol computer, a fictional Aldous Huxley 600 named "Huxley" to find the world's greatest detective, but instead sabotages the machine to select the worst. A new arrangement for "The Pink Panther Theme" (similar to the theme from Revenge of the Pink Panther) with heavy synthesizers is present, to align the theme with '80s music trends. Geoffrey Edwards: The film's co-writer as the voice of Aldous the supercomputer. The original tagline on posters was 'He's been bombed, blasted and plugged in the parachute Is this any way to welcome the World's Greatest Detective?'. Trail was a disappointment at the box office. Title sequence from Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), directed by Geoffrey Edwards Help me make more videos: https://www.patreon.com/MovieTitles The History of The Pink Panther Films Hats. Clouseau's boss and nemesis Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) is directed to use a supercomputer to find the world's greatest detective to find France's greatest detective. In Son of the Pink Panther (1993), Blake Edwards made one final attempt to revive the Pink Panther series, this time by casting Italian actor Roberto Benigni as Gendarme Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son by Maria Gambrelli, the murder suspect from A Shot in the Dark (1964). I wanted to like this entry in the Pink Panther series but I didn't care for it as much. Films: 2 George Lytton is a Sir Charles Lytton's crooked young nephew and an antagonist in the first film. George joins his . Forbes was actually billed as "Turk Thrust" in A Shot in the Dark (1964), in which he played an attendant at a nudist camp. Now, one year later, the French President has decided to invite the world's greatest detective to find Clouseau, and orders Dreyfus to use Aldous, an advanced computer . This may not have been that bad a decision, but they also decided to have it feature Sellers as Clouseau!!! Just confirm how you got your ticket. As it transpires, the Pink Panther was stolen by Gino Rossi (Christopher Reich) who bore a little physical resemblance to Clouseau. The film was shot simultaneously with the linking footage for Trail of the Pink Panther. Additionally, David Niven plays Sir James Bond in Casino Royale, making this film feature in some form three actors to have played James Bond. Sir Roger Moore's scenes were filmed all in one day outside London at the same time Octopussy (1983) was filmed. The plot of the first film is based on the theft of this diamond. New to the cast is Robert Loggia, who plays European mob boss Bruno Langois in both Trail and Curse, and Roger Moore, who took a day off from shooting the James Bond film Octopussy (1983) to take a memorable cameo role under the name "Turk Thrust II." In her autobiography, Joanna Lumley discusses how the scene with Moore and Wass in her chalet was shot in one take with no rehearsals. Ted Wass plays the newcomer, an amazingly inept New York cop named Clifton Sleigh, who is chosen to investigate Clouseau's disappearance. Edwards suggested Rowan Atkinson for the role, but the studio rejected the choice as he was unknown outside of Britain at the time. Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) Full MOVIE Tipi Trax Follow movie full http://movie.movieplay.website/play.php?movie=0085384 Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. Having no such intentions, Dreyfus ingeniously hires the world's worst detective, the New York Police Department's not-so-finest Clifton Sleigh (Wass), to ensure that Clouseau is never located. The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. Peter Sellers had died before the last two films of the series were made, and while The Trail of the Pink Panther used leftover footage from previous movies, this second to last installment didn't use his image at all. [35] Two drafts of the screenplay were written before Sellers' death, each with different endings. Niven looks tired in his final role and the rest of the cast looks bored, with a feeling that they've been down this road way too many times. Inspector Clouseau was only a secondary character as Litton's incompetent antagonist and provided slapstick to an otherwise subtle, lighthearted caper film, a somewhat jarring contrast of styles which is typical of Edwards's films. Stay up-to-date on all the latest Rotten Tomatoes news! The film star that Sleigh met was in fact Clouseau who had undergone very extensive plastic surgery. Edwards' co-producer, Tony Adams planned to produce one Panther film every three years in order to finance smaller projects, depending on how the movie would perform. The film was one of two produced concurrently following the death of the series' star Peter Sellers. Curse of the Pink Panther stream Curse of the Pink Panther online for free | Watch online movies through best free 1080p HD videos on desktop, laptop, notebook, tablet, iPhone, iPad, Mac Pro and more. Having said that, I was very amused when he ended up looking like Roger Moore and how perfect was he when he did the Clouseau voice! When Sellers passed away, the project was cancelled. I am smoking on zhe wrong end, because I have a very good reason. Gary Nelson directed Charlie Schlatter as a nice-guy television reporter investigating an arsonist, and who teams up with the cartoon Panther (who talks) to solve crimes. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. "Blake Edwards says that if Clouseau is Charlie Chaplin, then Sleigh is Harold Lloyd," explained Wass in a quote featured in the film publicity materials. For the animated character, see. The matter was settled out of court. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. Tap "Sign me up" below to receive our weekly newsletter By creating an account, you agree to the As he sets about his inquiry, Sleigh becomes the target of many people who would rather he did not find Clouseau. show 'Soap'. mutters Clouseau, knowing only too well who is responsible for the theft. Jacques Clouseau: Yes, my darling? Ted Wass was cast on the strength of his comic performance in the TV series Soap (1977). I know that most people see "Curse of the Pink Panther" as being a pretty weak film. Stream Curse of the Pink Panther, watch trailers, see the cast, and more at TV Guide This was David Niven's and Sir Roger Moore's fourth collaboration. Many critics, including Leonard Maltin, regard A Shot in the Dark as the best film in the series. While this is not quite the train wreck that TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER was, it's still a pretty weak entry in the PANTHER series. Crime. It's a weak entry in the film. Alan Arkin played the French detective in Inspector Clouseau (1968). [5] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 31 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[6]. Moreno; Al Avalon as Man who picks up Kelly This movie was intended to spin-off the character of Clifton Sleigh as the next Inspector Clouseau in a series of new Pink Panther movies, but it never took off. 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