"The first film in the series had an animated opening sequence, created by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, featuring The Pink Panther Theme by Mancini, as well as the Pink Panther character. This character, designed by Hawley Pratt and Friz Freleng, was subsequently the subject of his own series of animated cartoons which gained its highest profile when aired on Saturday mornings as ""The Pink Panther Show."" The character would be featured in the opening of every film in the movie series except ""A Shot in the Dark"" and ""Inspector Clouseau"". Although the original film was actually centred on the Phantom/Sir Charles Lytton,"
"The Pink Panther The Pink Panther is a British-American media franchise primarily focusing on a series of comedy-mystery films featuring an inept French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. The franchise began with the release of the classic ""Pink Panther"" film in 1963. The role of Clouseau was originated by and is most closely associated with Peter Sellers. Most of the films were written and directed by Blake Edwards, with theme music composed by Henry Mancini. Elements and characters inspired by the films were adapted into other media, including books, comic books and animated series. The first film in the series"
"The Pink Panther (1963 film) The Pink Panther is a 1963 American comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and co-written by Edwards and Maurice Richlin, starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine and Claudia Cardinale. The film introduced the cartoon character of the same name, in an opening credits sequence animated by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. The film was selected in 2010 to be preserved by the Library of Congress as part of its National Film Registry, being deemed ""culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant."" As a child in Lugash, Princess Dala receives a gift from her father, the Maharajah: the ""Pink"
"not as successful as the first. More than two decades later, Ted Wass would direct co-star Robert Wagner in episodes of ""Two and a Half Men"". Curse of the Pink Panther Curse of the Pink Panther is a 1983 British comedy film and a continuation of ""The Pink Panther"" series of films started by Blake Edwards in the early 1960s. The film was one of two produced concurrently following the death of the series' star Peter Sellers. Whereas the previous film ""Trail of the Pink Panther"" made use of unused footage of Sellers as Inspector Clouseau, ""Curse"" attempted to relaunch"
"the Pink Panther"" (1978), once again as Chief Inspector. French comic book writer René Goscinny of Asterix fame was reportedly trying to sue Blake Edwards for plagiarism at the time of his death in 1977 after noticing strong similarities to a script titled ""Le Maître du Monde"" (The Master of the World) which he had sent Peter Sellers in 1975. Roger Ebert of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" gave the film two and a half stars out of four and wrote, ""If I'm less than totally enthusiastic about ""The Pink Panther Strikes Again"", maybe it was because I've been over this ground"
"was released in February 2006 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and was co-produced with Columbia Pictures. It is set in the present day and introduces different main characters, therefore belonging to a different continuity. Martin also stars in the sequel, ""The Pink Panther 2,"" released in 2009. On March 31, 2014, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced plans to develop a new live-action/animated ""Pink Panther"" film, which it said would be directed by David Silverman and produced by Walter Mirisch and Julie Andrews (who, in addition to her career accomplishments, is Blake Edwards' widow). This film would not focus on Inspector Clouseau, but it will instead focus"
"the Pink Panther"". The opening credits were again animated by Richard Williams. After the success of ""The Pink Panther Strikes Again"", Edwards and Sellers reunited for their final film, ""Revenge of the Pink Panther"", which ignores Dreyfus's ""death"" in the previous film (and his attempt to blackmail the world) and has Clouseau investigating a plot to kill him after a transvestite criminal is killed in his place. The movie was a box office success and led to several more films after Sellers died in 1980; biographies of Sellers such as ""Peter Sellers—A Celebration"" reveal that he was involved in the"
"later adopted by the animated spin-off series, ""The Inspector."" Although official, the live-action film ""Inspector Clouseau"" (1968) starring Alan Arkin, is generally not considered by fans to be part of the series canon, since it involved neither Sellers nor Edwards. Some elements of Arkin's performance and costuming, however, were retained when Peter Sellers resumed the role of Clouseau for ""Return"" in 1975. Despite speculation, Alan Arkin does not appear in ""Trail of the Pink Panther."" The film that launched the second Pink Panther series, ""The Pink Panther,"" starring Martin as Clouseau, directed by Shawn Levy and produced by Robert Simonds,"
"his plan to steal the Pink Panther. Inspector Clouseau was only a secondary character as Litton's incompetent antagonist and provided slapstick comic relief to an otherwise subtle, lighthearted caper film, a somewhat jarring contrast of styles which is typical of Edwards's films. The popularity of Clouseau caused him to become the main character in subsequent Pink Panther films, which were more straightforward slapstick comedies. Mancini's theme, with variations in arrangement, is used at the start of all but the first two of the subsequent films. Mancini's other themes for the first film include an Italian-language set-piece called """"Meglio stasera,"""" whose"
"The Pink Panther 2 The Pink Panther 2 is a 2009 American action comedy film directed by Harald Zwart. It is the eleventh installment in The Pink Panther film series and the sequel to the 2006 film ""The Pink Panther"", a reboot of the popular comedy series. The film was released on February 6, 2009 in North America. In the film, Inspector Clouseau must team up with detectives from other countries to rout a daring burglar, The Tornado, who has returned after a decade of inactivity. Steve Martin, who reprised the role of Clouseau, originated by Peter Sellers, polished the"
"Niven and Capucine reprise their original roles from the first Pink Panther film. ""Trail"" was a critical and commercial failure. Inspector Clouseau and the Pink Panther diamond, both of which had gone missing in ""Trail,"" are pursued by a bungling American detective, Sgt. Clifton Sleigh (Ted Wass). Clouseau returns, after having plastic surgery to disguise his identity, in a cameo played by Roger Moore (who is credited as Turk Thrust II). Although intended to spawn a new series of misadventures for Sergeant Sleigh, the film's dismal box-office performance and critical drubbing led to a decade-long hiatus of the series. Blake"
"Curse of the Pink Panther Curse of the Pink Panther is a 1983 British comedy film and a continuation of ""The Pink Panther"" series of films started by Blake Edwards in the early 1960s. The film was one of two produced concurrently following the death of the series' star Peter Sellers. Whereas the previous film ""Trail of the Pink Panther"" made use of unused footage of Sellers as Inspector Clouseau, ""Curse"" attempted to relaunch the series with a new lead, Ted Wass, as bumbling American detective Clifton Sleigh, assigned to find the missing Inspector Clouseau. The film features a cameo"
"""Revenge of the Pink Panther"" (1978). (1968's ""Inspector Clouseau"", the third film in the series, was made without the involvement of Edwards or Sellers.) The films were all highly profitable: ""The Return of the Pink Panther"", for example, cost just $2.5 million to make but grossed $100 million, while ""The Pink Panther Strikes Again"", did even better. After Sellers' death in 1980, Edwards directed three further ""Pink Panther"" films. ""Trail of the Pink Panther"" (1982) consisted of unused material of Sellers from ""The Pink Panther Strikes Again"" as well as previously-seen material from the earlier films. ""Curse of the Pink"
"original Pink Panther franchise. They originally declined the job offer from Sony but ended up accepting it and writing the script after their managers stressed how ""important [it was] to get a movie made"". Both ""500 Days of Summer"" and ""The Pink Panther 2"" were released in 2009; although ""The Pink Panther 2"" was panned by reviewers, ""500 Days of Summer"" was well received by critics and audiences alike, and it was Fox Searchlight's highest grossing film of the year. The latter also received numerous awards and accolades, including an Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay and a Writers Guild"
"""Return."") The plot of the first film is based on the theft of this diamond. The diamond reappears in several later films in the series, ""The Return of the Pink Panther,"" ""Trail of the Pink Panther,"" and ""Curse of the Pink Panther."" It also appears in the revival of the Inspector Clouseau character in the much later Steve Martin films ""The Pink Panther"" (2006), and its sequel ""The Pink Panther 2"" (2009). 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"
"in ""The Paleface"" (1948). Richard Williams (later of ""Roger Rabbit"" fame) supervised the animation of the opening and closing sequences for the second and final time; original animators DePatie-Freleng Enterprises would return on the next film, but with decidedly Williamesque influences. Sellers was unhappy with the final version of the film and publicly criticized Blake Edwards for misusing his talents. Their strained relationship is noted in the next Pink Panther movie's opening credits (""Revenge of the Pink Panther"") listing it as a ""Sellers-Edwards"" production. Despite apparently ""dying"" in this film (and committing several major crimes), Dreyfus returns in ""Revenge of"
"Return to Never Land Return to Never Land (also known as Peter Pan 2 or Peter Pan in Return to Never Land) is a 2002 American animated fantasy-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, and released by Walt Disney Pictures and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures. The film is a sequel to Walt Disney Feature Animation 1953 film ""Peter Pan"", It is based on J. M. Barrie's novel ""Peter and Wendy"", and had a worldwide gross of $109 million. The film follows Wendy's daughter who refuses to believe in her mother's story during the Blitz in London, only to"
"Revenge of the Pink Panther Revenge of the Pink Panther is a 1978 British comedy film. It is the sixth film in ""The Pink Panther"" comedy film series. Released in 1978, it is the final on-set performance released during the lifetime of Peter Sellers, who died in 1980. It is also the last entry to be distributed solely by United Artists, which was purchased by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1981. The opening credits are animated by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. Philippe Douvier (Robert Webber), a major businessman and secretly the head of the French Connection, is suspected by his New York Mafia drug trading"
"Scott Neustadter in 1999 at TriBeCa Productions when Neustadter hired Weber as his development intern. They started writing comedy together in their spare time, and soon after began writing a screenplay based on a failed relationship that Neustadter had experienced. They broke out as screenwriters in 2006, when they successfully sold their spec script, titled ""500 Days of Summer"", to Fox Searchlight Pictures. While ""500 Days of Summer"" was still in pre-production, Sony Pictures Entertainment asked Weber and Neustadter to write ""The Pink Panther 2"", the sequel to ""The Pink Panther"" (2006), which in turn was a reboot of the"
"on the Pink Panther cartoon character. As of 2018, the film is still in development. The opening title sequence in the original 1963 ""The Pink Panther"" film was such a success with the United Artists executives that they decided to adapt the title sequence into a series of theatrical animated shorts. DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, run by former Warner Bros. Cartoons creators David H. DePatie and Isadore ""Friz"" Freleng, produced the opening sequences, with Freleng as director. United Artists commissioned a long series of ""The Pink Panther"" shorts, the first of which, 1964's ""The Pink Phink,"" won the 1964 Academy Award for"
"Son of the Pink Panther Son of the Pink Panther is a 1993 Italian-American comedy film. It is a continuation of ""The Pink Panther"" film series. Directed by Blake Edwards, it stars Roberto Benigni as Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son. Also in this film are ""Panther"" regulars Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk and Graham Stark and a star of the original 1963 film, Claudia Cardinale. It was the final film for both filmmaker Blake Edwards and composer Henry Mancini; Edwards retired from movie making, and Mancini died the following year. Princess Yasmin of Lugash (Debrah Farentino) is abducted in French territorial waters"
"Mancini, performed by his orchestra. In 2001, the soundtrack album was awarded a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. In 2005, the score was listed at #20 on AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores. The distinctive tenor saxophone of Plas Johnson is heard on the main title theme music. Bibliography The Pink Panther (1963 film) The Pink Panther is a 1963 American comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and co-written by Edwards and Maurice Richlin, starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine and Claudia Cardinale. The film introduced the cartoon character of the same name, in an opening credits sequence"
"for another ""Pink Panther"" film and presented it to series producer Walter Mirisch. The producer loved the idea, but the franchise's distributor and main backer, United Artists, rejected the film as they had no interest in working with Edwards nor Peter Sellers, whose careers had declined. British producer Lew Grade agreed to finance two films for Blake Edwards as part of a deal to get Edwards' wife, Julie Andrews, to appear in a TV special for him. The first movie was ""The Tamarind Seed"". Edwards wanted to make a project set in Canada called ""Rachel and the Stranger,"" but Grade"
"educational TV series ""Sesame Street,"" demonstrating his karate skills to carve the letter K out of a block of stone, only for it to crumble quickly afterwards. Notes The Pink Panther The Pink Panther is a British-American media franchise primarily focusing on a series of comedy-mystery films featuring an inept French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. The franchise began with the release of the classic ""Pink Panther"" film in 1963. The role of Clouseau was originated by and is most closely associated with Peter Sellers. Most of the films were written and directed by Blake Edwards, with theme music composed"
"concurrently with ""Trail"". That film did not feature Peter Sellers at all (with the exception of some archival voice work that he was not given credit for) and was instead employing the talents of Ted Wass as Clouseau replacement Clifton Sleigh. That film would be a critical and commercial failure. Trail of the Pink Panther Trail of the Pink Panther is a 1982 British comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers. It was the seventh film in ""The Pink Panther"" series, the first film in the series following Sellers' death and also the last in which he"
"sued Edwards for alleged fraudulent overspending in 1984. Shortly after this, Edwards sued MGM for defamation of character. The lawsuits combined for over $1 billion. After much legal wrangling, they were settled out of court in 1988. Wass' option for several sequels was never taken up, though Edwards did start planning what would become ""Son of the Pink Panther"" around the time of the settlement – but MGM wasn't interested. They went ahead with a TV Movie in 1989 called ""The New Pink Panther"". Gary Nelson directed Charlie Schlatter as a wise-guy TV reporter investigating an arsonist. Schlatter teams up"
"were seen as part of Nickelodeon's ""Pinwheel"". In 1973 the creators of the film placed on the request from the female viewing audience a girl character by the name of Tola, a little girl who lives in the forest, and meets Bolek and Lolek there. The first time she appeared in occurred in the episode entitled ""Tola"". In total, Tola appeared in 30 episodes. In a similar vein to The Pink Panther theatrical cartoons, most episodes do not have dialogues. Exceptions are feature-length films and the series from the 1980s, where the main characters' voices were done by: Bolek –"
"the box office. The Pink Panther (2006 film) The Pink Panther is a 2006 American comedy film and a reboot of ""The Pink Panther"" franchise, marking the tenth installment in the series. In this film, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is assigned to solve the murder of a famous football coach and the theft of the famous Pink Panther diamond. The film stars Steve Martin as Clouseau and also co-stars Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Roger Rees, Kristin Chenoweth and Beyoncé Knowles. The film grossed $159 million worldwide. ""The Pink Panther"" was theatrically released on February 10, 2006, and was released"
"but it was released before ""Secret of the Wings"" and scaled down. A fifth film, titled ""The Pirate Fairy"", was released April 1, 2014, followed by the release of a sixth film ""Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast"" on March 3, 2015. The series is a spin-off of and prequel to ""Peter Pan"" and its sequel, ""Return to Never Land"". Tinker Bell (Mae Whitman) is born from the first laugh of a baby, and is brought by the winds to Pixie Hollow (which is part of the island of Never Land). She learns that her talent is to"
"The Pink Panther: Hokus Pokus Pink The Pink Panther: Hokus Pokus Pink is an adventure game for the PC released on October 18, 1997 by Wanderlust Interactive. It is based on the Pink Panther cartoon and is a sequel to """". After the successful events in ""The Pink Panther: Passport to Peril"", the Pink Panther gives up his life as an agent for Inspector Clouseau and gets a job as a door-to-door-salesman. However, his more slow-paced life is soon interrupted as Nathan, son of the lunatic dentist and teeth-based jewelry collector Dr. Periowinkle, steals utensils from the warlock Dr. Strangeblood"
"Panther (1963 film)|The Pink Panther]]"" and ""[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]"". Bobin said that the film was ""a tip of the hat to the old-school crime capers of the '60s, but featuring a frog, a pig, a bear, and a dog—no panthers, even pink ones—along with the usual Muppet-y mix of mayhem, music and laughs"". The first actor to be attached to the film was [[Christoph Waltz]] in the role of an Interpol inspector. Waltz dropped out due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced by [[Ty Burrell]]. In December 2012, [[Ricky Gervais]] confirmed his casting. [[Tina"
"film, titled ""The Pink Panther 2"", was released on February 6, 2009. It again features Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau, Emily Mortimer as Nicole Durant, and Jean Reno as Gendarme Ponton, but was notable because Dreyfus was played by John Cleese instead of Kevin Kline. Beyoncé Knowles did not return for the sequel either. The film features Clouseau and a ""Dream Team"" of the world's best detectives formed to catch the international mastermind thief El Tornado, who has stolen several valuable treasures, including the Shroud of Turin, the Pope's Ring and the Pink Panther diamond. The film grossed $75,946,615 at"
"cartoons and merchandise. He starred in 124 short films, 10 TV shows and 4 TV specials. The character is closely associated with ""The Pink Panther Theme"", composed by Henry Mancini. The animated Pink Panther character's initial appearance in the live action film's title sequence, directed by Friz Freleng, was such a success with audiences and United Artists that the studio signed Freleng and his DePatie–Freleng Enterprises studio to a multi-year contract for a series of ""Pink Panther"" theatrical cartoon shorts. The first entry in the series, 1964's ""The Pink Phink"", featured Pink harassing his foil, a little white mustachioed man"