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Actors: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, Robert Webber, Dyan Cannon, Robert Loggia, Paul Stewart
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Revenge of the Pink Panther |
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Millionaire crime boss Philipe Douvier (Webber) is about to be phased out of the “French Connection” crime syndicate when he vows to Marchione (Loggia) he will do something significant to get his boss' attention. He decides to kill Clouseau who has inexplicably thwarted their efforts for years. A bomb attempt is made on Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Sellers) at a costume shop, but it fails to do in the hapless French detective.
Douvier hires Mr. Chow, a trained killer and martial arts master to do the job. Clouseau unknowingly takes out the would-be assassin while battling his relentless manservant Cato (Kwouk). A phone call alerts Clouseau of a clandestine meeting sure to be a trap but the inspector believes otherwise. Waylaid by a transvestite named Claude Russo, who switches clothes and steals the inspectors borrowed car, the trap is sprung on the cross dresser rather than it's intended target.
Everyone is convinced Clouseau is dead. Former Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Lom) who despises Clouseau is suddenly cured of his homicidal obsession with the inspector and is brought in to solve the case. Clouseau, unrecognized by the police when he is apprehended in drag, eludes his captors at an asylum where Dreyfus had been committed. The two come face to face but Dreyfus faints and Clouseau leaves as Dreyfus. Returning to his former apartment that Cato has turned the flat into a high class Asian brothel Clouseau is treated roughly by a dominatrix.
At the funeral services Dreyfus delivers a eulogy behind barely concealed titters and snickering, as well as ever increasing tics and tremors. Douvier is given an ultimatum by his wife that he must stop sleeping with his secretary Simone Legree (Cannon), who takes the breakup poorly.
In a series of outrageous disguises, Clouseau now impersonating a Swedish sailor is out to catch the people who attempted to kill him. By accident he saves Simone's life outside a disco. She learns who he is back at her apartment and they hatch a plan to snare Douvier and the other members of the crime family. In Hong Kong Clouseau, Simone, and Cato attempt to infiltrate the drug transaction by a thoroughly implausible plan with the inspector impersonating a drug dealer named Scallini (Stewart). The bad guys fall for the ruse temporarily, before a Keystone Cops type chase ensues upon the streets of Hong Kong. The vehicles collide at the dock and Dreyfus fires at Clouseau instead of the criminals. They all wind up running after Clouseau into a fireworks warehouse before an explosive finale.
--David Fletcher, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Revenge of the Pink Panther |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
If a parody... of
- gangsters/crime
Kind of comedy
- bungling cops/detectives
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Dumb?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) long wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- another color
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- Paris
Misc setting
- mental hospital
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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