Return Of the Pink Panther

[panther67]

Hi,

I just finished watching this. I have the Artisan DVD. This movie is great. It has so many classic scenes. I still think Strikes Again is my favorite. I also believe this is the one I saw as a kid at the drive in. I remember the desert area, and the guy in the thing on the outside of the truck. On odd thing I noticed, maybe it was meant to be? I don't know. Is when the Inspector is posing as the phone man, and he is in a room with the door locked, and this other man is knocking at the door, and he says "Inspector!". Now, if Clouseau was portraying the phone man, how could, I guess the butler? Know to call him "Inspector"? Anyone else catch that? Of course they all knew it was Clouseau, but they played along with it.

Carl

[Clouseau]

Aug 2, 2008 13:37:18 GMT panther67 said:

...when the Inspector is posing as the phone man, and he is in a room with the door locked, and this other man is knocking at the door, and he says "Inspector!". Now, if Clouseau was portraying the phone man, how could, I guess the butler? Know to call him "Inspector"? Anyone else catch that? Of course they all knew it was Clouseau, but they played along with it.

i did catch that, and i think you're dead-on that they already knew who Clouseau was, and they were just playing along for his benefit... that said, i don't know if it was the actor's mistake or the character's mistake, but either way, i find it very amusing... funnier than the mistake is the fact that Clouseau doesn't notice it, either...

[brushguy]

I noticed that too, but just assumed it to mean that the character knew who Clouseau was already and was tired of playing games with him. Whether or not it was a mistake is made funnier by the fact that Clouseau doesn't say anything about it.

[matthew]

Yes l noticed it as well that film had some nice locations too

[thecolonel93]

The Artisan DVD has one advantage over the current Region 1 release from Focus/Universal and that is the theatrical trailer. Other than that, the Focus/Universal release (with nearly identical cover art) is remastered and looks much better.