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Post by thecolonel93 on Aug 27, 2007 15:19:55 GMT
The three prime time specials from the late seventies and early eighties are coming their way to DVD in November from MGM. A PINK CHRISTMAS, OLYMPINKS, and PINK AT FIRST SIGHT will be released on a single DVD later this year in Region 1.
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Post by thecolonel93 on Jul 26, 2007 16:52:41 GMT
From a marketing perspective, 2008 releases make more sense than releasing the DVD's between movies.
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Post by thecolonel93 on Jul 25, 2007 16:40:39 GMT
THE INSPECTOR cartoons have been delayed till next year according to Amazon.
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Post by thecolonel93 on Jul 17, 2007 17:13:44 GMT
It is on DVD in Region 2 from MGM/Fox.
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Post by thecolonel93 on Sept 11, 2007 14:07:24 GMT
I suspect they weren't placed on the DVD as extra's because much of the documentary appears to take a negative tone toward the series in stating only the first two films are any good and painting Sellers as a mean-spirited loonie and Edwards as a greedy opportunist. I have seen a copy of a copy of a copy, but I do not have access to it myself.
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Post by thecolonel93 on Jul 10, 2007 20:23:03 GMT
In either case, I prefer Arkin-Yorkin as failed Sellers-Edwards substitutes to Martin-Levy reshaping the series for a generation that is younger than me. My kids would vote differently.
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Post by thecolonel93 on Jul 17, 2007 17:12:48 GMT
Elke Sommer and Catherine Schell
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Post by thecolonel93 on Jul 11, 2007 21:27:21 GMT
Round 15 is very tough, but I'll have to give the nod to Lesley-Anne Down as Tracy Reed is so terribly underused in A SHOT IN THE DARK.
Round 16 is no contest...Emily Mortimer, one of the few good things about BIRTH.
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Post by thecolonel93 on Jul 10, 2007 20:21:19 GMT
Round 13 is definitely Catherine Schell Round 14 is definitely Elke Sommer.
My jumping-on point for this tournament was no contest whatsoever. Mind you, if I'd been around for Delia Boccardo, there would have been some dissention.
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Post by thecolonel93 on Feb 26, 2007 16:15:18 GMT
The revised July 1980 draft of ROMANCE OF THE PINK PANTHER is being sold by ScriptCity.com and is available as a download. The price is US$14.99.
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Post by thecolonel93 on Sept 11, 2007 14:00:45 GMT
RETURN gets my vote as it was the film that most whetted my appetite for the next installment. The original tries hard for a SOME LIKE IT HOT ending quip. A SHOT IN THE DARK and STRIKES AGAIN end fine. INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU doesn't quite work...much like the rest of the film. REVENGE had a rather sweet ending until the restored dialogue on the DVD reissue spoilt things a bit. TRAIL wants to have a great ending, but apart from the Sellers montage, it doesn't work...much like the rest of the film. CURSE has a good ending, but its a case of too little too late. SON tries hard, but comes up short...much like the rest of the film, and PANTHER 2006 doesn't quite work...much like the rest of the film. I know I'm very tough on my favorite series.
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Post by thecolonel93 on Nov 16, 2006 18:36:03 GMT
The extra dialogue was not in the theatrical print or any earlier video releases. I would imagine it was material that turned up when the print was remastered this last time. While I appreciate any extras, it does somewhat spoil the sweetness of the original ending.
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Post by thecolonel93 on Sept 11, 2007 14:18:48 GMT
RETURN contains tributes/references to TO CATCH A THIEF, CASABLANCA, and THE MALTESE FALCON. The bit where Clouseau cracks a safe that turns out to be a radio is lifted from DUCK SOUP.
STRIKES AGAIN references the Bond films and real-life incidents from Blake Edwards' life. THE MOUSE THAT ROARED and DR. STRANGELOVE are also referenced. The names Fassbinder and Jean Tournier are jokes for movie buffs.
REVENGE also references DR. STRANGELOVE as well as THE FRENCH CONNECTION and THE GODFATHER.
TRAIL references CITIZEN KANE as well as Blake Edwards' non-PANTHER work (particularly VICTOR/VICTORIA and 10).
CURSE also has a few VICTOR/VICTORIA references as well as more in-jokes for the cast and crew. The most obscure I've found is Gino Rossi being a character Herbert Lom played early in his career. My favorite obscure in-joke has to be Sellers' frequent alias of Guy Gadbois who was a prominent Hollywood financial advisor. Another would be Robert Wagner's photographer friend Pierre Luigi in the original...a nod to acclaimed Hollywood still photographer, Pier-Luigi.
SON references Benigni's JOHNNY STECCHINO which was itself PANTHEResque (and also borrowed wholesale from DUCK SOUP while we're at it). I'm sure there's a great deal more to be found. We haven't even broached the topic of cameos...my favorite of which was Herb Tanney, a famed Hollywood physician who appears in most of Blake Edwards' films and frequently turns up in PANTHER trailers. He plays the Nice Police Chief in RETURN, the transvestite assassin at the Oktoberfest in STRIKES AGAIN, the Hong Kong Police Chief in REVENGE, a Lugash assassin in CURSE, and the police assistant who does the great spit-take in SON. Of course, his crowning achievement was as a surrogate Clouseau in VICTOR/VICTORIA. Quite an impressive career for a non-actor.
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Post by thecolonel93 on Sept 11, 2007 14:03:12 GMT
My vote goes to the Arkin-Yorkin misfire as it is the only one not bagged down with post-Sellers baggage. Sure I compare Arkin to Sellers and Yorkin to Edwards when watching the film, but at least it was new territory and not a retread with old characters or recycled situations. Of course, Ken Thorne's Mancini-esque score helps tremendously.
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Post by thecolonel93 on Sept 11, 2007 13:56:02 GMT
I voted for THE PINK PANTHER (2006). I'm still very much looking forward to the sequel despite this fact.
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