The Pink Panther Strikes Again [DVD]

"The Pink Panther Strikes Again" is one of the defining moments of my early film going experience. I saw it when I was thirteen (sat through it twice) at my neighborhood bijou. I went to my parochial school and during recess related the film's juiciest parts to my male buddies. I was overheard by a nosy female classmate and she told Mother Superior about my off color remarks. After getting tongue lashed about my impure thoughts I was sent home(this is punishment?) and told to contemplate and maybe make an act of contrition. Oh, well. The movie? In my mind Peter Sellers is the greatest comic force to ever hit the silver screen. After a series of box office bombs and ten years after "A Shot in the Dark"(the best in the Clouseau series) Sellers revived the character in "The Return of the Pink Panther" in 1975. That film was a mixed bag but a box office success nonetheless so another entry was inevitable. In 1976 "Strikes Again" came out. I think this is the second best "Pink Panther" film. It's a mixture of witty verbal gags and over-the-top slapstick. For the most part it works but there are some misses. Sellers was incapable of phoning in a performance but to my mind seems a little tired here. I think that has more to do with the heart attack he had recently suffered than any boredom with the character. Herbert Lom, however, as Clouseau's nemesis Chief Inspector Dreyfus has never been better. Lom was usually relegated to supporting roles and director Blake Edwards gives him the opportunity to chew the scenery in royal fashion and he goes for broke here. Another bonus is the presence of the delectable Lesley-Anne Down as the Russian assassin sent to kill Clouseau but falls in love with him instead. Down gave good performances in "The Betsey" and "The Great Train Robbery" later but never achieved the success that her talents merited. I would recommend this film as a good entry level for those unfamiliar with Sellers' comic genius and then graduate them to "Dr. Strangelove".

The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) is a movie that attains its goal of nonstop slapstick over-the-top comedy. Starting with The Return of the Pink Panther a year earlier, this second run of movies after a decade hiatus portray Inspector Clouseau in a much less serious light (not that he was ever serious to begin with). This time, instead of the pink panther diamond being in the plot, it's a manhunt for Clouseau, courtesy of a still insane Dreyfus. There are plenty of spills and thrills, and an excellent fight between Clouseau and Cato. This movie, along with Return of the Pink Panther, are comic relief, and 'Strikes' has a plot that borders on ridiculous. This of course is a positive thing, because the goal is slapstick; it's just hilarious that Dreyfus goes to such extreme measures to try to oust Clouseau. At times, it almost feels like this movie centers around Dreyfus more. However, Clouseau still has a strong presence, and Sellers' portrayal is once again done flawlessly. I highly recommend this comedy- it will appeal to all audiences. The actors are in top form. 9/10

Hilarous! I watch this movie at least once a year and never get tired of it, laughing out loud each viewing. Great music. Too many highlights to mention them all: the opening sequence at the asylum; Dreyfus spying on Clouseau from below combined with the battle with Cato; interrogating the household; Oktoberfest assassination attempts; the hotel room; Clouseau trying to enter the castle! Dreyfus is at his best as a supervillain. Some of the funniest lines in the series. The movie has subtle details to make scenes even funnier, for example the math on the chalkboard is wrong.The movie's trailer in the special features is worth watching because it begins with an introduction by Dreyfus and has brief moments that didn't make it into the film: a bandaged Clouseau falling down steps while exiting a plane, and Clouseau disguised as "Dijon, Mustard Salesman". A future release would be nice if they had all the deleted scenes that showed up in Trail Of.

You will laugh until your sides split watching this Movie of Peter Sellers at his VERY BEST. It is so GOOD that you will laugh out loud each and every time you watch it. If you are feeling down at any time in your life - just put this on and everything about life falls into place! There is indeed no certainty about life, you must go with the flow, knowing that you are only here for a short space of time and no matter who or what you are, life ends in similar fashion for all us,in one way or another - Just pray that when the end comes it will be very much like the end of Herbert Lom in the Film - Suddenly, with Music, as he plays his beloved organ.Paul Douglas.

There are many Pink Panther movies, the work of Blake Edwards, Peter Sellers et al was quite productive. This movie should come with a warning that viewers could experience life-threatening paroxysms of laughter, and for sheer, diabolical comic intensity, this movie takes the cake. "Ah- yes, it is all coming back to me now..." I was fortunate to hear Sellers' performances on the old Goon Show as a child, and the experience was quite formative of my sense of humor. Some say Monty Python is the epitome of British humor, but I think the center of that storm lies further back, closer to the Goons. The chemistry of the characters in "Strikes Again" was transcendental. They inspire me to relate to others similarly in my real life, which has been, of course, nothing but a cartoon on many occasions.

All Pink Panther movies are hilarious. No exception on this one.

You can't go wrong with Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau! Funny, enjoyable, it's this era's Laurel & Hardy. If you want a good laugh and several of them get this movie. My husband and I have seen them before but not for several years..and we both laughed throughout the film. I got another copy for a friends birthday, who also enjoy's the Inspectors humor. "It is fix-ED" No one does it like Peter Sellers, so if all you have seen is the new version don't judge it by that. Peter Sellers is the best. While Steve Martin is great in many films he doesn't come close to Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau.Enjoy!

My favorite Pink Panther movie - Peter Sellers is hilarious

Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers - what a winning combination. I love this film so much. The story is utterly unbelievable and just thoroughly and hysterically funny. The accents are part of the fun. I sometimes do them myself and it always makes me smile. This I think is the best of all of the PP films with Peter Sellers. Herbert Lom (Dreyfus his boss and former Chief Inspector) has completely lost it and is in a funny farm. He appears to be cured and about to be released when the now Chief Inspector Clouseau pays him a visit to offer support for his release and proceeds to tip him (quite literally in one instance) back over the edge again. There is a then a succession of wonderful gags, and utter hilarity, side splitting nonsense and for glamour Lesley Ann Down as a Russian Agent who is sent to kill Sellers adds to the interest. Michael Robbins also makes a wonderful Angela Jarvis/Jarvis the Butler double life, short but highly amusing appearance. It is extremely funny and always lifts me up when I watch it and I do - time and time again. A musical number from Tom Jones is another nice addition to what is literally a great movie. Buy it if you love PP and anything which is utterly bizaare and over the top.

Another side-splitting offering from the comic dream-team of Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers. Unlike the previous Pink Panther movies, this one has a totally ridiculous plot and the central theme is the crazed attempts of the now out-of-control Dreyfus to assassinate Clouseau, even if he has to recruit 26 international killers and obliterate entire cities in the process. I remember finding it hilarious the first and second times around, but watching it again, there were longer gaps between the laughs. However, despite a rather uneven pace and clumsy attempts at dark humour, there are countless classic scenes which remain indescribably funny no matter how many times I have watched them. The initial encounter between the apparently-cured Dreyfus and a slightly condescending Clouseau, the staff interrogation (the gardener's disembodied voice ... just brilliant), the treadmill gag, the assault on the castle, the laughing gas scene. After repeated viewings, I actually enjoyed some of the less obvious humour, like when Clouseau finds his hotel bed in disarray (Swine maid!) or his tussle with his shirt when he's trying to impress Olga.As I said about  The Return Of The Pink Panther [DVD ], Peter Sellers was a comic genius and his brand of classic, pure comedy remains timeless. The best parts are any scenes where Sellers is unleashed in bizarre situations, and his brilliant physical humour comes into play. The Return Of The Pink Panther [DVD

After the success of the Return of the Pink Panther, this one titled "Strikes Again" must be set for confusion. Peter Sellers was at it again as the bungling Inspector Clouseau lurching from one disaster to another while Herbert Lom as ex-Chief Inspector Dreyfuss had been confined as a psychiatric patient. The casting is of utmost interest with some TV household names doing their main or minor supporting roles while the bungling and then outgoing USA President Ford also steals the show and there are also some funny character names most likely to have been picked up from Peter Sellers' Radio Goon Show ideas and what appeals me most about this film is the excellent background music that make its the most watchable if not the most funniest. The dialogues and slow motion gags sometimes don't seem to work so well and the plots might have become a bit dated but above all its still the most watchable.

Brilliant. Sellers as only he could do it. There are some treasures in this film, and the scenes where he's trying to break into the castle will live with me forever. If i'm a bit down after a bad day at work, i'll pop this on and I won't stop laughing until after it finishes. A great film, any age can see the funny side of it, no swearing. Good family fun. Go for it. You won't regret it.

Bumbling Inspector Clouseau is on a mission to stop the by now completely insane Dreyfuss from destroying the world with a doomsday device. Peter Sellers is hysterically funny and Herbert Lom gives a manic, laugh out loud performance as Dreyfuss.I bought the Region 1 version as I didn't like the garish artwork on the cover of the Region 2 release. A 1970s comedy classic.