Son of the Pink Panther (1993)

Charles Dreyfus encounters Jacques Gambrelli, who reminds him painfully of Inspector Clouseau, the man who drove him insane. With good reason: Gambrelli is Clouseau's son.

Director:

Blake Edwards

Writers:

Maurice Richlin (characters), Blake Edwards (characters),

Stars:

Roberto Benigni, Herbert Lom, Claudia Cardinale

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Roberto Benigni	...	Gendarme Jacques Gambrelli
Herbert Lom	...	Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus
Claudia Cardinale	...	Maria Gambrelli
Shabana Azmi	...	Queen
Debrah Farentino	...	Princess Yasmin
Jennifer Edwards	...	Yussa
Robert Davi	...	Hans Zarba
Mark Schneider	...	Arnon
Mike Starr	...	Hanif
Kenny Spalding	...	Garth
Anton Rodgers	...	Police Chief Charles Lazar
Burt Kwouk	...	Cato Fong
Graham Stark	...	Professor Auguste Balls
Oliver Cotton	...	King Haroak
Aharon Ipalé	...	Gen. Jaffar

Storyline

Eighth entry in the Pink Panther. It is nearly 30 years since Inspector Jacques Clouseau managed to get Maria Gambrelli off from a murder charge (events of "A Shot In The Dark".) Maria has gone on and have moved to a seaside town. Also Princess Yasmin of Lugash has come to the town for a holiday with her father. She is kidnapped and because of the strong ties between France and Lugash, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is called in to find her. He is hampered by the local police officer Jacques and is amazed when he finds that Jacques is Maria's son. He is terrified even though he and Maria are falling in love that Jacques is Clouseau's son and Jacques is showing Clouseau-ish behaviour. Both Jacques and Dreyfus set out to find the missing Princess...

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Plot Keywords:

clouseau | son | police | policeman | panther | 

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Taglines:

Inspector Clouseau's biggest mistake lives on!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for comic violence and some mild sensuality

Details

Country:

Italy USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 August 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther

Filming Locations:

Jordan

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$2,457,574 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmauro, International Traders, United Artists

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A straight-to-video release in the UK.

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Goofs

When Jaques Gambrelli leaves the hospital, his bike has wet cement on the wheels. In the next scene, the wheels are clean, with no trace of cement.

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Quotes

Professor Auguste Balls: If you need a disguise, look no farther, you've got Balls.

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Crazy Credits

The closing credits start with the Pink Panther walking across a still of Jacques Gambrelli. Suddenly the animated Gambrelli cuts away the head of live-action Gambrelli and pops out of the hole, dropping the head on the Panther; the enraged Panther chases him into fading blackness.

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Connections

Featured in Making Life Beautiful (1999)

User Reviews

A funny mess thanks to Roberto Benigni

No this doesn't match the Sellers films, but it does have Roberto Benigni which is reason enough to watch.

Okay, yes, when Benigni is not on screen this film is bad, and some of the performances are patently bizarre (Edwards' daughter as one of the villains for example) but it has some very clever silliness by the mad man of Italian comedy which is fine by me.

I know this isn't much of a review but it isn't much of a movie with only one thing, or rather one man to recommend it. If you don't like Benigni in full on silly mode then don't watch this. If you do like him you must see this.