Le maladroit inspecteur Clouseau se rend à Rome pour arrêter le « Fantôme », un célèbre voleur de bijoux, avant qu'il ne vole le diamant d'une princesse présentant une légère imperfection co... Tout lireLe maladroit inspecteur Clouseau se rend à Rome pour arrêter le « Fantôme », un célèbre voleur de bijoux, avant qu'il ne vole le diamant d'une princesse présentant une légère imperfection connu sous le nom de « La Panthère rose ».Le maladroit inspecteur Clouseau se rend à Rome pour arrêter le « Fantôme », un célèbre voleur de bijoux, avant qu'il ne vole le diamant d'une princesse présentant une légère imperfection connu sous le nom de « La Panthère rose ».
- Nommé pour 1 Oscar
- 4 victoires et 8 nominations au total
- Defence Barrister
- (as John LeMesurier)
- Monica Fawn
- (as Meri Wells)
- Big Joe
- (non crédité)
- Policeman
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- Costume Party Guest
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Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesSomewhat overweight for much of his life up to this point and possessing a hang-dog face, Peter Sellers was obsessed with becoming a handsome leading man. Although he easily outperformed Robert Wagner in this picture, he envied the American actor's good looks. To get himself in better shape, he subjected himself to a gruelling weight-loss regimen that included the excessive use of diet pills, possibly a contributing factor to the heart attack he suffered before the film's release. Some biographers also claim he had his teeth straightened and capped.
- GaffesWhen Clouseau first opens the door to his room to look into the hall he yanks it open it swings halfway open then slams back into him. A small "stop" block can be seen fastened to the floor where the door can hit it. The block is gone in all other shots.
- Citations
[Clouseau bumps into a woman dressed as Cleopatra. He hands back her rubber snake]
Woman: Take your filthy hands off my asp!
- Crédits fousThe opening credits featuring a pink panther who interacts with a sentient Phantom glove and plays around with the titles.
- ConnexionsEdited into À la recherche de la panthère rose (1982)
- Bandes originalesIt Had Better Be Tonight
("Meglio Stasera")
Music Henry Mancini
English Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Italian Franco Migliacci
Sung by Fran Jeffries
Tenor sax solos by Plas Johnson
This is typical of this movie and this style: the jokes are so underplayed, quiet and perfectly paced that people accustomed to seeing "American Pie" and "There's Something About Mary", or even the bunch 'o sequels to this film (that grew progressively coarser and louder with each installment) may not get or even notice them. In the first sight of Inspector Clouseau, we see him pulling the old "leaning on a spinning globe and taking a pratfall" trick. But the moment is over with quickly; it's not made more than it is meant to, because the point of the pratfall is to define Clouseau's character in a moment. (Compare with later, more painful, re-occurences of this spinning-globe idea in the sequels). Most of the other moments derive from this idea: at the center of this caper film is this man who is inextricably dense and clueless, and yet retains a curious grace - not to speak of a total savoire-faire in all moments.
This film could never be made today. In fact, it's a time capsule of a certain sort of late 50's, early 60's sensibility. Examples: all the people showing up for the Princess's dinner in formal evening wear. David Niven's late-night repartee with the Princess - all about numb lips and champagne. The musical number - for no reason whatsoever. The glamorous locales - without a trace of irony, straight out of "To Catch a Thief", the inspiration for this type of "caper" flick. The curiously innocent and unsexual bedroom farce moments. And, of course, the ending car chase with guests in ape suits, a suit of armor, and not one but two cops in a zebra outfit (what a good choice for those interested in speed and efficiency!) And these are just the moments - see how effortlessly the screenplay weaves all the story lines together, and how beautifully the pace gets accelerated throughout the movie. Not to speak of the opening credits, which are like a whole cartoon sequence in themselves. Obviously, I'm crazy about this picture; it's pretty, it's captivating, it's romantic, it's funny, and it weighs about two ounces - it's just delectable cotton candy. And through it all Peter Sellers gives one of the most subtle, and funniest, comic performances put to film, walking around in a fog, totally unaware of reality, and underplaying his role to the hilt.
Rumor has it that a remake is in the works, with Mike Myers in the Clouseau role. Let's compare two moments to get a preview: Peter Sellers bringing his wife a part-full glass of milk that he has spilled most of. At her quizzical look he innocently says,"That was all they had, my dear!" .... compared with Austin Powers drinking, um, the brown substance that is not coffee. Different strokes for different folks, indeed. Looking forward to it, uh huh.
- MotoMike
- 19 mars 2001
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Site officiel
- Langues
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- The Pink Panther
- Lieux de tournage
- Rocca di Papa, Rome, Lazio, Italie(Piazza della Repubblica)
- Société de production
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Box-office
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 10 878 107 $US
- Montant brut mondial
- 10 878 166 $US
- Durée1 heure 55 minutes
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 2.20 : 1