Curse Of The Pink Panther DVD

Advantages: funny
Disadvantages: more for children than adults

...it all starts when the famous pink panther disappears from the football match everyone is on the search for it. Then chief inspector dreyfus wants to find it and wants to be the main man so he tries to find a man who would be stupid enough to do the work for him so that he wouldn't have to do anything and so you can guess who comes in here clouseau! and chaos following him one after another he gets closer and closer to the culprit. And one the way he meets the beautiful singer xania who is played by beyonce and clouseau gets more and more suspicious on her. Along with clouseau is his sidekick ponton played by jean reno and is with him throughout the film. this film is just full of comedy and entertainment. It is more suitabable for children than adults and i would recommend it for children.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Comedy to Stirling ratio
Disadvantages: wrangles over 'Return of'..inclusion of 'Trail of"

...5 Panthers caged in one box. Inspector Jacques Clouseau's misadventures as brought to the screen by Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers are available in this lushly packaged but ultimately disappointing 6 disc DVD Boxset. What do we get for our pink pounds? Well, it all starts off well enough with 1963's 'The Pink Panther', followed by 'A Shot in the Dark' from 1964. Then there is a massive leap to 1976, which thankfully circumnavigates the non-Edwards, non-Sellers 'Inspector Clouseau' from 1968. Sadly though, it also bypasses the 1974 'Return of the Pink Panther', a highlight of the series, and due to ownership and copyright issues, it was unable to be packaged in this collection. So, we are transported instead to 1976 and 'The Pink Panther Strikes Again', then 1978 for 'The Revenge of the Pink Panther', but most shamefully of all we get... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Hours of entertainment
Disadvantages: few extras

...'Have you ever seen a panther that is pink? Think!' The Pink Panther animation started out as a short to precede the Pink Panther films, and is seen on the opening credits of some of the Inspectoe Clousea films. He was proved to be hugely succesful and so a show of his own was commissioned, using the same distinctive theme tune by Henry Mancini. I have always been a fan of the Pink Panther on telly as long as I can remember, I still remember watching a triple bill of Pink Panther at tea-time on a Saturday afternoon and wishin I had a car like the one the little kid had on the closing credits. So spotting this in HMV for 20 quid I decided that was a small price to pay for over 13 hours of joy. Yes, that's right. This DVD contains every episode of the original Pink Panther cartoons fom the 60's and 70's and they all add up to over 13... Read review

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