Many of his characters became ingrained in public percreption of his work. His ability to speak in different accents (e.g., French, Indian, American, German), along with his talent to portray a range of characters to comedic effect, contributed to his sucess as a radio personality and screen actor and earned him national and international nominations and awards.
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Sellers rose to fameon the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show.
Strangelove as Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, as Clare Quilty in the original 1962 screen version of Lolita, and as he guileless man-child chance in his penultimate film, Being There. 8 September 1925 - 24 July 1980) was an English comedian, actor and singer, and was best known for his roles in Dr. This is the point in the franchise where the two became genuine archenemies and it was hugely entertaining following their dynamic.Richard Henry Sellers CBE or better known as Peter Sellers (b. The comic-booky elements in the Dreyfus’ storyline were so delightfully over-the-top with that entire castle part being the standout as it was brilliantly constructed in every single minute.
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The movie is incredibly ridiculous and cartoony, but that is also its major charm as it’s basically a full-on live-action cartoon comedy unlike any other. Yes, I do realize that this might be a very unorthodox placement for the number one, but stick with me here. Then they almost wasted all of the effort they did in the last film by doing a lame up in the air ending. Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) Curse of the Pink Panther (1983): The movie is the one of the two Pink Panther films to not heavily feature Clouseau. They had awesome video of sellers in this film. The Swiss Alps sequence is truly brilliant throughout as it is delightfully strange and unlike anything I’ve seen before in a comedy movie. I really liked alk of the movies except the wimpy ending of the last one.
Dreyfus is now an indispensable part of the franchise as is Cato while the movie’s treatment of Clouseau has become much sillier, but infinitely funnier. Yes, it’s less suspenseful and goofier, but I preferred larger comedy bits and pieces here than the subdued ones in its predecessors. This is the entry that changed everything for the better in my opinion. The movie is far from hilarious and far from best in the role of the protagonist, which will only get better later down the line, but the nude camp scene is very funny and the movie is very well edited, paced and easy to enjoy throughout its shorter runtime. This sequel was much brisker than its predecessor and also immensely artistic in the killing spree sequences with the beginning being particularly dazzling stylistically speaking. The Bond elements are also charming here. The first movie from the sixties definitely takes its time getting used to and it’s not representative of the franchise at all due to its overly slow, uneventful first half, but the second half is wonderful in its situational comedy trappings with the costume party and the hotel room scenes being the highlights. I didn’t like the role of Cato here, but everybody else shined with some situational humor being hilarious.īecause there was a very long pause between the second and the third film, we got to see two very different approaches to this franchise. That famous jewel, The Pink Panther, has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. Still, even the weakest movie in this five-movie franchise is still quite good with the highlights here being the wonderful Dyan Cannon, an interesting premise and an amusing emphasis on disguises. The main reason why I rank this last entry starring Sellers last lies in that very rushed, even abrupt third act filled with too many action scenes. All of these movies are delightful and most are very strong, so it will be difficult to rank them, but there are still some clear favorites for me. I personally only watched the great entries starring Peter Sellers, who is the best and only Clouseau. The Pink Panther was a long-running franchise that consisted of many failures, both old and newer.
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