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The Pink Panther is an American media franchise primarily focusing on a series of comedy-mystery films featuring an inept French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. The franchise began with the release of the film The Pink Panther in 1963. The role of Clouseau was originated by and is most closely associated with Peter Sellers.
Sep 11, 2023 · The Pink Panther, a beloved cartoon character, made its debut in 1963 and has since become a cultural icon known for its mischievous adventures and catchy theme song. Inspired by a pink diamond, the Pink Panther doesn’t speak but communicates through actions, and has appeared in over 120 animated shorts, comic books, and even has its own ...
"The Pink Panther Theme" is a jazz composition by Henry Mancini written as the theme for the 1963 film The Pink Panther and subsequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 37th Academy Awards but lost to the Sherman Brothers for Mary Poppins.
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As a child in Lugash, Princess Dala receives a gift from her father, the Maharajah: the "Pink Panther", the largest diamond in the world. This huge pink gem has an unusual flaw: by looking deeply into the stone, one perceives a tiny discoloration resembling a leaping panther. Twenty years later, Dala (now played by Claudia Cardinale) has been force...
Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques ClouseauThe film was "conceived as a sophisticated comedy about a charming, urbane jewel thief, Sir Charles Lytton". Peter Ustinov was "originally cast as Clouseau, with Ava Gardner as his faithless wife in league with Lytton". After Gardner backed out because The Mirisch Company would not meet her demands for a personal staff, Ustinov also left the projec...
The movie was a popular hit, earning estimated North American rentals of $6 million. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote: "Seldom has any comedian seemed to work so persistently and hard at trying to be violently funny with weak material"; he called the script a "basically unoriginal and largely witless piece of farce carpentry that has to ...
The soundtrack album for the film, featuring Henry Mancini's score, was released in 1964 and reached No. 8 on the Billboard magazine's pop album chart. It was nominated for Grammy and Academy Awards and was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and selected by the American Film Instituteas one of the greatest film scores.
Notes Further reading 1. Wagner, Robert (2008). Pieces of My Heart: A Life. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 9780061373312.
The Pink Panther at the American Film Institute CatalogThe Pink Panther at IMDbThe Pink Panther at AllMovieThe Pink Panther at the TCM Movie DatabaseOct 4, 2023 · Released in 1963, this iconic film became an instant hit and went on to spawn a successful franchise. Starring the legendary Peter Sellers as the bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau, The Pink Panther combines slapstick humor, clever dialogue, and a memorable theme song that has become synonymous with the film.
Dec 4, 2020 · The reason Sellers is absent from so much of the film's beginning is that originally, The Pink Panther was meant as a vehicle for Niven. In fact, Niven remains the top-billed actor for the...
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My (likely wrong) analysis so far: My initial guess was that the key of the song is based in E, since that seems to be the most common chord, and other chords seem (sound) like resolving to E. The sheet music I could find (in concert pitch) has one sharp, so that seems to confirm that (G major, Em being the relative minor?)
