| Show rJ y r rL L 1 f J r ff X r rr jg V 4 r st r Y II V w V TV TVr J Jf r J j jy y f f Steve Martin in The Pink Panther Panther remake impresses fans of original movie Ashley Stewart Contributing Writer After 24 years of n missing the hilarious prone disaster-prone detective fans witnessed Inspector return in a 2006 remake where a the new i inspector with silver hair and a computer searches for forthe forthe forthe the infamous Pink Panther dia dia- mond For Pink Panther lovers the original Pink Panther in 1964 starred Peter Sellers as the bumbling personality of Inspector Jacques Sellers was cast in the film mm after Peter declined the role and Blake Edwards director was desperate for a replacement Even though the scripts portrayed as a complete idiot Sellers chose to play the role with dignity and confidence to balance balance the prone accident-prone detective is the only character character character char char- acter I keep getting asked about Sellers told the Los Panther Cont on Page 7 Panther Cont from Page 6 Angeles Times in 1974 People were always saying when are you going to do another Inspector The Return of the Pink Panther which brought the inspector out of retirement after ten years opened Easter weekend weekend weekend week week- end in 1974 and grossed 17 17 million in its initial release Followed by The Pink Panther Strikes Again in 1976 and The Revenge of the Pink Panther in 1978 Inspector created packed laugh-packed movies with his contagious peculiar speech and comical crime-busting crime chaos The last anyone saw of Inspector was in The Trail of the Pink Panther in 1982 And now the inspector has been revived through the comical acting acting acting act act- ing of Steve Martin Peter Sellers a brilliant actor and compulsive impersonator had a unique sense of comic timing and an understanding of physical comedy Sellers invented invent invent- ed the look of on his way to filming fllming in Rome He was inspired by the look of the theman theman theman man with a big stiff mustache on the cover of a pack of British made Captain Webb safety matches Coming from a showbiz family family family fam fam- ily of long standing in Britain Sellers came up with the dis dis- dis- dis accent dialogue and dialect for His French accent developed during the making of A Shot in the Dark released in 1964 Sellers shaped the part of Inspector into the bumbling detective that Steve Martin portrays in the new Pink Panther movie of 2006 Martin perfected the same nasal sounds as Seller with a French accented English dialect as Sellers had Sellers would make words like bump sound like or moth would sound like murth Those who grew up loving the Pink Panther series expressed concerns that Martin might not play the character as aswell aswell aswell well as Peter Sellers Theres There's a new generation of Pink Panther lovers in the audience audience audience audi audi- ence of the new movie Besides those that have seen the old Pink Panther series there are arc also those who have never seen seena a Pink Panther movie The Pink Panther came in as the number one seller in theater box offices on its opening weekend making million Not only is the movie making money but it is also bringing laughter to old and young audi audi- Bumbling and embarrassing embarrassing embarrassing embar embar- rassing moments are arc the laughter causing factors inthe inthe in inthe the movie but a bit of might be found in any anyone one of us at anytime |
