The Pink Panther (2006)

Director:

Shawn Levy

Writers (WGA):

Len Blum (screenplay) and
Steve Martin (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

10 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Tagline:

Get a clue!

Plot:

Loosely based on the 1964 Peter Sellers original film, where the detective must solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and find out who stole the infamous Pink Panther diamond.

Plot Keywords:

Parking | Bathroom | Sniper | Panther | Vase

Awards:

3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. May 26	1:15 PM	SHOW
Tue. May 27	5:10 AM	SHOW

Cast

Steve Martin	...	Clouseau
Kevin Kline	...	Dreyfus
Jean Reno	...	Ponton
Emily Mortimer	...	Nicole
Henry Czerny	...	Yuri
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Cherie
Roger Rees	...	Larocque
Beyoncé Knowles	...	Xania
Phillip Goodwin	...	Deputy Chief Renard
Henri Garcin	...	President
William Abadie	...	Bizu
Daniel Sauli	...	Music Producer
Jean Dell	...	Justice Minister Clochard
Anna Katarina	...	Agent Corbeille
Nick Toren	...	Agent Savard

Also Known As:

The Birth of the Pink Panther (USA) (working title)
The Mask of the Pink Panther (USA) (fake working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for occasional crude and suggestive humor and language.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Norway:11 | South Africa:PG | Hong Kong:IIA | Germany:6 | Denmark:7 | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Brazil:Livre | Malaysia:U | Portugal:M/12 | UK:PG | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Argentina:Atp | Hungary:14 | Singapore:PG | Ireland:PG | Iceland:L | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Netherlands:MG6 | South Korea:All | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Steve Martin's last line in the movie after a hospital bed smashes through a hospital window is "That breeze feels good." This is a nod to his role in The Man with Two Brains (1983) where, as Dr Michael Hfuhruhurr, he tells Dolores Benedict the same words after he inadvertently breaks a window.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Clouseau is talking with LaRoque, the sign warning about getting your hand stuck in a vase disappears and reappears.

Quotes:

Inspector Jacques Clouseau: [after falling through the ceiling, to the desk clerk] We need fresh towels in 204.

Movie Connections:

References The Man with Two Brains (1983)

Soundtrack:

Dio, che nell'alma infondere

Pleasantly surprised

While obviously nothing can hold a candle to Peter Sellers and the original Pink Panther, I was pleasantly surprised with this new installment. I went in being very skeptical, but I laughed through most of the movie, and left satisfied by the experience. Beyonce really should stick to singing, so it was good that her speaking role wasn't very big; honestly a different person for her role would have made the movie better. At the movie theater or renting it later, it is definitely worth a look. Plenty of slap-stick, and Martin's accent is more over the top than Sellers, which made some of the situations very funny. And yes, his pronunciation of "hamburger" features quite prominently in it.