The Return of the Pink Panther 4K 1975 Ultra HD 2160p

The “Pink Panther” diamond is stolen from a museum in an Arab principality by the notorious “Phantom” (Plummer), and Inspector Clouseau (Sellers) must track him down. As a result, Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Lom) goes mad, and Sellers, after a series of hilarious adventures, finds the stone and takes Dreyfus’s place. 

User Review
This is probably the Panther film that has the funniest gags of the series, but they are scattered disparately throughout. It's clear that Edwards and co. was spoofing James Bond here in the Sir Charles scenes (or, as others have pointed out, perhaps the Bond films were spoofing the Clouseau films?). I was never much of a fan of the Bond series, so naturally these were, perhaps, jokes I just didn't get. But there is much to like here for Peter Sellers fans as well. My favorite is his interrogation of the beggar and his "minkey" that ends with him so wrapped up in trivia that he ignores a bank robbery. As I said, the Sellers bits are what make the film really shine, but I could've done without the emphasis on the Christopher Plummer character (though I must admit I liked him as Sir Charles better than David Niven, in the first Panther film). Watch out for Catherine Schell not even trying to hide her amusement at Clouseau's antics! That's almost worth the price of admission itself...

Info Video

Codec: HEVC / H.265 (97.9 Mb/s)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

Info Audio

#English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
#English: FLAC 2.0
#English: Dolby Digital (Commentary by Jason Simos of the Peter Sellers Appreciation Society)

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