the salesman ( french : le vendeur ) is a 2011 canadian drama film directed by sébastien pilote .

the film premiered at the sundance film festival and had a theatrical release in quebec on 11 november 2011 .

shot in the small city dolbeau-mistassini , in the saguenay – lac-saint-jean region of the province of quebec , the film looks at the effects of a declining economy on a sexagenarian car salesman .

the salesman ( 2011 film )

farhadi’s 2011 movie a separation established his name in hollywood as it won best foreign language film at the oscars and the golden globes .
keswick film club won the best new film society at the british federation of film societies awards in 2000 .
directed by sébastien pilote , starring gilbert sicotte . selected at sundance 2011 i world cinema competition
a documentary film about horse - breeding in poland . the film observes only the animals ; not until the end
newfilmmakers welcomes back digital film academy and presents the film of the month documentary series vinit parmar living river 2011 , 59 minutes , video . digital film academy program film of the month screening the most popular newfilmmakers online film during may 2011 . anthony pedone , eli higgins & stephen floyd the why 2011 , 89 minutes , video . blaming himself for the rape and murder of his true love lula , boyo commits suicide . but there is a surprise waiting for him : at the moment he pulls the trigger , his mind explodes and re - forms into the world of the why ; his search for answers and meaning begins anew . wednesday , february 1 , documentaries at 6 : 00 , digital film academy program at 7 : 15 , film of the month at 9 : 15 .
taraneh alidoosti in iran ' s
the salesman
, a 2016 iranian - french drama film directed by asghar farhadi . ( tiff )
iranian filmmaker asghar farhadi has been making headlines for years in the film world , creating award - winning film after award - winning film and even winning both the golden globe and the oscar for his 2011 film , a separation . his newest film , the salesman , was guaranteed to make a splash — and it did . lines at film festivals wound around the block , and to no one’s surprise , the salesman was nominated for the oscar for best foreign picture . but farhadi was in the papers for a very different reason this past week : after the us president donald trump signed an executive order banning iranians from entering the country , farhadi was effectively barred from attending the academy awards . the controversy has drummed up new interest in the salesman , and this film is well worth the interest . the film is complex and intelligent , with a mystery whose perpetrator is , in the end , far less important than the choices the protagonists must make to catch him .
newfilmmakers celebrates the performing arts documentary series bruce bernstein two grown men ( 2011 , 11 minutes , video ) & ana barredo the table 2011 , 71 minutes , video . short film program colemar nichols sc & ah aka funny man ( 2010 , 8 minutes , video ) matt davies untitled # 17 ( 2011 , 9 minutes , video ) antonia roman hollywood tale ( 2011 , 19 minutes , video ) chip hackler two hours in the dark ( 2009 , 35 minutes , 16mm ) feature presentation thomas bentey love chaos 2011 , 90 minutes , video . journalist joe lombardi has a shot at a big - time nyc newspaper if he can only write one last home - run article – on the ‘hot - n - sexy’ jersey shore dating scene . wednesday , february 22 , documentaries at 6 : 00 , short film program at 7 : 30 , feature presentation at 9 : 00 .
it ' s in crisis that we reveal our true selves ,
farhadi , whose 2011
a separation
won the academy award for foreign - language film , said in an interview .
film to me is like a court trial . the spectator is the judge .
the screening of the salesman will begin at 4 . 30pm and will end at 6 . 35pm on february 26 .
forceful , steely and well - acted … shahab hosseini as emad in the salesman . photograph : habib majidi
don ' t call it the canadian glengarry glen ross . simple , and yet complex and multilayered . follow the salesman .
marcel lévesque , a quick - witted car salesman nearing retirement , lives to sell . he has been salesman of the month for the last sixteen years at the dealership where he has spent his career , . . . see full summary »
london mayor sadiq khan has announced that asghar fahadi’s the salesman , which is nominated for best foreign film , will be shown to the public for free in trafalgar square on sunday february 26 .
the salesman has a 98 per cent rating on rotten tomatoes , with critics calling it ‘masterful’ , ‘deeply empathetic’ and ‘fascinating’ .
asghar farhadi ' s 2011 film a separation , about a family break - up in tehran , was a five - star masterpiece , deservedly winning the foreign language oscar ; his last film , the past , made in france , in french , was less convincing , its profound moral codes translating uneasily to a foreign setting .
sghar farhadi’s sombre new movie is the story of a shocking and mysterious event which shatters the wellbeing of a middle - class couple . it is about male pride , male violence , male privilege – but since its first appearance at cannes last year , the film has outgrown its own immediate significance . it became a totem for cultural resistance to donald trump when the proposed travel ban threatened to exclude this iranian director from the academy awards , where the salesman was nominated for best foreign language film ( farhadi had already won an oscar in this category for his 2011 film
“it’s in crisis that we reveal our true selves , ” says iranian filmmaker asghar farhadi , whose film
the salesman
is getting oscars attention . ( marcus yam / los angeles times )
one of my best 10 films of 2011 . a fine debut from a canadian director . and so relevant today for management gurus and management executives . my full review is posted at urltoken
“the 2011 lineup taps into the breadth of talent trail - blazing the canadian film scene , ” said tiff senior programmer steve gravestock in a statement . “from crime dramas to a 3 - d dance piece , from prolific veterans to emerging filmmakers , this year’s canada’s top ten showcases the wide scope of innovative talent driving the industry . ”
this is the second film i’ve seen in a week about a salesman set against the backdrop of a harsh snowbound winter , although this time it is a far more serious reflection on the harsh realities of life and how our choices diminish through the years .
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greg dolgopolov is a lecturer in film studies at the university of new south wales , sydney .
) . the ban was overturned , but farhadi stayed away in protest anyway . his film had a
a film about the indigenous community of the kollas of tinkunaku , a region in northern argentina . without recourse to dialogue , the film conveys the life of this community . we accompany the seasonal journey of viviano and ramona from the valley up to the village of santa cruz , 3000 meters above sea level , where they spend the summertime . through their experiences , the film portrays the story of the day - to - day disappearance of an indigenous group .
keswick film club is a voluntarily - run , not - for - profit organisation .
william wegman explains how a close relationship with a dog can produce a feeling of trust in a customer , for example towards a used - car salesman .
since then , the club has won film society of the year and awards for best programme four times and best website twice .
program 5 : out of the archives : anthology film archives and harvard film archive programs 5 and 6 of our tribute series bring together works from the kuchar collections of anthology , harvard film archive , and pacific film archive . we all possess substantial holdings of george’s many films and videos , and tonight screen some personal favorites , as well as brand - new preservations . from anthology film archives : the oneers ( 1982 , 17 minutes , 16mm ) leisure ( 1966 , 9 . 5 minutes , 16mm ) anita needs me ( 1963 , 16 minutes , 8mm - to - 16mm blow - up ) preserved by anthology film archives with support from the avant - garde masters program of the film foundation , administered by the national film preservation foundation . from harvard film archive : club vatican ( 1984 , 13 . 5 minutes , 16mm ) the carnal bipeds ( 1973 , 22 minutes , 16mm ) total running time : ca . 85 minutes .
with an enthralling central performance by gilbert sicotte , this masterful debut feature examines the life of the top car salesman in a fading quebec town as events challenge the 67 - year - old’s sense of identity and the meaning of life at the most profound level .
given that this story gets a bit into meta - narrative itself , i ' ll do some of the same by showing hosseini in makeup to portray his character , emad , who ' s then shown getting in makeup for the performance of death of a salesman within harhadi ' s film .
car salesman marcel lévesque operates by the rules of a bygone era , turning on the charm to make his quota . but the increasing decline of his fading industrial town threatens to plummet this peddler of dreams into an unfriendly reality
for what it’s worth , a second viewing confirmed my feeling that this is a minor farhadi film : forceful , steely , well acted but a bit contrived and unsubtle . yet the undiscussed irony is that the salesman is arguably the most pro - american work the iranian film industry has ever produced . its two lead characters are performing in an amateur production of arthur miller’s death of a salesman in tehran , and the play is referred to approvingly in a school classroom . miller’s play is a trenchant critique of the american dream , of course , but nevertheless its cultural value is calmly assumed , without any attendant attack on the states in farhadi’s dialogue .
for the salesman , farhadi has returned to tehran . emad ( shahab hosseini , who last night won best actor at cannes for this ) is a teacher and semi - professional actor , married to rana ( taraneh alidoosti ) , with both of them appearing in arthur miller’s death of a salesman , emad as willy loman , rana as his wife linda .
french film bags three awards at mff which also honored morgan freeman with a lifetime achievement award .
excellent film . i agree with the reviewer . really , of all the dragon movies i’ve seen , i like this the best . can’t quite understand some of the dialect , though .
the salesman won best screenplay and best actor at cannes last year , and now looks set for oscar glory if it can beat land of mine , a man called ove , tanna and toni erdmann .
my only real criticism is the dearth of humor . will is a serious young hero , and the film takes its cue from him ; a lighter touch might’ve made the film move faster . and i must say i prefer the original title , paladin , to its rather generic replacement .
darragh byrne’s feature film debut stars “hell on wheels” actor colm meaney and colin morgan of “merlin . ”
this film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are . see what’s now showing
however , the harsh reality of geopolitical conflicts enter into our larger awareness of the salesman anyway , as we begin with the recent trump administration ' s ban on travelers coming from 7 middle - eastern / north - african , muslim - dominant countries into the u . s . which would have prevented iranian director farhadi from attending the upcoming oscar ceremonies in support of his work’s earned nomination for best foreign language film
un vrai beau film de sébastien pilote avec un gilbert sicotte immense , tellement juste et vrai . bravo !
marcel lévesque , a quick - witted car salesman nearing retirement , lives to sell . he has been salesman of the month for the last sixteen years at the dealership where he has spent his career , in a declining industrial town in lac saint - jean , where it ' s cold enough to scare away the tourists and buying a car sometimes seems completely absurd . there ' s just one thing on his mind : getting his beloved detroit rides off the lot . marcel lévesque is a salesman from a bygone era , a man who learned his trade by telling tales -
fibs dressed up with flowers
- and making his customers happy . but a tragedy will change everything for this peddler of dreams .
members of the academy and the american film institute have expressed their consternation that iranian farhadi seems to have been shut out of the country simply because he is from a muslim - majority country .
newlatino filmmakers program feature presentation will fonseca changing diego 2011 , 118 minutes , video . the story of diego morales , a shy , young paralegal who lives with his parents and his eccentric grandmother who believes in the supernatural . when the girl he loves reveals a crushing secret , diego turns to his grandmother and the supernatural world . tuesday , february 8 , newlatino filmmakers program at 6 : 00 , feature presentation at 9 : 00 .
there is much to preside over in
the salesman ,
which opens friday and is nominated for this year ' s foreign - language oscar . emad and rana struggle to hold things together while staging arthur miller ' s
death of a salesman ,
whose post - world war ii new york of cultural change and capitalist cruelty plays like a metaphor for modern - day iran . even rana ' s attacker is not the kind of bad guy we might expect .
disturbing , quasi - inexplicable crisis … hosseini with taraneh alidoosti as rana . photograph : habib majidi / film company handout
people , monsters , sensations . the beguiling images in prater transform the legendary viennese attraction into a cinematic experience . the film brings together the cultural history of the oldest amusement park in the world with brilliant insights into the changeability of technological attractions . we are introduced to the people for whom the prater is a place of amusement , memory , or quite simply the center of life .
what we’re left with is a gripping story about human frailty , well worth its oscar nomination for best foreign language film .
i could’ve brightened up that intro a bit couldn’t i ? well there is no escaping the fact that le vendeur ( the french title ) hits hard , laying on a heavy spread of suffering . so the strong performance of marcel lévesque ( gilbert sicotte ) the salesman , lays out his charms for some time before it gets heavy .
. she’s shaken to the core—can’t sleep , suffers memory lapses , is desperate to move elsewhere—but an attempt to resume her death of a salesman role also goes badly as she breaks down in the middle of a scene , requiring the show to be cancelled until another woman in the cast can take on the role . emad’s furious at the situation , especially about rana ' s refusal to let him go to the police .
khan then invited film fans across the country to attend this ‘celebration of london as an international hub of creativity and as a global beacon of openness and diversity . ’
cologne , germany – irish drama parked from director darragh byrne has won the top prize at the mannheim - heidelberg film festival , one of europe’s leading fests for up - and - coming directors .
in his earlier movies about elly and a separation , farhadi showed the european influence of films such as antonioni ’s l’avventura and haneke’s hidden , and the assault on rana is insidious and sinister for having occurred off - camera , as if the film is mimicking the character’s stunned state of denial . it is a profoundly disturbing , quasi - inexplicable crisis that cracks the carapace of bourgeois calm and reveals seething , brutal emotions underneath . it is a meteor that lands arbitrarily on an existing situation from without , but it is also a convulsion from within , a trauma that was waiting to happen . farhadi is a gimlet - eyed anatomist of the middle - class hypocrisy in iranian life , and like jafar panahi ’s 2000 film the circle , the salesman is candid about the reality of prostitution in iran and the complacent male clientele .
i loved the movie and have to admit the biggest draw for me was the stunning filming sites in ireland . i mean it was not bad at all for a b grade film and i actually would rate it a b + . enjoyed the banter of the irish & english cast as well…
the seriousness made the setting more believable to me . too many genre films descend into self parody by trying to add comedy . nice to see a film where their characters actually believe in the events going on in the story enough not to try to break the fourth wall by cracking jokes .
program 5 : unproduced and unfinished this live , late - night event , hosted by members of the wooster group , features jim fletcher and young jean lee . fletcher will read from the short novel wrong guys by jim strahs followed by a clip from twg ' s unfinished 1997 film version and lee will read from the unproduced twg screenplay : kokajo , based on the 1964 kaneto shindo film , onibaba .
i grew up in west tennessee an hour north of graceland ( home of elvis ) and twenty minutes from nutbush ( birthplace of tina turner ) . i ' ve been a reporter , editor , photographer and door - to - door vacuum cleaner salesman .
at the instigation of the filmmakers , the young men of the ile - aux - coudres in the middle of the st - lawrence river try as a memorial to their ancestors to revive the fishing of the belugas . . . see full summary »
a film about canada’s most notorious bank robber , psychiatric pioneers and a shotgun - wielding hobo are among the movies on the 11th annual canada’s top ten list , unveiled by tiff at a reception tuesday evening .
it is impossible to view this film set in the thirteenth century outside of the context of the history of its production in the late 1930s . alexander nevsky is an allegory that projected present events and sensibilities onto the past in order to draw strength from russian history . propaganda in the soviet union was not considered an invective . the film was designed to mobilise and bring confidence to the worldwide struggle against fascism . throughout the 1930s , relations between the ussr and germany were in a constant state of flux . germany’s rearmament , hitler’s avowed anti - communism and the weakness of the european policy of appeasement were cause for enormous anxiety . stalin’s increasing paranoia and the search for traitors resulted in the great terror of 1937 . socialist realism had become enshrined as the appropriate working method and style and was intended to produce “images that are made with the purpose of helping along a desirable reality” ( 1 ) , having put an end to the artistic experimentation of the early years . highlighting the direct connections between medieval times and the present , the film provided dramatic commentary about contemporary conditions and how to correct them .
abandoned stuff to a new location , came into the apartment thinking that rana was his clandestine lover , swears he never entered the bathroom , yet can’t explain how he cut his foot . under duress from emad ' s constant , harsh interrogation , he ambiguously yet sincerely begs for the angry man ' s forgiveness only to find himself locked in when emad rushes off for the impending performance of death of a salesman . right after the end of the play
did the people involved even watch this blaring pos before they shipped it ? i feel horrible for the audio and photography pro’s on this , and the heroine , her father and the aunt because frankly their acting was very well done ( especially the aunt ! ) , because the rest of the elements in this hack of a film are not worthy if their efforts .
but the iran of his youth is changing . despite years of economic sanctions , some of which were lifted after the nuclear agreement struck between tehran and washington in 2015 , farhadi said the country is feeling the ripple of globalization and the reach of capitalism . he compared it to the upheaval that buffeted willy loman , the tragic protagonist in
death of a salesman .
it is another manifestation of the struggle between modernity and tradition in a society that has produced great poets and architecture along with terrorism and persistent intrigue .
the salesman is a film about personal tragedy , but it is also a film about the role of machismo in iranian society . it questions whether emad’s vigilantism is truly justice or merely self - indulgent revenge . though emad claims to be doing everything he does for the sake of his wife , she repeatedly begs him to stop and instead stay with her and help her through the feelings of instability and vulnerability that she feels as a result of the attack . so is this quest of his really protecting her interests ? or is it his own feelings of vulnerability that he’s trying to sate by finding the culprit ? is it his own feelings of helplessness , born out of an inability to protect his wife , that drive his actions ? what does it truly mean to be a strong man and a good husband ? these themes are mirrored in the namesake play that emad and rana are acting in throughout the course of the movie , arthur miller’s death of a salesman . emad plays conflicted blowhard , willy loman , a man who struggles with concepts of strength , “winning , ” and how to properly head his family . rana plays willy’s always supportive but often disappointed wife , linda . those roles are mirrored and complicated in the relationship between emad and rana , and though at the beginning of the film , emad is a mild - mannered schoolteacher who seems to have nothing in common with willy loman , by the end the parallels become uncomfortably clear .
with willem dafoe . “bigelow’s first feature immediately reveals her canny talent for simultaneously fulfilling and deconstructing popular film genres . set in the 1950s and starring a young , pomaded willem dafoe in his screen debut as the charismatic leader of a leather - clad and immoral bike gang , the loveless deliberately uproots the genre’s traditional embrace of youthful rebellion by introducing a notably noir shading and sharp feminist perspective into its story of generational and gender conflict . bigelow’s training in painting and experimental cinema informs the film’s ( relatively ) slow pace , meticulous framing , and sparse , deliberately iconic dialogue – not to mention the evocation of kenneth anger’s scorpio rising in the camera’s close attention to the bikers’ gleaming chrome and leather . ” –harvard film archive
farhadi ' s new movie ,
the salesman ,
slips into the lives of emad and rana , husband and wife actors whose notions of each other are redrawn after a stranger enters their tehran apartment and attacks rana in the shower . the sacred has been spoiled . rana grows withdrawn , emad plots vengeance , and their sense of home — that delicately constructed illusion — turns from refuge to menace .
really enjoyed this film . realitically done . terrific photography of ireland . well acted . good digital effects . quality product . i’d like to see more .
parked , which is byrne ' s feature film debut , stars hell on wheels actor colm meaney as an unemployed man who returns home to ireland but has nowhere to live but his car . when a dope - smoking 21 - year - old , played by merlin ’s colin morgan , parks beside him , the two develop an odd friendship . sweden’s the yellow affair is handling world sales for the film .
the movie’s grandiloquent and drawn - out final sequence , which ultimately discloses a thumpingly obvious parallel with miller’s play , is for me its weakest moment . actually , this might be the aspect that nailed down the oscar . here is where the movie becomes a little strident , and self - consciously tragic in that milleresque sense . the salesman shows farhadi’s ideas are in danger of becoming mannerisms , though it is a potent , disquieting piece of work .
still , from the first epic shot of ireland’s coast to the final romantic image , it’s clear that real love and attention was put into dawn of the dragonslayer . there’s a film here bigger than its budget , and i hope it finds an audience .
why do i get all these sad movies ! this one is set in a small quebec town ( ahuntsic kept coming to mind ) where the economy is going down the tubest due to the closing of the major employer . it ' s all seen through the eyes of a 67 year old car salesman . he is quite likable and soft - spoken . sad things happen and you wonder what the hell is worth living for . one kleenex . ps if you like moose , don ' t watch the beginning scene . it repeats near the end as well .
screenplay by john sayles . with burt reynolds and casey siemaszko . the second american film by scottish director bill forsyth ( gregory’s girl , local hero ) portrays the relationship that ensues when professional thief burt reynolds and the younger , inexperienced casey siemaszko break into the same house . reynolds decides to take the amateur crook under his wing , and the result is a charming , unexpectedly affecting comedy . “a subtle , masterly film , a series of life lessons which never ducks the moral ironies , no less precious for their simplicity . ” –time out john sayles in person following the screening on friday , february 24 !
( holunderblüte ) a journey into the land of childhood , to that magical place where past , present , and the future meet – where everything is still possible , still thinkable , and where longings and expectations are still part of one’s experience . the film deals with the lives of children in and around kaliningrad , the russian enclave that belonged to east prussia before the second world war .
the first american film by the great raul ruiz ( who passed away in august 2011 ) features appearances by a host of ny underground luminaries , including jim jarmusch , kathy acker , annie sprinkle , and several of the wooster group’s actors : kate valk , michael kirby , michael stumm , and anna köhler . “stars michael kirby as a creepy , logorrheic derelict and compulsive slasher – modeled according to ruiz on kojak – who leaves a trail of unquiet corpses around lower manhattan as he leads a young village voice rock critic on a quest for god , or maybe a mexican soap opera star . … in addition to [ its ] impossible camera angles and loop - de - loop dialogue , the movie is characterized by its bloody tableaux , circular structure , and pervasive hacienda music . ” –j . hoberman , village voice
at the snowmobiles blessing , the sign says
benidiction de skidoos
. apart from the fact that the first
n
is backward , the first word should read : benediction .
i really appreciate the way the film is deliberate in its setting and pace , and the commentary it has on how salesmen have been masking themselves as friends when they are , ultimately , not . the themes of commerce , family , identity and purpose are all intertwined in an eloquent way . gilbert sicotte is in fine form .
( black box brd ) in november 1989 , the chairman of the board of deutsche bank was killed in a terrorist attack ascribed to the raf . four years later , wolfgang grams , a suspected raf member , was killed in a gun battle with the police . this acclaimed film intertwines the two life stories without implying any explicit connection . the decisive context lies in the late - 1980s era of the federal republic , in which both men featured as prominent representatives of diametrically opposed ideologies .
now i don’t know who is responsible for the rough continuity , the drwn out shots and video editing , or the story staying in period and characters in context . but aside from competent visuals and camera work , this film totally belongs in the mystery science theatre collection as taken as a work in whole , it is laughably horrible .
an iranian movie is being screened in london on the same night as the oscars , following the news its director has boycotted the ceremony due to his theoretical ban from the us by donald trump .
my feeling was this was a film that would only be seen in iran . my friends were , like , ' isn ' t it a shame . ' i remember we didn ' t even budget for subtitles because we thought this isn ' t a film that ' s going to make it abroad . but it turned out to be the opposite , and i came to realize the people the world over resemble each other far more than they differ from one another .
farhadi ' s characters are less concerned with the world ' s political questions than dwelling in a realism driven by foibles and transgressions and marked by forgiveness and repudiation . they are small lives cast against big , often self - inflicted dramas that test love , friendship and force them to stand flawed and unadorned before one another , much like the cracks in willy loman ' s veneer . the attacker in
the salesman ,
for example , ends up with both our sympathy and our condemnation .
with eric mitchell , patti astor , and deborah harry . “a year later i made the foreigner , a film about a european coming to ny . in this case max menace ( eric mitchell ) , a german terrorist who is trying to find a place to hide . but you can’t hide in jungleland ! he is terrorized , and ripped to bits . this is the story of the other side of the american dream ; the foreigner who doesn’t make it . a nightmare film in an existential philosophical context , a world where less is more . ” –a . p .
completely agree with your review of this movie and enjoyed this film . just wanted to mention one thing about this movie . it has some truly remarkable similarities to the man from snowy river , at least in the story line so if you found this good might want to check out the other , lol .
instead of involving the police , emad , perhaps affected by his role in the play , wants to take matters into his own hands , finding the man and shaming him . the consequences are painful — and , in a reversal of identities , perhaps it is not emad who is most like poor willy after all . the salesman ( for which farhadi also won best screenplay ) profits from the strict decorums of iranian cinema , and indeed of iranian life , to mount serious reflections on guilt and shame , trust and forgiveness . although compelling , it is not quite his best work .
like other examples of socialist realism , alexander nevsky sets up the clearly unacceptable but earnestly expressed policy of appeasement , as well as the “reality” of german superiority , early on so that it can dramatically expose this proposition to be false throughout the rest of the film . after the sacking of pskov , the townsfolk of novgorod meet in the town square to hear a wounded knight’s story of the german attack . his passionate appeal to defend the sacred soil of russia is ridiculed by the city’s lords who argue for appeasement and surrender ( it becomes clear later that they are the traitors who have aided the german attacks ) . but colourful and reasoned oratory from peasants and seasoned warriors offer the correct solution . they demand that alexander nevsky be summoned to lead them into battle against the invaders . resonant political themes of the 1930s were clearly pronounced and connected effortlessly with such folkloric elements as the essential unity of the peasants with the land and its protection , and the need for a strong leader to deliver the people from their fear and immanent destruction and courageously face the enemy who dares to invade russia .
( überleben in new york ) print courtesy of the reserve film and video collection , the new york public library for the performing arts . the successes , trials , and tribulations of three young german women trying to conquer the new york city jungle . claudia , uli , and anna have very different backgrounds and deal with big - city challenges in very different ways ; but all agree that the fascination of new york outweighs its frustrations , heartaches , and dangers .
( mat ) based on the novel by maxim gorky . with the simple theme of a working - class mother growing in political consciousness through participation in revolutionary activity , this film established pudovkin as one of the major figures of the soviet cinema . a student of kuleshov and an admirer of griffith’s films , he was writing his first book of film theory at the same time he was making mother . his expert cutting on movement and his associated editing of unrelated scenes to form what he called a “plastic synthesis” are amply demonstrated here . although in direct opposition to eisenstein’s shock montage , pudovkin used a linkage method advanced far beyond kuleshov’s theories .
farhadi ' s best films are layered collisions of conscience and consequence .
a separation
is a morality tale in a struggle over past and present ;
about elly
( 2009 ) explores the dangers of deception and the constraints of tradition ;
the past
( 2013 ) shows how elusive truth is against jealousy , resentment and conflicting agendas . in each , as in
the salesman ,
his characters are universal but also portraits of a young iranian generation steeped in cosmopolitanism while navigating the confines of an ancient culture and a rigid islam that adheres to blood money and arranged marriages .
screenplay by john sayles . with robert forster . “a very funny meditation on the old ‘what happens when you flush the goldfish down the john ? ’ nightmare . it is also a formula film that simultaneously demonstrates the specific requirements of the formula while sending them up with good humor . lewis teague , the director , and john sayles , who wrote the screenplay , know exactly what they’re doing . … though alligator is done straight , not as parody , it never for a minute loses its sense of humor . ” –vincent canby , new york times
outtakes with fiore [ 2 ] ( this is fiore ' s new review site , beginning in feb . 2016 ; we still don ' t agree much but i respect his opinions about film if not always about politics )
an advertising film promoting safe and comfortable meat consumption : “nutritious wholesome food will keep our nation strong [ . . . ] meat is a favourite with almost everyone – everywhere . ” guest : schäfer christian winz ( landgut krosigk )
rehearsals will soon enough occur , this film progresses through a very specific set of circumstances about human tragedy , opening itself up for speculations , interpretations , contemplations by offering us no easy answers for the characters ' motivations or even full clarifications of plot events . while it’s clear that something happened that fateful night between rana and the man
he said censorship remains an issue — it ' s referred to in
the salesman
— but
day by day it ' s growing more open .
others may disagree , but farhadi is a man who does not want to complicate his career with an errant comment to a journalist . after discussing censors and his country ' s restrictive politics , including the recent death of former president ali akbar hashemi rafsanjani and the battle between conservatives and reformists , farhadi looked up and remarked :
we ' ve talked about sensitive topics . please report exactly what i said .
all this makes dawn of the dragonslayer , an indie fantasy film directed by anne b . black ( and not , let me be clear , connected in any way with syfy ) , that much more extraordinary and interesting . it couldn’t have cost much more than most syfy movies , yet the things that don’t depend on money–talent , the desire to do good work , and belief in the project at hand–nudge it into the realm of real cinema . it’s low budget , but not low rent .
i completely agree . i was just watching this movie and thought the same thing . it is almost identical to “man from snowy river . ” from the death of the father ; the man coming down from the hills ; the other men don’t get along with him except the quiet one ; the early fight with the dragon ; the girl runs off ; and so on . as far as i can tell , the only difference is the time it’s set in and there is a dragon and not a horse . this movie , although pretty good , is a rip - off of “man from snowy river . ”
screenplay by john sayles . with richard thomas , robert vaughn , john saxon , and george peppard . this roger corman - produced mash - up of star wars and the seven samurai finds seven intergalactic mercenaries teaming up to defend a peaceful planet from the evil tyrant sador ( saxon ) . the film’s charming modesty belies the heavy duty talent behind the scenes , including james cameron ( who was responsible for the art direction ) , composer james horner ( titanic ) , production assistant gale ann hurd ( producer of aliens ) , and of course , john sayles , who contributed the witty , memorable screenplay .
ma”s . black , her writer and producers need to go back to film 101 because they made a complete mess of something that had plenty of opportunity to be something quite good . to paraphrase my father - “what a bunch of dumbasses” .
‘i hereby express my condemnation of the unjust conditions forced upon some of my compatriots and the citizens of the other six countries trying to legally enter the united states of america and hope that the current situation will not give rise to further divide between nations . ’
screenplay by jeremy larner . with robert redford , peter boyle , and melvyn douglas . left - wing lawyer bill mckay ( redford ) , enlisted by a politico ( boyle ) to run for the senate , agrees on the condition that he can say exactly what he thinks . his honesty captivates the electorate , but as he inches up in the polls the corrupting forces of the american political process come into play . released the fateful year of richard nixon’s reelection , the film garnered numerous accolades including the oscar for best screenplay ( screenwriter larner thanked the “politicians of our time” for inspiration ) . “the candidate managed to garner real followers , if not votes , for its imaginary candidates . indeed , it was thanks to the candidate’s satire of image politics that a good - looking if dimwitted law student named dan quayle decided to follow his electoral destiny . ” –j . hoberman , village voice
farhadi regards his films as local tales . they sweep like storms through rooms in houses and apartments , shaking the sanctuary and meaning of home . he says it ' s
still strange
to think his stories resonate with audiences outside iran . that was the case with
a separation ,
a fable set around a wife ' s attempt to divorce her husband . the film examines working class disdain for the elite and the passions — both petty and grand — that arise around religion , cosmopolitanism and the desire to seek a better life in a new place .
while some detective stories are fast - paced and action - packed , the salesman is not one of them . farhadi instead presents the audience with a slow burn . a sense of looming dread starts to build as viewers learn about the complicated human relationships that drive this story , and when events start to spiral out of control in the last act of the movie , those same relationships provide an explosive finish . the story is as well - written and well - acted as one might expect from one of farhadi’s films , if perhaps a bit less subtle in its messages than a separation . those messages are more relevant than ever as we contemplate the ramifications of the ban that is preventing farhadi from entering the united states . what are the dangers of a tough guy attitude , and who are the innocent victims of revenge ? what does it mean to protect your family , your wife , or your nation ? to provide for them ? is it possible to do these things and still keep them emotionally , intellectually , and physically whole ?
“when the trilogy was performed together for a two - month run in the winter of 1978 - 79…its imaginative use of film , dance , music , child actors , and non - linear texts confirmed its stature as one of the most impressive and innovative theater events of the ‘70s . ” –village voice three places in rhode island will be followed by future real moments 1 - a work - in - progress by theatre - video artist and filmmaker zbigniew bzymek . this new piece is based on the group’s online dailies that grapple with presenting the work and behind - the - scenes life of the wooster group . posted every workday since oct 2010 , the dailies include footage from the group in and out of performance , on tour and at home . for future real moments 1 bzymek has edited an installment of these short films about art for the big screen , in which the group encounters and consumes the filmmaker as a wannabe auteur .
new york ' s the wooster group is a company that has online flair in bucketloads…these abstract shorts convey a palpable flavour of the company , fostering an online relationship with their audience that bridges the atlantic .
– the guardian
to be fair , there’s a certain dourness to the film that prevents it from being as much fun as it might . but it gets so many other things right , especially compared to what’s normally found in indie fantasy films , that it’s easy to overlook this . the film was shot on the west coast of ireland , and thus has an unexpected scenic beauty . the acting , especially from leads richard mcwilliams and nicola posener , is solid and at times inspired . further , while both are attractive , they also look suited to the story’s time and place ( no pouty false lips on her , no gym - rat abs on him ) . the lack of scale–a cast of less than a dozen and virtually a single setting–is used to the story’s advantage , not as something to be ignored with a cynical wink and nudge . and panu aaltio’s music is lush and romantic .
screenplay by john sayles and terence h . winkless , based on a novel by gary brandner . with dee wallace , patrick macnee , dennis dugan , kevin mccarthy , john carradine , and slim pickens . “a popular los angeles tv reporter is given doctor’s orders to visit a remote consciousness - raising retreat called ‘the colony’ after a traumatic incident with a serial killer . the bizarre behavior of the residents begins to make sense once the reporter discovers that she is staying amidst a community of werewolves ! the howling is not only a great werewolf movie , but also a witty and knowing commentary on the genre itself . the film is as full of impressive werewolf transformation scenes as of social satire , which is no surprise given that the special effects were done by rob bottin ( the thing ) and the screenplay was written by john sayles . ” –the wexner center
schoolteacher emad ( shahab hosseini ) and his wife , rana ( taraneh alidoosti ) , are playing the unhappy salesman willy loman and his wife , linda . emad and rana have had to move into a new apartment because their old building is structurally unsafe – a metaphor for their lives , perhaps . the new flat was once rented by a woman working as a prostitute , and one day when she is alone there , rana casually buzzes in a caller she assumes is her husband . but it is one of the prostitute’s former clients . the next time emad and the audience see rana , she is in hospital , covered in blood from a head wound , having been subjected to a sexual assault that she cannot clearly remember .
that he’s willing to commit suicide to provide the material support he can no longer earn . it’s clear from farhadi’s comments in that aforementioned - interview he equates the man with willy , at least in allusory - fashion , in terms of the tragedy of a lost life , even though other details of these 2 stories are only very loosely related . what connects them , though , as well as complicating things by putting the film’s focus on emad and his obsessive quest for vindication
( zum vergleich ) for his most recent film , farocki observes the process of manufacturing bricks , in various cultures , and across different modes and scales of production . “i wanted to make a film about concomitance , and about contemporary production on a range of different technical levels . so i looked for an object that had not changed too much in the past few thousand years . this could have been a shoe or a knife , but a brick becomes part of a building and therefore part of our environment . so the brick appears as something of a poetic object . i follow its mode of creation and use in africa , india , and europe . ” –h . f .
( das netz ) a subversive history of the internet , this insightful documentary traces contrasting countercultural responses to the cybernetic revolution via an inquiry into the rationale of ted kaczynski , the infamous unabomber , who grew to oppose the late - 20th - century web of technology . dammbeck’s conceptual quest links multiple nodes of cultural and political thought in the manner of the internet itself . the net exposes a hidden matrix of revolutionary advances , coincidences , and conspiracies .
after the executive order was signed , asghar farhadi made an eloquent statement as to why he would not be attending the academy awards even if an exception was made for his entry . though the statement should be read in full , one sentence stands out as exceptional : “instilling fear in the people is an important tool used to justify extremist and fanatic behavior by narrow - minded individuals . ” farhadi is right ; fear is a potent ingredient in the recipe for violence and unforgivable actions . what things fear can make us do , whether it is fear for our lives , our loved ones , or our social standing , are presented starkly in the salesman . it is a story of one man , but also of many . as the headlines about asghar farhadi shift from his genius to his victimhood , it is becoming clear that is also a story of nations .
program 11 : white homeland commando & rhyme ‘em to death white homeland commando is twg’s 1992 full - length video and was originally shown at the nyff and included in the 1993 whitney biennial . michael kirby’s teleplay is a cops - versus - white - supremacists tale imagined as a structuralist police procedural , as well as a prescient examination of domestic terrorism and the national security apparatus . rhyme ‘em to death , a short black - and - white film shot by leslie thornton and inspired by victor hugo’s the hunchback of notre dame and the salem witch trials , was first shown in the 1995 whitney biennial .


the pink panther is a 1963 american comedy film directed by blake edwards and co-written by edwards and maurice richlin , starring david niven , peter sellers , robert wagner , capucine , and claudia cardinale .

the film introduced the cartoon character of the same name , in an opening credits sequence animated by depatie-freleng enterprises .

the film was selected in 2010 to be preserved by the library of congress as part of its national film registry , being deemed " culturally , historically , and aesthetically significant . "

the pink panther ( 1963 film )

this 1993
pink panther
picture debuted in the thirtieth anniversary year of the original the pink panther ( 1963 ) movie which had launched in 1963 .
this
pink panther
picture does not feature the pink panther diamond jewel .
blake edwards ( right ) directing peter sellers in the pink panther ( 1963 ) .
the funniest scene from
the pink panther
( 1963 ) . author : @ janaji
peter sellers in the pink panther ( 1963 ) , directed and cowritten by blake edwards .
, released in 1963 , that was the first and arguably the best entry in the pink panther film series .
the pink panther soundtrack review : this is a review of the film score the pink panther by henry mancini .
jacques clouseau makes his first appearance as the inspector in the film the pink panther , which was released in germany in 1963 and the united states in 1964 .
the pink panther ( 1963 ) is a comedy film directed by blake edwards , starring david niven , claudia cardinale , peter sellers , and robert wagner .
final
pink panther
picture until the pink panther ( 2006 ) remake which was made and first released around thirteen years later .
dating catwoman : provides the premise of the unmade romance of the pink panther .
kroyer films created the opening and closing titles for the film starring the animated pink panther and clouseau junior characters .
the cartoons have the title
blake edwards ' pink panther
when he appears .
…movie was actually completed before the pink panther ( 1963 ) , but this “sequel” was released a few months after the first film in the series . the peculiar production history helps explain why a shot in the dark fails to reference the titular pink panther , a large diamond introduced in the first…
…animated titles to the film the pink panther ( 1963 ) and then used the character for a series of cartoons for depatie - freleng . he won his fifth academy award for the original of that series , the pink phink ( 1964 ) , and he continued to produce pink panther cartoons until his retirement in 1981 . …
you only live once . . . so see the pink panther twice ! ! !
chekhov ' s exhibit : the pink panther diamond , kept in a glass case .
clouseau : ponton , did you bring what i asked for ? boys . . . [ louis and antoine bring the pink panther ' s case , containing the real pink panther ]
dreyfus in the pink panther strikes again , while serving as a secondary villain in a shot in the dark and return of the pink panther and an antihero in his six other appearances .
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detectives follow footprints : the little detective does this to follow the pink panther in the cartoon intro ; the panther sweeps up his footprints with a broom .
american film institute . 2005 . american film institute’s top 25 film scores : honoring america’s greatest film music . hal leonard .
the pink panther animated shorts all have the word
pink
in the title , and most of the inspector shorts are puns on french words or phrases .
son of the pink panther ( 1993 ) is a continuation of the the pink panther film series . directed by blake edwards , it stars roberto benigni as inspector clouseau ' s illegitimate son . also in this film are panther regulars herbert lom , burt kwouk and graham stark and a star of the original 1963 film , claudia cardinale . it was the final film for both filmmaker blake edwards and composer henry mancini ; edwards retired from movie making , and mancini died the following year .
despite initially receiving a mixed critical reception upon release , blake edwards’ 1963 detective comedy the pink panther proved to be a seminal film in both the heist and caper genres , and now holds an impressive rotten tomatoes rating of 90 % .
the 3x grammy award winning film score , plus 4 bonus tracks from 1974 ' s soundtrack sequel
the return of the pink panther .
you only live once . . . so see the pink panther twice ! ! ! see more »
henry mancini : uncredited , as a conductor handing a baton to the pink panther in the opening credits .
henry mancini : uncredited , as a conductor handing a baton to the pink panther in the opening credits .
the character of maria gambrelli , played here by claudia cardinale ( who appeared as princess dala in the first film , the pink panther ( 1963 ) ) , originally appeared in a shot in the dark ( 1964 ) and was played by elke sommer .
the character of maria gambrelli , played here by claudia cardinale ( who appeared as princess dala in the first film , the pink panther ( 1963 ) ) , originally appeared in a shot in the dark ( 1964 ) and was played by elke sommer .
( 1984 ) . the character is so well known he was even chosen to be a commercial spokesperson , most notably for owens corning fiberglass insulation ( which is pink in color ) . general foods briefly issued a cereal called pink panther flakes , and natural choice issued a pink panther pink lemonade . <
the pink panther strikes again continues the story from the end of the return of the pink panther , featuring the now - insane dreyfus creating a crime syndicate and constructing a doomsday machine with the intention of using it to blackmail the world to kill clouseau . footage shot for this film was used to include sellers in trail of the pink panther . the opening credits were again animated by richard williams .
a minor kidroduction : a prologue with a 10 - year - old dala receiving the pink panther diamond , before the film skips to the present day .
the film was meant to restart the
pink panther
series with a new inspector for a new generation . unfortunately , its box - office reception was so bad that not until 2006 would there be another film that was also an intended reboot to the series , the pink panther ( 2006 ) .
breakout character : clouseau is one of the all - time great examples . the pink panther cartoon character also counts .
looking for movie tickets ? enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the pink panther near you .
the film ' s opening titles sequence departs from the other
pink panther
pictures in that although still animated , it mixes the animation with live action .
this is the only known
pink panther
film not to feature inspector jacques clouseau . although he does appear in photographs featuring the late peter sellers .
this is the only known
pink panther
film not to feature inspector jacques clouseau . although he does appear in photographs featuring the late peter sellers .
at the start of the opening credits , henry mancini hands his conductor ' s baton over to the pink panther . in reality , he handed the baton to geoffrey edwards , with the pink panther being rotoscoped over edwards in post - production .
at the start of the opening credits , henry mancini hands his conductor ' s baton over to the pink panther . in reality , he handed the baton to geoffrey edwards , with the pink panther being rotoscoped over edwards in post - production .
claudia cardinale played a different character than she had done in the original the pink panther ( 1963 ) where she had played princess dahla . in son of the pink panther ( 1993 ) , cardinale plays maria gambrelli , a character which had been previously seen in the franchise ' s second film , a shot in the dark ( 1964 ) , where gambrelli had been played by elke sommer .
claudia cardinale played a different character than she had done in the original the pink panther ( 1963 ) where she had played princess dahla . in son of the pink panther ( 1993 ) , cardinale plays maria gambrelli , a character which had been previously seen in the franchise ' s second film , a shot in the dark ( 1964 ) , where gambrelli had been played by elke sommer .
the pink panther is an american comedy - mystery film series that features a bumbling french police detective named inspector jacques clouseau . [ 1 ] usually the main goal of the film is to be protecting this large and valuable pink diamond , dubbed the pink panther which is usually shown in at least six of the eleven films during the opening of movie . the story behind the jewel is due to the flaw of its center , when gazed upon up close , it is said to resemble a leaping pink panther .
it is called : meglio stasera ( sang in movie by fran jeffries , known in english as
it had better be tonight
) . it is a 1963 song with music by henry mancini , italian lyrics by franco migliacci and english lyrics by johnny mercer . it was composed for the 1963 film the pink panther . in addition to the vocal performance , instrumental portions of the song appear in the film ' s underscore , sometimes as an introduction to the main
pink panther theme
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clouseau : i knew the tornado would eventually come after the pink panther , so i went to the museé with a simple plan in mind . i had convinced my old friend , robert the night guard , to turn off the security system for the few moments necessary to save the most beautiful object in france . i then switched the pink panther with the replica i had at home . [ clouseau takes the real pink panther from the case ] this is the real pink panther . it was the fake that was stolen .
inspector clouseau is put on the case when the pink panther diamond is stolen , with the phantom ' s trademark glove the only clue .
clouseau : i knew the tornado would eventually come after the pink panther , so i went to the museé with a simple plan in mind . i had convinced my old friend , robert the night guard , to turn off the security system for the few moments necessary to save the most beautiful object in france . i then switched the pink panther with the replica i had at home . [ he takes the real pink panther out of its case ] this is the real pink panther . it was the fake that was stolen .
pink panther is cool cat . . literally . i remember in my youth that i used to watch the pink panther cartoons on tv . that was before i even knew that there existed pink panther films and henry mancini was just another name . as i grew older i realized the error of my ways , but that catchy main theme was never forgotten . it’s an awesome theme isn’t it ? ‘the pink panther theme’ is the sneakiest theme i have ever heard . i will forever associate it with the pink cat ( panther ) , but once i got the score for the film i immediately fell in love with it . there’s so much more here than just the main theme .
note : claudia cardinale played the princess in the original pink panther film . here she returns as maria gambrelli , the part originally played by elke sommer in a shot in the dark .
bobby mcferrin ' s arrangement of
the pink panther theme
is unique in that it was the only version performed a cappella .
the replica of the pink panther diamond that he showed to ponton ' s sons , which he plants in the museum as bait for the tornado .
not only that , but the film’s opening animated sequence , featuring the pink panther character , was so popular that it went on to become embedded in popular culture , spawning its own saturday morning animated series , the pink panther show , which ran for over 11 years . the character went on to be used in numerous video games , including pc adventure game the pink panther : hokus pokus pink and a playtech - developed slot title . readers can learn more about pink panther online slot game here . it also featured in a gold key comics 87 - issue comic book series , numerous advertising campaigns , and even a cake .
breakout character : clouseau might be film ' s most successful example , or at least a close second to captain jack sparrow . the pink panther animated character counts as well .
onward , all of the titles ( and credits ) involve the pink panther phrase and animated character even if the diamond is not part of the plot .
brick joke : in the opening title sequence for the original 1963 movie , the pink panther cartoon character walks up and prepares to conduct an invisible orchestra , only to be pulled off stage by a vaudeville hook . in the 2006 reboot he returns and manages to conduct the actual paper notes .
the 1968 film does appear to have had an impact on the character when sellers returned to the role in 1975 ' s the return of the pink panther , particularly in the character ' s mode of dress . the opening credits were animated by richard williams , featuring clouseau once again seeking to retrieve the pink panther diamond after it is stolen by the phantom .
although the film ' s title actually refers to a jewel , the credits are presented in a cartoon sequence featuring a pink panther who interacts with the lettering in various ways - - spinning letters around , unscrambling words , inserting extra credits for himself , and so on . the cartoon panther has subsequently appeared in the same manner in several sequels to this film and eventually his own tv series the pink panther show ( 1969 ) . see more »
about 3 / 4th of the pink panther is everyone trying to sleep with everyone with a somewhat goofy frenchman mentioning a jewel thief . it even extends to the title sequence , with the animated pink panther being a screwy squirrel who keeps interfering with the film ' s credits , and the inspector only briefly appearing over peter sellers ' s credit .
long before titanic ’s rose was sentimentally tossing priceless blue diamonds off the back of boats in the name of love , there was another even more famous diamond whose disappearance was making silver screen history : the pink panther . a brilliant pink diamond with flaw in the shape of a leaping panther , the gem is always a target for the most cunning of cat burglars . its theft is a cinematic tradition that spans several films and a cartoon series but it all began with the original film the pink panther .
the pink panther is a gem with an imperfection that looks like a pink panther . it is the goal of the phantom , a jet set thief who has been terrorizing the european smart set . he is pursued by inspector clouseau , the most bumblng detective in europe . assisting the phantom are his nephew and the wife of clouseau .
was hoping the pink panther would help launch a series of films for him akin to the thin man series . due to the focus of future films being placed on
karlin , fred . 1994 . listening to the movies : the film lover’s guide to film music . schirmer .
the “pink panther” of the film’s title refers to the jewel at the center of the plot , but the cartoon panther that appears in the opening credits became more than a playful way to introduce the film . in addition to appearing in the credits for the rest of the series , he began appearing in animated shorts in 1964 , had two different animated series , and even had his own comic book .
put on a bus : blake edwards did this to clouseau himself to make way for son of the pink panther . that was not a good idea .
the movie credits edwards as one of the sources of the story , which is fair enough , since the movie ' s ambition is to be precisely in the tradition of the pink panther movies . it ' s a prequel , taking place before
the pink panther
( 1963 ) , and showing clouseau plucked from obscurity for his first big case . the french soccer coach has been murdered on the field in view of countless cheering fans , and the pink panther diamond has been stolen at the same time . the pressure is on dreyfus to solve the case . his inspiration : find the most incompetent inspector in france , announce his appointment , and use him as a decoy while the real investigation goes on secretly .
trail of the pink panther ( 1982 ) : using mostly deleted scenes from strikes again and new footage with other regulars , clouseau once again is called to lugash to seek the stolen pink panther . when his plane vanishes , tv reporter marie jouvet ( joanna lumley ) decides to investigate his disappearance by interviewing those who knew him well , turning the second half of the film into a clip show . the film was shot alongside . . .
heel face revolving door : dreyfus goes from antihero to villain in ' ' a shot in the dark
, remains a villain in
return of the pink panther
, appears to have recovered his sanity at the beginning of
the pink panther strikes again
but ends up becoming the film ' s main villain , and seems to have , for the most part , reformed in the subsequent films .
who plays the lead saxophone in the original version of the pink panther theme song ? . . . from lahav halevy in new york ( answer lahav halevy ' s question )
the most famous by - product of the whole affair , however , is the pink panther cartoon character , the only popular character born strictly from a movie title sequence . the year after the movie , he was given his own cartoon independent of the film ,
sonia : let me go , or i will destroy it . [ sonia takes a gun and what she believes to be the pink panther from her purse ]
the film was a box office hit in italy despite tanking everywhere else . son of the pink panther thus failed to generate critical or commercial success , the loss of sellers proving once again to be too great . nevertheless , by 1996 mgm approached robin williams and jim carrey about the series . mgm would cut a deal for a panther reboot with edwards ( allowing the film to proceed without his participation ) in 1997 . amazingly , it would take nine years and many more prospective clouseau ' s before clouseau and the panther returned to the screen . the series was rebooted in 2006 with the release of the pink panther starring steve martin as inspector jacques clouseau and kevin kline ( previously considered for the role of clouseau ) as charles dreyfus . the pink panther 2 saw kline ' s dreyfus replaced by john cleese .
according to executive producer walter mirisch , sellers “actively” disliked a shot in the dark , but the film was a success , and the mirisch company wanted to continue the clouseau franchise . sellers declined to return , so the film inspector clouseau ( 1968 ) was produced with alan arkin in the title role and without the involvement of edwards . the film was a disappointment , and in 1975 sellers and edwards both returned for the return of the pink panther . sellers wasn’t thrilled to be playing clouseau again , and his relationship with edwards was strained , but he needed the money . two more films , the pink panther strikes again ( 1976 ) and revenge of the pink panther ( 1978 ) , followed before sellers’ death in 1980 .
( 2009 ) , starring steve martin as clouseau . in the first , kevin kline plays dreyfus , and in the second , he ' s played by john cleese . the 2006 film features the pink panther diamond that gave the series its name .
oddly named sequel 2 : electric boogaloo : original series only . the simpsons made a joke about this :
we now return to the return of the pink panther returns
.
although the film ' s title actually refers to a jewel , the credits are presented in a cartoon sequence featuring a pink panther who interacts with the lettering in various ways - - spinning letters around , unscrambling words , inserting extra credits for himself , and so on . the cartoon panther has subsequently appeared in the same manner in several sequels to this film and eventually his own tv series
the pink panther also had a series of animated shorts that were distributed by many different companies over the years . [ 3 ] below is a list of the shows in sequential order :
according to dvd liner notes for return of the pink panther , sellers and edwards originally planned to produce a british television series centered on clouseau , but a film was made instead , revenge of the pink panther , which ' undid ' dreyfus ' s death and saw clouseau investigating a plot to kill him after a transvestite criminal is killed in his place . the movie was a box office success and led to several more films before sellers died in 1980 ; biographies of sellers such as peter sellers—a celebration reveal that he was involved in the pre - production of another clouseau film , the romance of the pink panther at the time of his death .
started one of the most famous movie franchises of all time . first of six
pink panther
films starring sellers , whose inspector clouseau became the breakout character and the focus of the series starting with the second film , a shot in the dark . there was a misbegotten seventh film ( curse of the pink panther ) produced two years after sellers ' 1980 death using outtake footage , two more films in 1983 and 1993 that also bombed , and finally a reboot starring steve martin , with two films in 2006 and 2009 . in addition to all those movies , the opening credit sequence inspired the last great series of the golden age of animation , the pink panther cartoon series .
roger rabbit effect : several of the films end with the animated pink panther interacting in some fashion with the live - action characters . son of . . . does this in the opening credits .
artifact title : strikes again , revenge , and son don ' t involve the pink panther diamond at all , but they had to work in the animated character somehow . . .
though its sequels often left something to be desired , the pink panther is still almost universally hailed as a comedy classic more than 50 years after its release . so , to remember the beloved bumbling inspector , here are 12 facts about the film .
the pink panther ( 1963 ) : sir charles lytton ( david niven ) is a gentleman thief who operates under the identity of
the phantom
. inspector jacques clouseau is a french detective who is trying to track him down in switzerland before he can steal the prized treasure of the kingdom of lugash , the pink panther diamond ( a large gem so named because of a pink , panther - shaped flaw ) , from a visiting princess . alas , clouseau is such a fool that he is easily outsmarted by way of the combined forces of the phantom , his nephew , the princess herself , and the phantom ' s key accomplice . . . clouseau ' s own wife . while the thieves were the focus of this film , clouseau , as played by peter sellers , was the character the subsequent films were based around , starting with . . .
in revenge of the pink panther , for the final time , the bumbling but impeturbable inspector clouseau ( peter sellers ) maddens his long - suffering boss dreyfus ( herbert lom ) , sharpens his wits and martial skills with his manservant cato ( burt kwouk ) and foils the bad guys without ever having a clue about what he is doing . in the story , clouseau allows a gang of drug racketeers to believe that he has been assassinated and dons a series of disguises as he travels all over the world in order to apprehend the culprits . he is assisted by simone legree ( dyan cannon ) , the former girlfriend of the drug - lord douvier ( robert webber ) . though it received a very mixed reception from critics , this , the sixth of the pink panther series , did very well at the box - office . sadly , it was actor peter sellers ' final pink panther performance before his death in 1980 ( the later film , the trail of pink panther was composed of outtakes from previous pink panther films ) .
son of the pink panther ( 1993 ) was the first time that the maria gambrelli character had appeared in the franchise since a shot in the dark ( 1964 ) , a gap of around twenty - nine years .
when a series of rare and historical artifacts are stolen by the mysterious el tornado , clouseau is assigned to a
dream team
of international investigators to recover the artifacts and the pink panther ; the film culminates in his marriage to nicole , dreyfus ' s secretary .
left stuck after attack : in the comedy film curse of the pink panther , the renowned martial artist ed parker plays an enforcer for the antagonists , who punches through a metal shed door and gets his arm stuck for a solid twenty seconds before managing to free himself .
subscribe to trailers : urltoken subscribe to coming soon : urltoken subscribe to classic trailers : urltoken like us on facebook : urltoken follow us on twitter : urltoken the pink panther trailer - bumbling and conceited french police inspector clouseau ( peter sellers ) tries to catch the phantom , a daring jewel thief whose identity is unknown and is acting right under his nose . mgm - 1963
the introductory film of the pink panther saga is rather unique . peter sellers ' inspector clouseau serves as a secondary character - as originally intended by blake edwards - and david niven is the star of the show as a white - collar thieve , sir charles lytton aka the phantom .
perhaps appropriately , this was the final film scored by henry mancini ( he makes a cameo himself in the opening titles , giving his baton to the panther who conducts the film ' s variation of the theme ) . the soundtrack album was released by milan records .
in the first inspector clouseau film , the bumbling french . . . more >
some people say that the pink panther films just got more ridiculous as they went along . well , so be it . this movie proves that inflatable parrots are just as funny as dead ones . a classic and sadly the last real closeau film . recommended .
mamas boy : jacques gambrelli in son of the pink panther , who lives with his italian mother , maria gambrelli , who was married to inspector clouseau , which makes jacques gambrelli the son of inspector clouseau .
the final scene has inspector gambrelli attending a ceremony in lugash attended by king haroak and princess yasmin who award him with a special medal for his rescue of yasmin which is attended by maria , dreyfus , cato , prof . balls and jacqueline gambrelli where his clumsy antics disrupt the proceedings just like his father ' s inspector clouseau ' s antics used to do in previous pink panther films . gambrelli closes the film with the line :
that felt good !
following by the image of gambrelli freezing as the animated pink panther walks across the still of jacques , until an animated gambrelli suddenly cuts away the head of live - action gambrelli and pops out of the hole , dropping the head on the panther ' s foot ; the enraged panther chases him into fading blackness .
: yes ! a pink panther . come here , dala . a gift to your father from his grateful people . some day it will be yours . the most fabulous diamond in all the world . come closer .
after sellers’s death , edwards produced trail of the pink panther ( 1982 ) , using unused footage of sellers , but he wasn’t done with the series yet . in curse of the panther ( 1983 ) , the character appears in a cameo only , and is played by roger moore ( the explanation was that clouseau had plastic surgery to change his appearance ) . the films didn’t perform well at the box office , so the franchise went on hiatus until son of the pink panther in 1993 ( roberto benigni starred as clouseau’s illegitimate son ) . in 2006 , steven martin played clouseau in a remake of the original film , which spawned its own sequel in 2009 .
the pink panther album should be in every sound tech and mobile disc jockey crate and cd case when doing a gig . this cd is very entertaining and when played on a sound system everything comes alive .
the return of the pink panther ( 1975 ) : the pink panther is stolen from a lugash museum , and clouseau is called upon to seek it out once more . the evidence suggests the phantom is responsible , but in fact sir charles lytton has been framed . the film follows the parallel plots of clouseau trailing lytton ' s wife to switzerland and lytton ' s journey to lugash to try and find out who actually did it . dreyfus ' attempts to kill clouseau lands him in an institution at the end , leading directly into . . .
one of the few american features directed by the gifted hungarian - born filmmaker and scientist paul fejos ( 1897 - 1963 ) , the film has been recognized for its success as both a comic melodrama ( about young lovers who become separated during the chaos of a thunderstorm at coney island ) and for its early use of dialogue and two - color technicolor . the film was restored by the george eastman house and has found renewed popularity with repertory and film festival audiences .
and of course , anyone who comes to this movie after watching the other films , or after having heard of inspector clouseau and the pink panther through popcultural osmosis , might be surprised to find that david niven and claudia cardinale are the stars of the film , and peter sellers is only a supporting player .
the
pink panther
soundtrack is outstanding ! henry mancini was a genius he never disappoints . he musically portrays all the moods and sentiments of the movie . it ' s wonderful music . this cd is now the soundtrack of our house .
this comic masterpiece by blake edwards introduced the animated pink panther character in the film ' s opening - and - closing credit sequences and actor peter sellers in his most renowned comic role as the inept inspector clouseau . the influence of the great comics of the silent era on edwards and sellers is apparent throughout the film , which is recognized for its enduring popularity . the musical score composed by henry mancini is memorable as well .
chief inspector jacques clouseau ( formerly inspector ) is a fictional detective in blake edwards ' s pink panther series . in most of the films , he was played by peter sellers , with one film in which he was played by alan arkin and one in which he was played by an uncredited roger moore . in the 2006 pink panther revival and its 2009 sequel , he is played by steve martin . sellers is widely regarded as the definitive chief inspector clouseau of pop culture by fans and critics alike .
featuring peter sellers in his star turn as hapless detective inspector jacques clouseau , the pink panther saw the bumbling frenchman attempt to thwart the efforts of legendary jewel thief sir charles litton , otherwise known as the phantom , as he attempted to steal the titular pink panther diamond . while the movie largely started out as a conventional caper flick , with the primary focus being on david niven’s litton , sellers proved so popular with audiences that he went on to be the leading man in multiple sequels and spinoffs .
the bumbling inspector clouseau travels to rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as
the phantom
before he conducts his most daring heist yet : a princess ' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection , known as
the pink panther
.
a list of the films named to the 2010 national film registry can be found on the next page .
when i was very young , my dad used to make a point of watching the pink panther films whenever they came on tv . he probably still does , actually . i used to watch them with him as well .
fans familiar only with the subsequent entries in the panther series may find this initial film relatively slow moving when compared with the slapstick farces that followed . however , the inspector clouseau character was never intended to inspire a series , and many critics have concluded that the sophistication of this film was never equaled in the sequels .
bill wallis is credited in the end title but is nowhere to be seen in the film .
hilarity ensues when cleese ' s dreyfus tries to say the override command
hamburger
with his british accent in the pink panther 2 , only for steve martin ' s imitation french mispronunciation of
hamburger
to successfully call off the security forces .
iconic sequel character : cato and dreyfus didn ' t appear until the second film .
burt , george . 1994 . the art of film music . northeastern university press .
the sequel to the pink panther , a shot in the dark , wasn’t supposed to be a panther sequel at all , but an adaptation of a stage play of the same name . sellers was contracted to make the film , but was unhappy with the way production was going . he asked edwards for help : “he was desperate not to do it , and he came to me and said ‘i don’t like the whole set - up . can’t you step in ? ’” edwards recalled .
black comedy : most of a shot in the dark and the pink panther strikes again , owing to unusually high body counts . ( son of has that too , owing to the nature of the villains and the climactic siege , but that ' s typical action movie background fodder . )
actor - comedians kevin kline , rowan atkinson , gérard depardieu and tim curry were all considered for the role of jacques gambrelli , the son of inspector clouseau . in the end , the part went to roberto benigni . atkinson had been previously considered for the role of det . clifton sleigh in curse of the pink panther ( 1983 ) but had been rejected by the studio because atkinson was unknown outside of the uk ( ironically , benigni was unknown outside of italy ) whilst kline would go on to appear as dreyfus in the pink panther ( 2006 ) remake .
actor - comedians kevin kline , rowan atkinson , gérard depardieu and tim curry were all considered for the role of jacques gambrelli , the son of inspector clouseau . in the end , the part went to roberto benigni . atkinson had been previously considered for the role of det . clifton sleigh in curse of the pink panther ( 1983 ) but had been rejected by the studio because atkinson was unknown outside of the uk ( ironically , benigni was unknown outside of italy ) whilst kline would go on to appear as dreyfus in the pink panther ( 2006 ) remake .
spiritual successor : the neil simon - penned film after the fox ( 1967 ) features sellers as a master criminal nicknamed
the fox
who uses a phony movie shoot as cover for a gold heist . much of the humor is identical to that in the panther films , and there is even a panther - style opening credit sequence featuring a cartoon fox .
anyway , the pink panther is an interesting classic comedy from blake edwards . it features a hilarious title sequence from the cartoon character of the same name , peter sellers is a goofy lead , the slapstick is enjoyable , and henry mancini ' s music . . . . . classic .
one of nine cinema movies that british actor - comedian graham stark made with director blake edwards . seven of the films were
pink panther
pictures , it was only blind date ( 1987 ) and victor victoria ( 1982 ) that were not .
one of nine cinema movies that british actor - comedian graham stark made with director blake edwards . seven of the films were
pink panther
pictures , it was only blind date ( 1987 ) and victor victoria ( 1982 ) that were not .
to play the captivating princess dala , owner of the titular pink panther jewel , edwards originally wanted audrey hepburn , whom he’d previously worked with on breakfast at tiffany’s ( 1961 ) . edwards was “unsuccessful” in getting hepburn to take the role , and claudia cardinale was cast instead .
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what is the moviegoer with a good memory to do when confronted with
the pink panther ,
directed by shawn levy and starring steve martin ? is it possible to forget blake edwards and peter sellers ? it is not . their best pink panther movies did wonderfully what could not be done so well by anyone else , and not even , at the end , by them . ( there was the sad
trail of the pink panther
in 1982 , cobbled together from outtakes after sellers died in 1980 ) . inspector clouseau has been played by other actors before martin ( alan arkin and roger moore ) , but what ' s the point ? the character isn ' t bigger than the actor , as batman and maybe james bond are . the character is the actor , and i had rather not see steve martin , who is himself inimitable , imitating sellers .
sellers , naturally a somewhat pudgy man , wanted to be in better shape for the film , in part because he wanted to rival the movie star looks of co - star robert wagner . so he took a large amount of diet pills to shed weight , which may have contributed to the series of major heart attacks he had between completing filming and the pink panther ’s release .
spike lee ' s biographical film about the life of civil rights leader malcolm x was produced in the classical hollywood style . featuring an oscar - nominated performance by denzel washington , the film exemplifies the willingness of the u . s . film industry in the early ' 90s to support the making of mainstream films about earlier generations of social leaders .
highlights : 1 . the pink panther theme 2 . it had better be tonight 3 . royal blue 4 . champagne and quail 5 . the village inn 6 . the tiber twist 8 . cortina 9 . the lonely princess 10 . something for sellers 11 . piano and strings 12 . shades of sennett
themes may be divided into three broad categories according to their components’ relationship to the musical temporalities of beginning and end . ( 5 ) most film themes fall into two halves which correspond to a kind of statement and its response , or a beginning and end , in that order . these include the period with its antecedent / consequent halves , the sentence with its presentation / continuation halves , and several other theme types i describe in more detail in the next section . due to their similarity to literary sentences , i call these grammatical themes , and because they constitute the vast majority of film music themes , they are the focus of this study . familiar examples include henry mancini’s main theme for the pink panther ( 1963 ) and nino rota’s opening theme for the godfather ( 1972 ) .
cooke , mervyn . 2008 . a history of film music . cambridge university press .
this is the last film of the original iteration of the franchise . this was the last film to be directed by blake edwards , who also co - wrote and produced all the previous films sans inspector clouseau , and the last one to be scored by henry mancini . this also proved to be the final theatrical film they ' d both work on .
…magnificently inept inspector clouseau in the pink panther and a shot in the dark ( both 1964 ) , both directed by blake edwards . the success of these projects was marred by sellers’s near - fatal heart attack in 1964 . upon his recovery , the quality of his films became wildly erratic , his mercurial offscreen temperament…
the film went straight - to - video in a number of markets and territories including both the uk and australia .
kalinak , kathryn . 1992 . settling the score : music and the classical hollywood film . university of wisconsin press .
: in the reboot , the tornado , a serial thief , was believed to have resurfaced and stolen various treasures around the world , including the magna carta , the turin shroud , the imperial sword , the pink panther diamond ( allegedly ) , and the pope ' s ring . turns out , he never actually committed those crimes ( for one thing , he would have deduced that
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every film that has ever been nominated for an academy award in any category . enjoy !
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the immediate sequel to trail , curse of the pink panther reveals that clouseau underwent plastic surgery to change his appearance ; the character appears on screen briefly in the form of a joke cameo appearance by roger moore , billed as
turk thrust ii
. neither film was a box office success , and the series ( and the character ) were retired . clueless , martin ' s clouseau does not seem entirely incompetent , being able to locate the pink panther diamond and solve the case on his own through his knowledge of such obscure facts as a russian army rule that all members must know the location of a specific part of the brain or a clear knowledge of chinese . he has limited detecting skills , but is good deal more street smart than sellers ' s clouseau .
the sense of place is as pervasive as a character in “moss , ” a film by daniel peddle .
smith , jeff . 1998 . the sounds of commerce : marketing popular film music . columbia university press .
whitmer , mariana . 2012 . jerome moross’s the big country : a film score guide . scarecrow press .
lehman 2013 [ 1 . 8 , example 4 ] also recognizes the plagal cadence as common in film .
…of low and high comedy , the pink panther deftly embraced broad slapstick as well as clever absurdist wordplay . above all , it was propelled by peter sellers’s inspired portrayal of eternally bumbling parisian inspector jacques clouseau , whose mastery of misapprehension is hilariously augmented by a proclivity for mispronunciation and preposterously transparent…
due to this article’s taxonomical thrust , interpretation of meaning in relation to the film’s narrative is generally excluded from the analyses .
writers cannot do math : in curse of the pink panther , dreyfus ' birth year is said to be 1900 . this movie was made in 1983 , placing this character in his early 80s . never mind the fact that dreyfus obviously doesn ' t look that old ( herbert lom was only in his 60s ) , but then comes son of the pink panther which takes place 10 years later , meaning in that movie he must be in his early 90s ! even if dreyfus was in his early 80s in curse . . . , shouldn ' t he be retired from the police force by then ?
[ 39 ] the two halves of presentation and consequent define the sentential period . this theme type relies on a slight differentiation in the second idea ( hence the mandatory prime symbol in the second idea’s label above ) , after which the third idea restores more of the first idea , generating the sense of return that defines a period . as with all themes in the period class , the third idea may take on a degree of variation so long as its opening is more similar to the first idea than is the second . in henry mancini’s main theme from the pink panther ( 1963 ) , given in example 23 , the second idea’s differentiation occurs through alternating repetition , its latter half moving to ii rather than the first idea’s vi . the third idea then restates the first idea exactly , defining the theme as a sentential period .
( dino ' s nephew ) . the film ' s budget of $ 28 million came partly from mgm ( then under alan ladd jr . ) and with $ 13 . 8 million from aurelio de laurentiis ' company , filmauro . filming started 8 june 1992 and production finished 14 months later , taking place in pinewood studios and the country of jordan . the opening pink panther sequence cost an estimated $ 1 million .
princess dala was given the incredibly valuable
pink panther
diamond by her father , the shah of lugash . eventually dala was forced into exile after her father ' s death and the takeover of her country by a military junta . she ' s living in high style at a ski resort in the italian alps , but the government of lugash still wants their diamond back . there ' s also a jewel thief ,
the phantom
, who is believed to be after the pink panther . inspector jacques clouseau of the french surete ( sellers ) is on the trail of the phantom and has arrived at the resort , along with his wife simone , with hopes of catching the phantom . however , luckily for the phantom , clouseau is an idiot bumbler .
when blake edwards and co - writer maurice richlin first conceived the idea for the pink panther , it was a story
about a detective who is trying to catch a jewel thief who is having an affair with his wife .
to play the debonair jewel thief sir charles lytton , edwards chose david niven . then , peter sellers was cast as inspector jacques clouseau , and he and edwards began improvising various comedic bits , which greatly expanded sellers’s screen time . by the end of filming , it was very much clouseau’s movie , and niven was so disappointed that he requested the pink panther theme not be played when he appeared at the academy awards in the following years .