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Slapstick Comedy | Clouseau
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Most Performed Feature Film Standards | 1988 | Henry
Best Music Substantially Original Score | 1965 | Henry
Best Actor Comedy or Musical | 1965 | Peter
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show | 1965 | Henry
Best Foreign Film | 1967
Best Written American Comedy | 1965 | Blake
Box Office Collection 10,878,107 USD
An animated Pink Panther was created for the opening credits because writer and director Blake Edwards felt that the credits would benefit from some kind of cartoon character. David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng decided to personify the film's eponymous jewel, and the Pink Panther character was chosen by Edwards from over a hundred alternative panther sketches. The Pink Panther introduced in the opening credits became a popular film and television character in his own right, beginning with the cartoon short The Pink Phink (1964) the following year.
Somewhat overweight for much of his life up to this point and possessing a hang-dog face, Peter Sellers was obsessed with becoming a handsome leading man. Although he easily outperformed Robert Wagner in this picture, he envied the American actor's good looks. To get himself in better shape, he subjected himself to a gruelling weight-loss regimen that included the excessive use of diet pills, possibly a contributing factor to the heart attack he suffered before the film's release. Some biographers also claim he had his teeth straightened and capped.
When presenting at a subsequent Oscar Awards ceremony, David Niven requested his walk-on music be changed from the "Pink Panther" theme, as "that was not really my film."
Claudia Cardinale could not speak English, so Princess Dala's dialog was dubbed by 20-year-old Gale Garnett.
The film was intended to have David Niven's character Sir Charles Lytton as the main character. However, Peter Sellers' portrayal of Inspector Clouseau was so loved by the crew (and later by the audience) it became his character that this film and the sequels focused on.
"[At a costume ball, a police sergeant costumed as a zebra drinks from the punch bowl] Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Any more behaviour like this and I'll have your stripes!"
"[Clouseau bumps into a woman dressed as Cleopatra. He hands back her rubber snake] Woman: Take your filthy hands off my asp!"
