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Hollywood Epics 2 – Cleopatra (1963)
Apart from this movie being recommended to me by a co-worker who’s got a very similar taste in movies to me, I came into this movie almost completely blind. Not only have I never seen this movie before, but I … Continue reading
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Pink Panther series 12 – The Party
Sure, this movie isn’t part of the Pink Panther series. That said, the Pink Panther film franchise is what both director Blake Edwards and actor Peter Sellers are best known for. Their relationship was quite rocky. In fact, there was … Continue reading
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Pink Panther series 6 – Revenge of the Pink Panther
It’s Thanksgiving Monday in Canada, so what better things to do than to watch the final on-set performance of Peter Sellers and review it? Well … I could think of better things to do, but I’ve already had my family … Continue reading
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Tagged blake edwards, burt kwouk, cato, chief inspector dreyfus, classic movies, comedy movie, henry mancini, herbert lom, inspector clouseau, jacques clouseau, movie review, movies, peter sellers, pink panther, pink panther movies, revenge of the pink panther
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Pink Panther series 5 – The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Pink Panther Strikes Again is a rather interesting entry into the Pink Panther series. This is the point where the continuity of the series starts to go all over the place. Sure, Return of the Pink Panther completely ignored … Continue reading
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Tagged blake edwards, burt kwouk, cato, chief inspector dreyfus, classic movies, colin blakely, comedy movie, dick crockett, henry mancini, herbert lom, inspector clouseau, julia andrews, movie review, movies, new york times, omar sharif, peter sellers, pink panther, pink panther movies, roger ebert
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Pink Panther movies 4 – The Return of the Pink Panther
Return of the Pink Panther represents a major change for the Pink Panther series, in more ways than one. For one, it revived the Pink Panther franchise, after the series went dormant in the aftermath of Inspector Clouseau bombing. It … Continue reading
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Tagged blake edwards, burt kwouk, catherine schell, cato, chief inspector dreyfus, christopher plummer, classic movies, comedy, comedy movie, henry mancini, herbert lom, lady claudine litton, lew grade, movie review, movies, peter sellers, pink panther, pink panther movies, richard williams, sir charles lytton, united artists, walter mirisch
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Classic Musical Month 4 – Fiddler on the Roof
The three previous movies I looked at in this month’s blog series were all movies I had at least some knowledge of. I’d seen The Wizard of Oz several times before. I’d seen significant chunks of The Sound of Music. … Continue reading
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Classic Musical Month 2 – Singin’ in the Rain
The Wizard of Oz, which I reviewed 5 days ago, is the only movie I’ll be looking at this month that I’ve seen in full before. I’ve seen parts of next week’s The Sound of Music, but never the whole … Continue reading
Classic Masterpieces 4: Ben-Hur (1959)
Of the four movies I looked at this month, this was the one I’ve been looking forward to the most. I had only seen it once before, but I remember it being not only very impressive from a production standpoint … Continue reading
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Classic Masterpieces 3 – Casablanca
Of the classic films I’m looking at this month, this is the one I’ve seen the most, and is probably also the first classic masterpiece I watched out of the four of them. Released in 1942, it’s mostly a romantic … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, american film institute, casablanca, casey robinson, classic masterpieces, classic movies, czech resistance, france, frances burnett, french resistance, howard koch, humphrey bogart, ilsa lund, ingrid bergman, joan alison, julius and philip epstein, morocco, movie review, movies, murray burnett, nazis, paul henreid, rick blaine, second world war, vichy-french, victor laszlo, warner brothers, world war 2, ww2
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Classic Masterpieces 2 – Gone with the Wind
I’ve decided on the four movies I’m looking at this month, and of the four, this is the only one I haven’t seen before. Gone with the Wind is a very famous epic historical romance film. It was immensely popular … Continue reading
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