The son of the pink panther

Movie
German title	The son of the pink panther
Original title	Son of the Pink Panther
Country of production	USA , Italy
original language	English
Publishing year	1993
length	93 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Blake Edwards
script	Blake Edwards Madeline Sunshine Steven Sunshine
production	Tony Adams Nigel Wooll
music	Henry Mancini Bobby McFerrin
camera	Dick Bush
cut	Robert parchment
occupation
Roberto Benigni : Jacques Gambrelli Herbert Lom : Charles Dreyfus Claudia Cardinale : Maria Gambrelli Shabana Azmi : Queen Debrah Farentino : Princess Yasmin Jennifer Edwards : Yussa Robert Davi : Hans Zarba Mark Schneider : Arnon Mike Starr : Hanif Kenny Spalding : Garth Anton Rodgers : Police Chief Charles Lazar Burt Kwouk : Cato Fong Nadim Sawalha : Spy
chronology
←  Predecessor The Curse of the Pink Panther Successor  → The Pink Panther

Son of the Pink Panther (Son of the Pink Panther) is a US-American - Italian film comedy by Blake Edwards in 1993. It is a part of The Pink Panther .

action

Princess Yasmin and her father spend their holidays in a seaside resort in France. The princess is kidnapped, the kidnappers demand that her father resign.

Charles Dreyfus is charged with the investigation. He is investigating in Nice and is hoping for help from the local police. He is assigned Jacques Gambrelli, an idiot village policeman who lives with his mother Maria. At a meeting at their house, it is revealed that he is an illegitimate son of Jacques Clouseau. From then on, he called himself Jacques Clouseau Jr. and went on a search for clues in Paris, in the inspector's former apartment. There he met Cato, his servant at the time, who was still managing the apartment. He wants to be at his side, but Clouseau jr keeps him standing there.

You go to North Africa to the kingdom of the princess. Since he was the only one to see the princess in a clash between the kidnappers in Nice, he is the target of numerous assassinations. A turbulent chase follows. And of course Clouseau falls in love with the princess. The king suspects corrupt military and terrorists are responsible; he puts his "special forces" at the side of the stupid policeman, who are supposed to help him catch the leader of the terrorists, Uncle Idris, who is working with the kidnappers. The trail leads Clouseau Jr. to a desert fort where the princess is being held captive. This is stormed and Clouseau jr survives through controlled coincidences. Like his father, he defeats kidnappers and supporters with his stupid manner.

In the end, like his father in a similar way, he is honored by the king at a ceremony - and his mother marries Dreyfus. Little does he know that Maria still has a daughter named Jacqueline, who surprisingly turns up at the party.

Trivia

• The film uses many gags from earlier films in the series.
• Maria Gambrelli was the housemaid suspected of murder - played by Elke Sommer at the time - in A Shot in the Dark that Clouseau fell in love with.
• Claudia Cardinale played Princess Dala in the first Pink Panther film.
• The singer Bobby McFerrin contributed the title song.

Publications

Soundtrack

The soundtrack, one of Henri Mancini's last works, was released by Milan / BMG / RCA:

Original edition The Pink Panther Theme by Bobby McFerrin Son of the Pink Panther The snatch God Bless Clouseau Samba de Jacques The Gambrelli Theme The Bike Chase The Dreamy Princess Riot at Omar's Mama and Dreyfus Rendezvous with Cato The King's Palace The showdown The Pink Panther Theme

Reviews

The film received a largely negative response: The film only holds 6% on Rotten Tomatoes , based on 34 evaluated reviews.

"Another continuation of the successful" Pink Panther "comedy series in which you meet many friends again, but which only achieves the quality of the earlier films in a few slapstick interludes and, above all, is wrongly cast in the leading role."

- Lexicon of international film

The Washington Post rated Benigni's performance positively and rated the actor as “enormously charming”. The action, however, seems "incomprehensible".

Awards

Roberto Benigni received a nomination for the negative award Golden Raspberry for the film as Worst New Star .

background

The film was shot in Rome , Nice and Monaco , among others . It grossed approximately $ 2.5 million in US cinemas .

Web links

• Son of the Pink Panther in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Son of the Pink Panther at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• The Son of the Pink Panther at Metacritic (English)
• The Son of the Pink Panther in the online movie database
• The son of the pink panther in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ^ Certificate of Release for The Son of the Pink Panther . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2005 (PDF; test number: 70 566 V / DVD).
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Trivia for Son of the Pink Panther on german.imdb.com
3. ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/son_of_the_pink_panther/?search=son%20of%20pink
4. ↑ The Son of the Pink Panther. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
5. ^ Review by David Mills on washingtonpost.com
6. ↑ Awards for Son of the Pink Panther on german.imdb.com
7. ↑ Filming locations for Son of the Pink Panther on german.imdb.com
8. ↑ Box office / business for Son of the Pink Panther on german.imdb.com