The Pink Panther Collection

[Bluntchop]

from dvdfile.com

MGM Home Entertainment will paint April in pink, with the announcement of the long-awaited The Pink Panther Film Collection. This six-disc set will include newly-remastered anamorphic widescreen versions of all five films in the series (not including the upcoming remake): The Pink Panther, A Shot in the Dark, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Revenge of the Pink Panther and the Peter Sellers-less The Trail of the Pink Panther, plus a bonus disc with the new documentary "The Pink Panther Story" and "The Pink Panther Cartoon Theatre," featuring a collection of six award-winning original cartoons and the featurette "Behind the Feline: The Cartoon Phenomenon." Other extras include an audio commentary by Blake Edwards and a trivia track on the first film. Retail will be $69.95 and street date April 6th.


http://www.dvdfile.com/images/box_art/packaging/pinkpanthercollection.jpg

[B1ade Runner]

That's pretty nice. Now if only I had seen any of them.

[Promithcuous]

I think I saw most of them, if not all. (not sure)
Peter Sellers is, or rather said, was a great actor. Too bad he's gone now.:(

[B1ade Runner]

A closer look at the cover art. (http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=2985&n=1&burl=)

Pretty sweet. But why are studios releasing awesome sets of movies I've never seen and have no interest in? It's time to get working on those uber Batman discs.

[Into]

The Pink Panther films were some of my childhood favorite, that's awesome that they are finally releasing this collection, but it will be forever before I'm going to shell out 70 buck on it.:(

[jimijames]

What about 'Return of the Pink Panther'; anyone know why it's not in the box set?

[crappertay]

It was produced by a different company strangely enough.

[Bluntchop]

Hmmmm, I have no idea actually.

Kinda strange they didn't include that one.

And welcome to cinemablend jimijames.

[Bluntchop]

Originally posted by Tay
It was produced by a different company strangely enough.
According to IMDb it was produced by UA?

[Into]

disregard

[crappertay]

It was produced by ITC originally to be the pilot to a TV series. Blake Edwards convinced them to make it a feature. When it became a hit MGM jumped back on the gravy train.


UA were the distributors.

[Into]

Interesting piece of info there.

[Bordick]

I'm just suprised MGM put out a box set that had nothing to do with James Bond

[jimijames]

Thanks for the replies. Is it possible to get Return of the Pink Panther on DVD?

[Bluntchop]

Yup:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0784012644.01.LZZZZZZZ.gif

Released on DVD by Artisan ...

[jimijames]

Thanks Bluntchop, but does that include the UK? It seems to be deleted here.

[crappertay]

Not at the moment. Only second hand. It'll probably be reissued soon enough.