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GundarkHunter

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#46166
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Funniest Movie Ever
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Three little letters: ITC. Blake Edwards retained the rights to the Pink Panther and its characters, but was on very bad terms with both Peter Sellers and United Artists following A Shot in the Dark. UA responded by releasing the awful Inspector Clouseau starring Alan Arkin. Edwards, after smoothing over his differences with Sellers, made a 1-picture deal with Lew Grade (head of ITC), and thus Return of the Pink Panther was born in 1975. Artisan got the rights to Return in a deal for several ITC properties, including On Golden Pond and The Last Unicorn. Why MGM couldn't have bought the rights or licenced them from Artisan is beyond me.
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#46161
Topic
Funniest Movie Ever
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Unfortunately, it's not all of the Pink Panther movies. MGM only holds the rights to 5 of the 6 Peter Sellers Pink Panther films. Return of the Pink Panther, released in 1975 (and one of my favourites, as I saw it in the theatre as a very young child) is distributed by Artisan, and the current DVD is very poor.