The Inspector : the DePatie/Freleng collection [videorecording (DVD)] / Mirisch Films, Inc. presents ; produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng ; a Mirish-Geoffrey-DePatie-Freleng production ; released through United Artists.
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Publisher:
Kino Lorber,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
2 videodiscs (237 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally broadcast 1965-1969. 1.33:1 aspect ratio. "The screen's most comically inept detective wreaks havoc on the boulevards of Paris as he, with the help of his sidekick Deux Deux, wages his single-minded (and narrow-sighted) battle for justice. Initially presented as theatrical attractions, the cartoons gained a much greater audience when they were broadcast as part of the Pink Panther animated television series. This special edition collects all 34 episodes of The Inspector, on two discs"--Container. Special features: two documentaries by Greg Ford: "Goodbye, Warner Bros., Hello DePatie-Freleng" and "Of Aardvarks, Ants, Inspectors, and Cranes," featuring Jerry Beck, Barbara Donatelli, Will Friedwald, Doug Goodwin, Art Lionardi, Joe Siracusa, and Friz Freleng (archival audio). Audio commentaries for selected films, by author Mark Arnold, historian Jerry Beck, filmmaker Greg Ford, and Friz Freleng (archival audio). Voices, Pat Harrington, Jr., Paul Frees, June Foray, Marvin Miller, Larry Storch.
Contents:
Disc 1. Great DeGaulle Stone operation -- Reaux, reaux, reaux your boat -- Napoleon Blown-apart́e -- Cirrhosis of the Louvre -- Plastered in Paris -- Cock-a-doodle deux-deux -- Ape Suzette -- Pique poquette of Paris -- Sicque! Sicque! Sicque! -- That's no lady, that's Notre Damé -- Unsafe & Seine -- Toulouse la trick -- Sacre bleu cross -- Le quiet squad -- Bomb voyage -- Le pi-al patrol -- Le bowser bagger -- Disc 2. Le escape goat -- Le cop on le rocks -- Crow de guerre -- Canadian can-can -- Tour de farce -- The shooting of Caribou Lou -- London derriere -- Les miserobots -- Transylvania mania -- Bear de guerre -- Cherche le phantom -- Le great dane robbery -- Le ball and chain gang -- La feet's defeat -- French Freud -- Pierre and cottage cheese -- Carte blanched.
Summary:
With a nose for clues, an eye for intrigue, and a mind like a steel trap that's jammed shut, the Inspector sets out to solve Paris' most puzzling crime mysteries. An excellent addition to this wonderful and hilarious series about that wily pink cat known as the Pink Panther!
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