Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0027616924674
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledPortugueseSubtitled
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: 1008437
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 31, 2006
Running Time: 797 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The Pink Panther is paws down the world's grooviest cartoon star. In 1964 this pink-inked feline slinked onto the opening credits of Blake Edwards' caper film by the same name and threatened to steal the entire show. Sleek sophisticated and witty the animation produced by Friz Freleng and David H. DePatie was a stylish departure from its contemporaries and an instant hit. A subsequent short film The Pink Phink would go on to win* an Oscar® and spawn a celebrated series of six-minute cartoons featuring the sly cat. Now for the first time 124 cartoons produced by Freleng and DePatie between 1964 and 1980 are collected here in a swingin' 5-disc set. With over 14 hours of "pink comedy" you can't help but lick your whiskers!*1964: Animated Short Subject The Pink PhinkSystem Requirements:Run Time: 782Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/CLASSICS UPC: 027616924674 Manufacturer No: 1008437

Amazon.com:
One of the unforeseen (and hugely profitable) benefits of the first Pink Panther movie was the popularity of the cartoon cat from that film's classic credits sequence. Added on a hunch by director Blake Edwards and concocted by the DePatie-Freleng animation team, the slinky pink feline immediately spawned his own series of cartoons, first for theatrical release and later for television. The saga is gathered in The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection, five discs of 124 cartoons, plus extras. This would have to be considered the ultimate such collection, and more than the average fan could handle in a few sittings (or a few dozen). But they're all here.

When United Artists commissioned David DePatie and Friz Freleng (whose new company was born from the eclipse of the old Warner Bros. cartoon unit) to make freestanding Pink Panther cartoons, their first effort struck gold. Literally: The Pink Phink won the Oscar for best animated short subject, and is still a prime example of circa-1964 line drawing and visual humor. Most of the early shorts display a sure sense of timing and a cheeky feel for the era; they were directed by Freleng and Hawley Pratt (Pratt's design for the Pink Panther had been selected by Blake Edwards from dozens of offerings at the time of the first feature). In two of the first handful, Sink Pink and Pink Ice, the Pink Panther himself speaks stray lines of dialogue, a mistake that would not be repeated later. One unwelcome aural intrusion: some of the cartoons here have a laugh track from the TV series, even on the Oscar-nominated Pink Blueprint.

Animation voiceover veterans of the era chimed in with narration or voices for other characters; for instance, the indefatigable Paul Frees does the narration on Phinkfinger, a funny spoof of 007-style spy movies. But most of the cartoons are wordless, which is one reason they remained popular internationally for so many years. The main reason is the slinky character of the Panther, a mischievous hipster who could be either the instrument of chaos or the victim, depending on the cartoon. The plots tend toward the cartoon verities: the necessity of catching a mouse or silencing an alarm clock, for instance. A documentary, Behind the Feline, gives a fine account of the history of the character; it is also bundled on a previous boxed set, The Pink Panther Film Collection. Useful new extras include a portrait of Friz Freleng by his daughters, an illuminating interview with animator-director Art Leonardi, and a delightful vignette with Leonardi instructing us on how to quickly draw the Pink Panther. The opening-title sequences from five Pink Panther movies are included. Throughout the cartoons and the extras, you will be reminded of one incalculable boost to the series: Henry Mancini's lithe, foxy theme music, which surely had much to do with the character's enduring fame. Mancini gets an onscreen shout-out in Pink, Plunk, Plink, in which the Panther tries to inject his theme into an orchestral performance of Beethoven's Fifth. --Robert Horton




Rating: - Think Pink: The Pink Panther Classic Collection!
Think pink and, no doubt, you'll think of The Pink Panther. Created expressly as an opening main title sequence for Blake Edwards' The Pink Panther feature film, the animated Pink Panther character was so well received by audiences and critics, the silent cool cat (powered by Henry Mancini's Pink Panther theme) ultimately became an international sensation resulting in several main title sequences, theatrical shorts (including Oscar-winner "The Pink Phink") and Saturday morning shorts. All of which ... Read More

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Rating: - Awesome set!
If you're looking for a special gift for a child these days, be SURE to pick this up! Every child who has come into this house is just as enthralled with Mr. Pink Panther as I was back in the 60s. Since he was my absolute favorite cartoon, I had to get this set. It certainly has been the instant hit with all the kids in the neighborhood and mine even play the theme song on the piano! You don't even have to worry about the subject matter, just good, clean fun! I get SO tired of screening today's ... Read More

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Rating: - Enjoyable
Its e very good compilation of pink panter. My daughter of 4 and I enjoys it very much. I would recomended hightly

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Rating: - Awesome!
Very cool. My kids all love this. I wasn't even a huge fan when i was a kid but i've really enjoyed watching them with them. This was definitely worth the money paid for it.

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Rating: - Animation's most famous and greatest feline gets royal treatment on DVD
The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection collects all of the Pink Panther cartoons that were made between 1964 and 1978 (but released to theaters between 1964 and 1980).
The Pink Panther cartoon character was initially designed as an intro tag to the Peter Sellers movie of the same name about a diamond which quite frankly was boring IMHO. Each film was literally upstaged by Friz Freleng's classic animated sequences featuring literally a panther that was colored pink.
The first Pink ... Read More

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