Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: April 26, 2016
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Kino Lorber
The Inspector, the series of cartoons produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises from 1965 through 1969, features one of 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 a single-minded (and narrow-sighted) battle for justice.
Although the titular character was never given a name, he’s based on Inspector Jacques Clouseau, the comical French police officer who is the main character in the Pink Panther series of films starring the great Peter Sellers.
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.
Kino Lorber’s DVD and Blu-ray edition collects all 34 episodes of The Inspector on two discs.
The discs contain a bunch of impressive bonus features. Check’em out:
-Commentaries for selected episodes by Friz Freleng (compiled from archival interviews), filmmaker Greg Ford, author Mark Arnold, and historian Jerry Beck
-“Goodbye Warner Bros. Hello DePatie-Freleng”, a new documentary on the history of DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, featuring interviews with Friz Freleng, Greg Ford, animator/director Art Leonardi, ink & paint artist Barbara Donatelli, Jerry Beck, and critic Will Friedwald
-“Of Aardvarks, Ants, Inspectors and Cranes”, a new documentary on the making of the cartoons
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