IF YOU’VE EVER BEEN TO A WILDER PARTY… YOU’RE UNDER ARREST. 

A clumsy Hollywood actor (Peter Sellers), who was just fired from a movie, is accidentally invited to a big party at a mogul’s home. A classic comedy, the only one that Blake Edwards and Sellers made together that wasn’t part of the Pink Panther franchise. Much of it was improvised on location, which doesn’t come as a surprise considering how loosely structured the film is. Interestingly though, it can be seen as a younger generation’s revolt against the conservative order, illustrated by a conflict between hippies and old movie moguls, with Sellers caught in the middle as a brown-faced Hulot. A stereotype, but still lovable and funny.

1968-U.S. 99 min. Color. Widescreen. Produced and directed by Blake Edwards. Screenplay: Blake Edwards, Tom Waldman, Frank Waldman. Music: Henry Mancini. Cast: Peter Sellers (Hrundi V. Bakshi), Claudine Longet (Michele Monet), Marge Champion (Rosalind Dunphy), Denny Miller, Gavin MacLeod, Steve Franken.

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