The Pink Phink (1964)

Directors:

Friz Freleng
Hawley Pratt (co-director)

Writer:

John W. Dunn (story)

Release Date:

18 December 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Comedy | Short

Tagline:

Remember me? First I was a movie title... Now I'm a movie Star!!!

Plot:

A house painter can't understand why everything he paints blue turns pink. Little does he guess that the Pink Panther is repainting all his work.

Plot Keywords:

Panther | House Painter | Gun | Color | Crying

Awards:

Won Oscar.

Directed by
Friz Freleng
Hawley Pratt		(co-director)

Writing credits
John W. Dunn		(story)

Produced by
David H. DePatie	....	producer
Friz Freleng	....	producer
Walter Mirisch	....	executive producer

Original Music by
William Lava

Film Editing by
Lee Gunther

Production Management
Bill Orcutt	....	production supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
John Burton Jr.	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Laverne Harding	....	animator
Bob Matz	....	animator
Norm McCabe	....	animator
Tom O'Loughlin	....	background artist
Dick Ung	....	layout artist
Don Williams	....	animator

Music Department
Henry Mancini	....	composer: theme "The Pink Panther"

Production Companies

• DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (DFE)

Distributors

• United Artists (1964) (USA) (theatrical)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Blake Edwards' Pink Panther: The Pink Phink (USA) (series title)

Runtime:

7 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #20872)

Company:

DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (DFE)

Trivia:

Theatrically released in the USA with Kiss Me, Stupid (1964).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Behind the Feline: The Cartoon Phenomenon (2003) (V)

The first 'Pink Panther' cartoon

The oldest of the 'Pink Panther' cartoons is a good start. Although simple as it may be, it is full of funny gags, creativity, originality and imagination.

The story focus in only 2 characters: the Pink Panther and a painter (who is nothing less than 'The Little White Man', a familiar character in many of these cartoons). During the whole cartoon, the painter wants a house to be painted blue. Pinky, of course, wants it to be painted pink and always manages to ruin the blue paint (in all imaginable ways), much for the painter's anger.

The funniest of all is that the painter doesn't realize until late in the cartoon that Pinky is causing all the problems. During good part of the cartoon, he gets mad because he thinks that the blue paint he is using is something of terrible quality.

A funny classic cartoon and quite a worthy one in any collection of 'The Pink Panther' classics.