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A Movie A Day: Quint returns with THE PARTY (1968)
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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness by seppukudkurosawa	Dec 17th, 2008 11:16:07 PM
Give it a good review and you've got a sporting chance, me old China!
An excellent and very funny movie by KnightShift	Dec 17th, 2008 11:16:41 PM
I watched The Party years ago at the suggestion of my mom, who saw it in the theater during its first run and said she couldn't stop laughing. This is a movie that just keeps building up the crazy until it can contain itself no longer. And I've always thought that Peter Sellers played an Indian quite well.
OK, that sounded random by seppukudkurosawa	Dec 17th, 2008 11:16:50 PM
I meant to say: The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is me ma's favourite movie. That's what too much egg nog will do to ya, kids!
Welcome back AMAD by tolomey	Dec 17th, 2008 11:17:46 PM
We missed ya......by the way, where is Harry's DVD section - surely we should have a blu ray review of TDK by now? Oh yeah, and those all important xmas releases. Keep up the good work tho Quint
Thought the final half was belabored by thegreatwhatzit	Dec 17th, 2008 11:30:57 PM
Blake Edwards forfeited Laurel and Hardy's subtlety. By the way, AFTER THE FOX is Sellers' sleeper (Victor Mature is side-splitting, too).
Glad You're Back with AMAD! by stanton29	Dec 18th, 2008 12:09:28 AM
I catch it at work whenever possible, even with my boss looking over my shoulder, like right NOW...
We love you Quint... by Lukecash	Dec 18th, 2008 12:41:51 AM
And we missed you, but dude, you got shit to do! Well, this week you've turned me onto looking at a few Peter Sellers Movies I've avoided because of the misconception that they were 1960's crap.
FELLOW AMADNIACS! BOTH THE STRANGER AND CASINO ROYAL by Lukecash	Dec 18th, 2008 12:44:28 AM
Can be seen for free-unedited (with commercial interruptions)on www.hulu.com
After the fox.. by eustisclay	Dec 18th, 2008 01:35:55 AM
...with a theme song bu the hollies AND peter sellars!
I'll see to it that you never make another movie again! by Gorgomel	Dec 18th, 2008 01:56:27 AM
Does that include television, sir?
The Party by Jinxo	Dec 18th, 2008 02:35:29 AM
There is so much funny in this film. First thing that jumps to my mind is the mess that guy makes of the bathroom. Okay, not as disgusting as it sounds. The drunken waiter was funny but also one of the problems I had with the film. To me the point of the thing should be that this crazy character turns to chaos what would otherwise have been a regular old party. But that isn't really the case because even without Peter Seller's character the waiter would still have mucked it up. And you have this slow build of trouble on trouble caused by Peter S mainly and then instead of it blowing all apart because of him... instead at the end it all goes crazy due to this left field bunch of madness having nothing to do with him. Like with the waiter, the party would have been messed up even without his character showing up. The waiter and that ending bit for me undercut the whole larger joke of the film. That said, even if the big picture joke of the film was undercut, almost any smaller bit in the movie is hilarious.
"Birdie Num Num"! Funny what you remember, isn't it? by Mr Nicholas	Dec 18th, 2008 02:39:59 AM

Nice mention of Murder By Death, Quint by Continentalop	Dec 18th, 2008 02:41:06 AM
One of THE best ensemble comedies ever. I love it for its pure wackiness and the brilliance of its performers (especially Peter Falk!). Just curious Quint, have you ever seen "The Big Bus"? I don't know why, but for some reason you got me thinking of that movie. If you haven't seen it, add it to your list please. I want to know if someone else thinks it is an unappreciated gem or a piece of crap.
you're really wrong, Quint... by cifra	Dec 18th, 2008 03:15:24 AM
... it's way better than any Pink Panther movie, and one of Edwards' best movies. You should be checking out "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" quite soon, too, by the way. It seems that Edwards and Sellers loved/hated/needed each other continuously.
Remake it with Harold and Kumar! by Pondscum is Banned	Dec 18th, 2008 03:41:29 AM
Or better yet, get Mike Meyers and call it Love Guru 2. If people are chucking in their AMAD requests, can I put forward Red Rock West starring Nicholas Cage and Dennis Hopper? Unless of course you've already reviewed it, in which case, I'll shut the hell up.
The Big Bus by Gorgomel	Dec 18th, 2008 03:51:58 AM
You are not alone Continentalop. ^^
Damn You Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Dec 18th, 2008 05:23:46 AM
Damn You Michael Bay
Killer movie - Should be remade with Dolph Lundgren. by most excellent ninja	Dec 18th, 2008 06:37:02 AM

Party On Quint! by Darthkrusty	Dec 18th, 2008 08:03:41 AM
Nice having this column back. Have fun wherever you are. Glad you enjoyed THE PARTY. I agree with your take on it. Sellers is the man. Also looking forward to your take on Notorious and the mini Ingrid Bergman fest coming up. May I recommend Autumn Sonata. One of Ingrid's last films and her only pairing with fellow countryman Ingmar. Bergman meets Bergman... a sublime treat.
Tonight is just one big round of laughter by Flyingcircus	Dec 18th, 2008 08:25:49 AM
Sellers' genious on display here again. Love this character.
Need to go home and feed my monkey (Apu?) by jrags1138	Dec 18th, 2008 08:52:21 AM
yet still road off with the girl in the cool car.
"You meshugena" by Big Jim	Dec 18th, 2008 09:24:50 AM
"I am not your sugar" "I would have been disappointed had you not crushed my hand" Is this your elephant?" from the trailer "If you've ever been to a wilder party, you're under arrest". Wasn't until the credits I realized the actresses' date (was he the director or producer?) was Gavin MacLeod.
The Big Bus! by pilotgrl	Dec 18th, 2008 09:46:50 AM
OMG, does that bring back memories. "Watch out, he's got a broken candle!" Glad to see you back, Quint!
Awesome... by 24200124	Dec 18th, 2008 09:59:55 AM
The first time I ever heard anything about this movie was when my family'd gotten a cat, and my father kept calling the cat food "num-nums". I asked him where he'd gotten that from; he marched me to the car and we immediately rented "The Party". This is one of my favorite Sellers films ("Murder by Death" being the other one) and it's extremely entertaining. Thanks for giving this fine movie its due.
Really dug this by Coma Baby	Dec 18th, 2008 10:05:47 AM
Since this was a 60s movie, I was really surprised that the humour came from Sellers as a funny, bumbling character who happened to be Indian, rather than Sellers just doing a broad stereotype. I'm sure lots of people would disagree, but I think it's a little funnier than the first two Panther films (the only two I've seen). Claudine Longet is adorable and her and Seller's characters are likable enough to keep you caring about the movie even when it gets completely nutty. Maybe it's that likability that puts it over the Pink Panther films for me.
Coincidence? by morganmorgan	Dec 18th, 2008 10:50:37 AM
In The Party the Cowboy actor character is named 'Wyoming Bill' Kelso-- In Spielberg's 1941 John Belushi's character is called Capt. Wild Bill Kelso...
Party's Opening by Grand Moff Toht	Dec 18th, 2008 11:23:46 AM
This sequence spoofs the ending of Gunga Din (1939) where Sam Jaffe as an Indian regimental water boy for the British climbs atop a spire to blow the bugle and warn a British column of an ambush planned by a Thug army. Great movie, and if you've seen it, then the Sellers send up of Gunga Din is even more hilarious. Still my favorite part of The Party. Haven't seen it in years, but remember it slowing down a bit as it delved into the Claudine Longet story... didn't she shoot someone in the '70s?
Lukecash by hst666	Dec 18th, 2008 11:37:12 AM
What's New Pussycat and Casino Royale are 60's crap. The other two are good.
I 'ope you 'ave a'penis... by Lenny Nero	Dec 18th, 2008 11:37:45 AM
...what movie is that from?
Casino Royale is a trainwreck by Subtlety	Dec 18th, 2008 01:05:45 PM
but you know that already. Woody Allen is hi fucking larious in it, though, for his two minutes.
Waiter & The Cowboy were played by.... by darthliquidator	Dec 18th, 2008 02:58:09 PM
...the waiter was Steven Franken, who played the snotty rich mamma's boy Chatsworth Osborne on the "Dobie Gillis" TV series(a role briefly played and vacated by Warren Beatty!)..and the cowboy was Denny Miller...who was Tarzan in MGM's direct remake of their Weismuller movie (with color-tinted footage from the original!)and had a minor career in TV commercials...playing the Gorton's fisherman.
Lenny Nero by Jonas Grumpy	Dec 18th, 2008 04:02:39 PM
"The Beverly Hillbillies"?
darthliquidator by Jonas Grumpy	Dec 18th, 2008 04:05:04 PM
Denny Miller was also the surfer from "Gilligan's Island." You know, the one who rode that tsunami all the way to the island, then rode a reverse tsunami back to Hawaii. (He bonked his head upon arriving, keeping him from telling anyone about the castaways. One of the few times Gilligan didn't fuck up a rescue attempt.) He also played the actor pretending to be an "ape man" on a different episode of that series. Sad that I know all this without having to look it up first.
So this is where wartime trumpet guy came from? by Billy Goat	Dec 18th, 2008 07:08:20 PM
When I was a kid, the morning DJ on WBZ in Boston used to play this scene on the air a lot. Even just as audio, it was frickin hilarious. Though I've belted you and flayed you, By the living God that made you, You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din. bbbrrrrraaaaaapp... Now I need to seek out this movie!
Heh, never mind. by Billy Goat	Dec 18th, 2008 07:16:23 PM
I just watched the scene on YouTube, it's not the same at all. The audio skit is from Firesign Theater. Oh, Billy Goat, you done messed up again!
I'll still seek out the movie anyway. by Billy Goat	Dec 18th, 2008 07:21:12 PM
Yay!
Gunga Din by jrags1138	Dec 18th, 2008 09:37:07 PM
I am surprised few people have noticed the relation. That film is the core of what becomes Temple of Doom, same villians. Plus the whole Gunga/ Gungan water boy later used for Phantom Menace. It seems neglected and forgotten and the dang thing has Carey Grant in it.

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