MGM Home Entertainment will release the Pink Panther Ultimate Collection on DVD this fall. Slated to hit retail on Nov. 25, the box set will offer nine volumes of cartoon classics, nine feature films and a host of extras including the quintessential Pink Panther encyclopedia, Pink Panther, The Ultimate Guide to the Coolest Cat in Town!, written by Jerry Beck. The set will carry a suggested retail price of $199.98.
The nine cartoon collections feature more than 190 animated comedy shorts, including the Oscar-winning The Pink Phink, as well as Sink Pink and Pink Ice the only two cartoons in which the mischievous cool cat speaks. Available for the first time in one package are Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Vol. 1, Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Vol. 2, Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Vol. 3, Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Vol. 4, Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Vol. 5: The Ant and the Aardvark, Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Vol. 6: The Inspector Vol. 1, Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Vol. 7: The Inspector Vol. 2, Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Vol. 8: Roland and Ratfink, and Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Vol. 9.
Also included in the set is the new collector’s edition of the Oscar nominated 1964 film The Pink Panther, which stars Peter Sellers as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau. Available only in this box set, this special collector’s edition of the film offers more than an hour of never-before-seen footage. The 2006 version of The Pink Panther starring Steve Martin is also included in the set, as are the live-action pics A Shot in the Dark, Inspector Clouseau, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Revenge of the Pink Panther, Trail of the Pink Panther, Curse of the Pink Panther and Son of the Pink Panther.