Just learned that Jean Dujardin and Michel Hazanavicius, the actor and director from The Artist, previously teamed up for a popular series of French spy spoofs called OSS 117. Looks like a French Austin Powers basically...
...which brings to mind some of Peter Sellers great work in The Pink Panther and The Party...
...which seemed to me like the inspiration (or at least a reference) for the party scene from Ace Ventura.
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