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It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World [1963]
from MGM Entertainment
starring Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Sid Caesar
directed by Stanley Kramer

Features:

• PAL

Editorial Review:

Stanley Kramer's 1963 It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is a sprawling comedy about a search for buried treasure by at least a dozen people--all played by well-known entertainers of their day--is the kind of mass comedy that has recently come back to the for-front of Hollywood with the film Rat Race. After a number of strangers (including Milton Berle, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, Phil Silvers and others) witness a dying stranger (Jimmy Durante) identify the location of hidden money, a conflict-ridden hunt begins, watched over carefully by a suspicious cop (Spencer Tracy). The ensuing two and a half hours of mayhem has its ups and downs--some sketches and performers are certainly funnier than others. But Kramer, who is better known for socially conscious, serious cinema (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?), is in a mood for broad comic characterization, and some of his jokes are so intentionally obvious (Durante literally kicks a bucket when he dies), they could have derived from the Airplane! reject bin. Watch for lots of cameo appearances, including Jerry Lewis. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• More than a film
  Yes, this is a great comedy movie with endless gags played with immeasurable talent by the finest comedy actors of the time. It zips along merrily, almost exhaustingly at first but sags a little bit in the second half. Don't worry, it comes to life again. I was only a kid when I saw this at the movies and it left me worn out from laughing and has stuck with me ever since; I always have to have a copy handy for a boost.
  But, even as a child, I knew this movie had done something else, it had captured a... more info

• its a great film to all
  its a mad mad mad mad world is the funniest film ever made. its very funny and i have even made my own top trumps(card game) of it. i love it and im only 12 and so does my dad who is 44.

  from sam west

• Madcap adventure
  This madcap adventure race/road story is a refreshing emalgamation of some of the best comic talent from the time. Boating a brilliant cast of people throughout major and minor roles, this film has you in stitches from start to finish.

  When the dying thief kicks the bucket, literally and physically, it sparks off a group of people racing around the countryside in order to find the money he told them he had left behind. Cue lots of others joining in along the way, and plenty of humourous obstacles in their... more info

• Timeless Comedy Classic
  It's A Mad...World is one of the finest comedies evr and an all time classic. I rmemeber seeing this for the first as young boy when shown on TV. I loved it then and continue to love it whenever I put it on, which is very regularly.

  The basic plot revolves around a car accident, where the driver, Jimmy Durante, tells a group of fellow drivers who se him crash and go to his aid about hundres and thousands of dollars in cash buried under a 'Big W' in a park in California hundreds of miles away.

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