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Actors: Spencer Tracy, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman,
Terry Thomas, Mickey Rooney, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, Phil Silvers,
Milton Berle, Dick Shawn Director: Stanley Kramer Language: ENGLISH: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit) Subtitles: English Region: Region A Aspect Ratio: 2.76:1 Number of Discs: 5 (2 BD / 3 DVD) Rating: G Orig. Release Date: 1963 Studio: Criterion Release Date: 10/10/2017 Run Time: 198 Min.
Disc One
- Promotional Spots:
- 1963 Original release - a new introduction and radio and
TV ads created by voice-over artist Stan Freberg, who was hired by
producer and director Stanley Kramer to create an innovative advertising
campaign for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. In English, not subtitled.
- 1. Introduction. (5 min, 1080p).
- 2. Radio ads. Six ads. (6 min, 1080p).
- 3. TV ads. Four ads. (4 min, 1080p).
- 4. Original road show teaser. (2 min, 1080p).
- 5. General release trailer (4 min, 1080p).
- 1970 Original release - in English, not subtitled.
- 1. Radio ads. Three ads. (3 min, 1080p).
- 2. Trailer. (4 min, 1080p).
- Telescope - this two-part 1963 episode of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series Telescope covers the press junket for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and the film's Los Angeles premiere at the Cinerama Dome. In English, not subtitled.
- 1. Part One: "A Winter's Tale" (24 min, 1080i).
- 2. Part Two: "Junket Into Madness" (26 min, 1080i).
- Press Interview, 1963 - an archival interview with
director Stanley Kramer and cast members Milton Berle, Sid Caesar,
Mickey Rooney, and Jonathan Winters recorded in 1963 as a promo piece
and sent to various radio stations. Initially, the interview was sent
without the original questions, but Criterion have included the
questions based on the original interview transcripts. Director Kramer
and the actors discuss their contribution to the film (without having
seen it in its entirety), its massive budget, etc. In English, not
subtitled. (36 min, 1080p).
- Stanley Kramer's Reunion with the Great Comedy Artists of Our Time
- footage from a television talk show hosted by director Stanley Kramer
in 1974. Buddy Hackett, Sid Caesar, and Jonathan Winters recall their
collaboration with the legendary director on It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. In English, not subtitled. (37 min, 1080i).
Disc Two
- About the Extended Version - text-format description addressing the new reconstruction of the extended version of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
- Commentary - this audio commentary by It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
aficionados Mark Evanier, Michael Schlesinger, and Paul Scrabo was
recorded exclusively for Criterion in 2013. This is easily one of the
most informative commentaries that I have heard in quite some time.
There is an abundance of terrific information addressing the film's
production history, some popular myths and half-truths (including the
one that Jimmy Durante's character was meant to be played by Buster
Keaton), the production designs, the film's different reincarnations,
etc.
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs - this program was
produced by the American Film Institute in 2000 after a poll conducted
on the one hundred best comedy films of all time. Here Whoopi Goldberg,
Janeane Garofolo, David Alan Grier, Charles Gordin, Alan King, Carl
Reiner, and Milton Berle, amongst others, explain what makes It's Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a special film and discuss some of their favorite moments from it. In English, not subtitled. (12 min, 1080i).
- The Last 70mm Film Festival - the footage presented here is from a 2012 screening of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills organized by the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts. Before the screening of the film, cast and crew
members were reunited on the stage. The evening was hosted by Billy
Crystal. In English, not subtitled. (38 min, 1080p).
- Sound and Vision - in this video program, visual
effects expert Craig Barron and sound designer Ben Burtt discuss the
unique visual and sound effects used in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Also included in the program are archival stills, clips, and behind the
scenes footage. In English, not subtitled. (37 min, 1080p).
- Restoration Demonstration - a short but very informative featurette focusing on the restoration and reconstruction of the extended version of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. In English, not subtitled. (6 min, 1080p).
- Booklet - an illustrated booklet featuring Lou
Lumenick's essay "Nothing Succeeds Like Excess". (Mr. Lumenick is the
chief film critic for the New York Post).
"A wonderfully crazy and colorful 'chase' comedy!" -The New York Times Spencer
Tracy heads a hilariously zany cast that stars Hollywood's greatest
comedians (Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey
Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas and Jonathan Winters)
and features cameo appearances by every joker and jester in the
business, from Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis to The Three Stooges.
Nominated for 6 Oscars®, It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is "an explosive motion picture experience" (Variety)! On
a winding desert highway, eight vacation-bound motorists share an
experience that alters their plans -- and their lives! After a
mysterious stranger divulges the location of a stolen fortune, they each
speed off in a mind-bending, car-bashing race for the loot -- and the
most side-splitting laughfest in history.
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