• 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).

• 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.