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It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) DVD

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It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Director:

 Stanley Kramer

Writers:

 William Rose (story), Tania Rose (story)

Stars:

 Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman 
 
With this all-star Cinerama epic, producer/director Stanley Kramer vowed to make "the comedy that would end all comedies." The story begins during a massive traffic jam, caused by reckless driver Smiler Grogan (Jimmy Durante), who, before (literally) kicking the bucket, cryptically tells the assembled drivers that he's buried a fortune in stolen loot, "under the Big W." The various motorists setting out on a mad scramble include a dentist (Sid Caesar) and his wife (Edie Adams); a henpecked husband (Milton Berle) accompanied by his mother-in-law (Ethel Merman) and his beatnik brother-in-law (Dick Shawn); a pair of comedy writers (Buddy Hackettand Mickey Rooney); and a variety of assorted nuts including a slow-wit (Jonathan Winters), a wheeler-dealer (Phil Silvers), and a pair of covetous cabdrivers (Peter Falk and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson). Monitoring every move that the fortune hunters make is a scrupulously honest police detective (Spencer Tracy). Virtually every lead, supporting, and bit part in the picture is filled by a well-known comic actor: the laughspinning lineup also includes Carl Reiner, Terry-Thomas, Arnold Stang, Buster Keaton,Jack Benny, Jerry Lewis, and The Three Stooges, who get one of the picture's biggest laughs by standing stock still and uttering not a word. Two prominent comedians are conspicuous by their absence: Groucho Marx refused to appear when Kramer couldn't meet his price, while Stan Laurel declined because he felt he was too old-looking to be funny. Available for years in its 154-minute general release version, the film was restored to its roadshow length of 175 minutes on home video; the search goes on for a missing Buster Keaton routine, reportedly excised on the eve of the picture's premiere.
 
Here is the link to the film at the Internet Movie database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057193/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

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  1. silly family fun 5 Star Review

    Posted by on Aug 19th 2020

    This movie is still dear to my heart. I recall watching it with my parents, then with my kids & now with my grandkids! It is just so silly that even a grumpy old man (like my uncle) has to smile at it.
    The main characters are amusing throughout the show & the cameos are wonderful. I never would have thought putting this many comedians together would work but it does

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