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It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (Ws)
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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792826729
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792826728
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: September 26, 1995
Running Time: 182 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: November 07, 1963
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Editorial Review:
Stanley Kramer's sprawling 1963 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 Hollywood hasn't made in many years. (Another example from around the same time is Blake Edwards's The Great 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 bits 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'd have a place in Airplane! Watch for lots of cameo appearances, including Jerry Lewis (who had called Kramer and asked him why he hadn't been invited to participate). --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - It's a Good, Good, Good, Good, Movie!!!!!!!
Great, cazy awesome, and narly. A comidy thats not meant to be moving, just plain old funny and to keep you on your toes at all times. Some of the jokes are laugh-out-loud funny, some are so bad they make you laugh anyway. Remember to watch for the dieing man to "kick the bucket."
Rating: - Nothing else compares
This movie has a special place in my memories. My dad took the family to see it at he Cinerama Dome in Hollywood in '64, when I was about 10 years old. I thought it was funny then, but I have really gotten to appreciate it more as time has passed.
When it was made, every top billing commedian in the business was calmoring over each other to get into this film. It is a monument to all the great commedians of the time, a virtual curtain call of the great film and stage comedy acts of ... Read More
Rating: - This one will give you aching ribs
This is one of the funniest movies ever made. Each comedian is outstanding in his or her role. If you want to laugh lots, then this one is for you.
Rating:  - Wrong Item
I ordered the DVD that is shown for the ad. The wrong one was sent and had to return.
Rating: - Great cast at their best
What a treat to see the finest comedic talent that we will ever see together in a hilarious production. Each of these legendary performers are marvelous and none of them overact. There is no competition between them, but a wonderful blending of talent that is from the better days of entertainment.
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