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Title It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world / Stanley Kramer presents ; produced and directed by Stanely Kramer ; story and screenplay by William and Tania Rose.

Publication Info. [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2014]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Audio Visual  DVD IT'S    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD ITS A MAD MAD DISC 1-3    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD DISC 1-3    Check Shelf
Edition Dual format edition.
Description 3 videodiscs (163 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
digital optical surround 5.1 Dolby digital rda
laser optical NTSC
video file DVD video region 1 rda
Motion picture.
Series Criterion collection ; 692
Criterion collection ; 692.
System Details DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (2.76:1, 16:9) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.
Language Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Cast Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Jonathan Winters, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas, Jimmy Durante.
Credits Music by Ernest Gold ; cinematography by Ernest Laszlo ; edited by Gene Fowler, Jr., Robert C. Jones, Frederic Knudtson ; production design by Rudolph Sternad ; art direction by Gordon Gurnee ; titles, Saul Bass.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
Audience MPAA rating: G.
Summary The dying words of a thief spark a madcap cross-country rush to find buried treasure. The most grandly harebrained movie ever made, a pileup of slapstick and borscht-belt-y one-liners performed by an all-star cast.
Contents Disc one. General release version -- Disc two. Extended version -- Disc three. Supplements.
Note Special features: Restored 4K digital film transfer of the general release version; new high-definition digital transfer of the 197 minute extended version; new audio commentaries; new documentary on the films visual and sound effects; interviews; excerpts from a 1974 talk show hosted by director Stanely Kramer and others; excerpts about the influence of the film; two-part 1963 episode of the TV program Telescope; the last 70mm film festival; selection of humorist and voice-over artist Stan Freberg's original TV and radio ads for the film; trailers and radio spots.
Subject Treasure troves -- Drama.
Avarice -- Drama.
California -- Drama.
Avarice. (OCoLC)fst00824296
Treasure troves. (OCoLC)fst01431639
California. (OCoLC)fst01204928
Genre/Form Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
Slapstick comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710436
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Slapstick comedy films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Kramer, Stanley, film producer, film director.
Rose, William, 1914-1987, screenwriter.
Rose, Tania, 1920-2015, screenwriter.
Tracy, Spencer, 1900-1967, actor.
Berle, Milton, actor.
Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014, actor.
Hackett, Buddy, 1924-2003, actor.
Merman, Ethel, actor.
Gold, Ernest, 1921-1999, composer (expression)
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
ISBN 9781604657999
1604657995
9781681433646
1681433648
Standard No. 715515112017
715515204811
Music No. CC2331BDDVD Criterion collection
CC2814D-1 Criterion collection (Disc 1)
CC2814D-2 Criterion collection (Disc 2)
CC2814D-3 Criterion collection (Disc 3)
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