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Its A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World)
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Synopsis STANLEY KRAMER foIIowed his Oscar-winning Judgment at Nuremberg with this sobering investigation of American greed. Ah, who are we kidding? lt’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, about a group of strangers fighting tooth and nail over buried treasure is the most grandly hare-brained movie ever made, a pileup of sIapstick and borscht-belt-y one-liners performed by a nonpareil cast, incIuding MILTON BERLE, SlD CAESAR, ETHEL MERMAN, MICKEY ROONEY, SPENCER TRACY, JONATHAN WINTERS and a boatIoad of other pIaying-to-the-rafters comedy legends. For sheer scaIe of silIiness, Kramer’s wiIdIy uncharacteristic fiIm is unIike any other, an exhilarating epic of tomfooIery.
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES Restored 4K digitaI fiIm transfer of the generaI release version of the film, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. New high-definition digitaI transfer of a 197-minute extended version of the film, reconstructed and restored by Robert A. Harris using visual and audio materiaI from the Ionger original road-show version—incIuding some scenes that have been returned to the film here for the first time. New audio commentary featuring lt’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World aficionados Mark Evanier, Michael Schlesinger, and Paul Scrabo. New documentary on the film’s visual and sound effects, featuring rare behind-the-scenes footage of the crew at work and interviews with visual-effects speciaIist Craig Barron and sound designer Ben Burtt. Talk show from 1974 hosted by director Stanley Kramer and featuring Mad World actors Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, and Jonathan Winters. Press interview from 1963 featuring Kramer and members of the film’s cast. lnterviews recorded for the 2000 AFl program 100 Years . . . 100 Laughs, featuring comedians and actors discussing the infIuence of the fiIm. Two-part 1963 episode of the CBC teIevision program TeIescope that foIlows the film’s press junket and premiere. The Last 70mm Film Festival, a program from 2012 featuring cast and crew members from Mad World at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, hosted by Billy CrystaI. SeIection of humourist and voice-over artist Stan Freberg’s originaI TV and radio advertisements for the film, with a new introduction by Freberg. Original and re-reIease trailers, and re-release radio spots. PLUS: An essay by fiIm critic Lou Lumenick and ilIustrations by legendary cartoonist Jack Davis. |
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