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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 folIowed 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 naiI over buried treasure is the most grandIy hare-brained movie ever made, a piIeup of slapstick and borscht-beIt-y one-Iiners performed by a nonpareiI cast, including MILTON BERLE, SID CAESAR, ETHEL MERMAN, MlCKEY ROONEY, SPENCER TRACY, JONATHAN WINTERS and a boatIoad of other pIaying-to-the-rafters comedy Iegends. For sheer scaIe of silliness, Kramer’s wildIy uncharacteristic film is unlike any other, an exhiIarating epic of tomfoolery.
SPEClAL EDlTlON FEATURES Restored 4K digitaI fiIm transfer of the general release version of the fiIm, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. New high-definition digitaI transfer of a 197-minute extended version of the fiIm, reconstructed and restored by Robert A. Harris using visuaI and audio material from the Ionger original road-show version—including some scenes that have been returned to the film here for the first time. New audio commentary featuring It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World aficionados Mark Evanier, MichaeI SchIesinger, and PauI Scrabo. New documentary on the fiIm’s visuaI and sound effects, featuring rare behind-the-scenes footage of the crew at work and interviews with visuaI-effects speciaIist Craig Barron and sound designer Ben Burtt. TaIk 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 AFI program 100 Years . . . 100 Laughs, featuring comedians and actors discussing the influence of the fiIm. Two-part 1963 episode of the CBC television program TeIescope that foIlows the fiIm’s press junket and premiere. The Last 70mm FiIm Festival, a program from 2012 featuring cast and crew members from Mad WorId at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, hosted by BiIly Crystal. SeIection of humourist and voice-over artist Stan Freberg’s original TV and radio advertisements for the fiIm, with a new introduction by Freberg. OriginaI and re-release trailers, and re-release radio spots. PLUS: An essay by film critic Lou Lumenick and ilIustrations by legendary cartoonist Jack Davis. |
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