| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World [Blu-ray] | ![It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/6108wcSorGL._SL160_.jpg) | Actors: Sid Caesar, Milton Berle, Buddy Hackett, Spencer Tracy Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Category: DVD
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Format: AC-3, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed) Rating: G (General Audience) Media: Blu-ray Region: 1 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Running Time: 160 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: MGMBRM124242 UPC: 883904242420 EAN: 0883904242420 ASIN: B006GPANVO
Release Date: February 7, 2012 Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Product Description Spencer Tracy heads a hilariously zany cast that stars Hollywood's greatest comedians (Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas and Jonathan Winters) and features cameo appearances by every joker and jester in the business, from Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis to The Three Stooges. Nominated* for six Oscarsr, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is "an explosive motion picture experience" (Variety). On a winding desert highway, eight vacation-bound motorists share an experience that alters their plans - and their lives! After a mysterious stranger divulges the location of a stolen fortune, they each speed off in a mind-bending, car-bashing race for the loot - and the most sidesplitting laughfest in history.
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
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