"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963) - Classic Movie Review
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"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963) - Classic Movie Review
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 American comedy film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer with a screenplay by William Rose and Tania Rose from a story by Tania Rose. The film, starring Spencer Tracy with an all-star cast, is about the madcap pursuit of $350,000 in stolen cash by a diverse and colorful group of strangers. It premiered on November 7, 1963. The cast features Edie Adams, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas, and Jonathan Winters.
The film marked the first time Kramer directed a comedy, though he had produced the comedy So This Is New York in 1948. He is best known for producing and directing drama films about social problems, such as The Defiant Ones, Inherit the Wind, Judgment at Nuremberg, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. His first attempt at directing a comedy film paid off immensely as It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World became a critical and commercial success in 1963 and was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning for Best Sound Editing, and two Golden Globe Awards.
Despite this, the film suffered severe cuts by its distributor United Artists in order to give the film a shorter running time for its general release. The footage was excised against Kramer's wishes. On October 15, 2013, however, it was announced that the Criterion Collection had collaborated with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists, and film restoration expert Robert A. Harris to reconstruct and restore It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World to be as close as possible to the original 197-minute version envisioned by Kramer. It was released in a five-disc "Dual Format" Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack on January 21, 2014.
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If I were to only have 10 movies forever, this is one of them.
Me too !!!
I have covid and decided to watch this again after 20+ years. The ending on the building is so satisfying and hilarious, it's like I'm eagerly anticipating it throughout the whole film. By the way, I just realized on this viewing that one of the taxi drivers is Peter Falk.
This is the greatest film ever made
in my top five films of all time. Utter genius.
Guys, thanks as always for watching! Let me know in the comments below what you thought of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World if you've seen it!
IAMMMMW is certainly in my top 25 favorite movies of all time. Some of the effects have aged terribly (The locked down shots of Russel and Mr. Hawthorne battling Sylvester in the cars looks horrible!) while others look quite good (Winters gas station destruction is classic!). The film is often imitated (The Great Race, Scavenger Hunt, Midnight Madness, The Blues Brothers, Cannonball Run, and Rat Race) but never equaled.
Tyler, great review.
Mx4W is my favorite comedy, and in my overall Top 20.
Aside from all the great points you made, it has such a unique premise. It's a one-of-a-kind film. It could never be remade today. And with the passing of Carl Reiner earlier this year, the only remaining cast members are Barrie Chase and Nicholas Georgiade.
Saul Bass (rhymes with "class"). There are some great YT vids dedicated to his work.
The poster work was done by the great Jack Davis, of Mad Magazine fame.
Plus, that wonderfully whimsical score by Ernest Gold.
I guess what I truly love about this film is that, despite the fact it's a comedy, there's such a richness and a depth to it; and it all just comes together - the humor, the sight gags, the stunts, the chases, the music, the title sequence, and the superb direction by Stanley Kramer.
Paul Ford is the guy in the airport control tower. Not the only time he was cast as a rather dim retired military guy - see "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming" from the same era.
Great review, subscribing to your channel. However, I must disagree with you on one point: the Three Stooges cameo is not a wasted opportunity. I've watched this film in the theater twice, and both times, just the pan shot of those fine comedians with the tell-tale chime of "Three Blind Mice" elicited both laughter and applause from the audiences. it's a great way to pay tribute to great comeidans and a way to subtly tell the audience "things are about to get real crazy fast" and they do.
Thanks for this lovely review of a family favorite movie - we can quote whole scenes from it. A couple of comments:
The dentist, played by Sid Caesar, and his wife, played by Edie Adams, were not, I believe, in the basement for the bulk of the movie - they spend a lot of time in that plane, for one, and they are the impetus for Buddy Hackett and Mickey Rooney to find a plane of their own. It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but I would venture that the amount of time in the basement and and that Rooney and Hackett are in the air would measure to about the same. It may have seemed longer to you as you may have been less invested in this couple, but I do believe the timing of the basement segment is not imbalanced.
FYI that Edie Adams was recovering from the death by car accident of her husband, Ernie Kovacs, another pioneering comedian, who would probably have loved being in this movie.
The cameos are not necessarily meant to play a part in the plot, and are part of the joke and enjoyment for the audience. The flavor of them is articulated in the Jack Benny one, where he stops and asks: "Are you in trouble", to which Ethel Merman bellows "Yes! And we don't need any help from you!", to which Benny gives his signature gesture, to the accompaniment of a violin, and leaves. I enjoy them for what they are, and the actors did too: they all wanted very much to be in the movie, and Kramer actually did all that he could to accommodate them.
Sylvester is the son of Ethel Merman's character, the brother of Milton Berle's wife Emeline (you can tell what kind of a mother she is simply from the names she gives her children). He is played by Dick Shawn, who lent his manic energy and enthusiasm to a couple of movies, including "The Producers", and who died onstage of a heart attack at the age of 63. Emeline is actually fairly neutral through most of the movie and only turns against Berle after the upside down scene with Merman. As she later explains, she's tired of the entire environment and would use the fortune to retire to a convent. She is played by Dorothy Provine, who has a fun, tiny supporting role in "The Great Race".
... a couple comments, got it
@@TylerWolff You're lucky - I could have kept going!
I guess I'll just have to trust you
I think the Stooges gag is great. You think: What could go worse for Ding and Benjy? Cut to a take of the Stooges, and you have a great gag.
I just personally didn't think using your imagination was enough to make the bit funny
@@TylerWolff It was very funny !!!
what a cast of stars!!!
No kidding! All have memorable & funny moments!
Do you think you can review Steamboat Willie?
Maybe
My mom thought that Pete was a bear and I told her "He's not a bear he's a cat didn't you see the long furry tail?"
Pete didn't exactly have his looks back then
Most of the do-nothing cameos were literally actors wanting to get in on a movie they thought the script for was amazing and it was too late and production for them to get anything more than a do-nothing cameo which if I were correctly supposedly they did pro-bono
That I can see and kinda forgive in some cases
so basically, this is where the Film Rat Race got its idea from.
Pretty much
IAMMMMW is grander and funnier.
@@TylerWolff Yes
@@sjw5797 It sure was !!!
haha ethel merman slip on banana go brrrrrr
You know you've got a great comedy when a banana peel bit is funny
There is also a 3 hour 30 min version
... I doubt I'll ever see it, but I can only imagine how that must've turned out
No, that was actually the version before the Cinerama premiere. The longest version available is the reconstructed extended version, 3 hours and 17 minutes.
@@pablosolis1589 I HAVE to see it, any idea at all where I could find it?
The jokes have grown old and dont. Elicit a chukle anymore.
What engracistes this movie in the homage to the stars that made hollywood great.. Back when it was great. To see them all in one flick was truly a treat.
I watched Rat Race years before I watched Mad World ... I prefer Mad World
For Sure !!!
All the greats doing what they did best
It is A somewhat good review, but if you did not grow up watching them. you can't understand the movie
What you just said may be 1 of the most ignorant comments I've ever gotten... and that's saying something
@@TylerWolff Thank You, I Try :)
If that's the case, I suggest finding an actual hobby
You really don't understand this movie at all