It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
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Theatrical release poster by Jack Davis
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| Directed by | Stanley Kramer |
| Produced by | Stanley Kramer |
| Written by |
William Rose Tania Rose |
| Starring |
Spencer Tracy Milton Berle Sid Caesar Buddy Hackett Ethel Merman Mickey Rooney Dick Shawn Phil Silvers Terry-Thomas Jonathan Winters Edie Adams Dorothy Provine |
| Music by | Ernest Gold |
| Cinematography | Ernest Laszlo |
| Edited by |
Frederic Knudtson Robert C. Jones Gene Fowler, Jr. |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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161 minutes 192 minutes (premiere cut) 210 minutes (original cut) 197 minutes (2014 DVD release) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9.4 million |
| Box office | $60 million |
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 American epic comedy film, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Spencer Tracy with an all-star cast, about the madcap pursuit of $350,000 ($2,738,000 today) in stolen cash by a diverse and colorful group of strangers. The ensemble comedy 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 that Kramer had 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 a comedy film paid off immensely, as It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World became a stunning critical and commercial success in 1963 and went on to win an Academy Award (for Best Sound Editing) and to be nominated for five additional Academy Awards 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. The lost footage seriously deteriorated through the decades and was once thought impossible to restore.
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