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VHS : It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (Ws)

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starring: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Sid Caesar directed by: Stanley Kramer See Larger Image Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780792826729 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0792826728 Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Release Date: September 26, 1995 Running Time: 182 minutes Sales Rank: 7519 Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: November 07, 1963 Related Items: The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming The Great Race Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Around the World in 80 Days (Two-Disc Special Edition) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum see more Editorial Review: Amazon.com: 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 Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - 5 Stars for the final 2 minutes... I enjoyed this movie as a kid, but watched it recently and found it to be bloated and dated and not all that funny. However, the final two minutes are one of the most profoundly spiritual moments in the history of cinema. The lesson learned by Spencer Tracy's character, that life is inherently absurd and laughter is the best medicine for melancholy, is one that we can all benefit from. When sadness strikes, I watch the final two minutes several times in a row, and experience a healing ... Read More Rating: - funny Very funny. It was as entertaining as it was many years ago when we saw it at the movies. Good quality picture. Rating: - Very Funny I remember seeing this movie when it first came out at the movie Theater Purchasing this DVD reminded me just how funny this movie really is. This movie was made in 1963 and over the years there have been few movies with the same theme but none of them and I mean none of them have come close to the quality of this movie. Like the old Hitchcock Classics this is truly one of Stanley Kramer's best Comedy Classics. So if you're feeling depressed or you just need a good laugh I reccomend this movie. ... Read More Rating: - It's a Good, Good, Good, Good, Movie!!!!!!! Great, cazy awesome, and narly. A comidy thats not meant to be moving, just plain old funny and to keep you on your toes at all times. Some of the jokes are laugh-out-loud funny, some are so bad they make you laugh anyway. Remember to watch for the dieing man to "kick the bucket." Rating: - Nothing else compares This movie has a special place in my memories. My dad took the family to see it at he Cinerama Dome in Hollywood in '64, when I was about 10 years old. I thought it was funny then, but I have really gotten to appreciate it more as time has passed. When it was made, every top billing commedian in the business was calmoring over each other to get into this film. It is a monument to all the great commedians of the time, a virtual curtain call of the great film and stage comedy acts of that ... Read More see more

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