It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world
By: screenplay, William Rose, Tania Rose ; produced and directed by Stanley Kramer
Contributors: Tracy, Spencer, 1900-1967, actor; Berle, Milton, actor; Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014, actor
Series: The Criterion collection -- 692; Criterion collection -- 692.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Drama; Money; Avarice
Other titles: It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world (Motion picture)
Description: A group of strangers race across California to find $350,000 buried by an ex-convict.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.

Dolby digital 5.1, wide screen 2.76:1.

Booklet featuring an essay by film critic Lou Lumenick and new illustrations by cartoonist Jack Davis, along with a map of the shooting locations by artist Dave Woodman.

Features: new audio commentary featuring "It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world" aficionados Mark Evanier, Michael Schlesinger, and Paul Scrabo; new documentary on the film's visual and sound effects with visual-effects specialist Craig Barron and sound designer Ben Burtt; excerpt from a 1974 talk show hosted by director Stanley Kramer and featuring actors Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, and Jonathan Winters; press interview from 1963 featuring Kramer and cast members; excerpts about the influence of the film from the 2000 AFI program 100 years... 100 laughs; two-part 1963 episode of the TV program Telescope that follows the film's press junket and premiere; The last 70mm film festival (2012) program featuring cast and crew, hosted by actor Billy Crystal; selection of humorist and voice-over artist Stan Freberg's original TV and radio ads for the film, with a new introduction by Freberg; trailers and radio spots.

Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

For private home use only.

In English with optional English subtitles.