Gene Fowler Jr.
Gene Fowler Jr.( 27 May 1917 – 11 May 1998), the eldest son of journalist and author Gene Fowler, was a prominent Hollywood film editor.
His work included films of Fritz Lang and Samuel Fuller and movies like Stanley Kramer's" It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"( 1963), John Cassavetes'" A Child Is Waiting"( 1963) and" Hang' Em High"( 1968).
He was also the director of feature films as well as numerous television programs.
While the majority of his directorial work is regarded as minor efforts( Leonard Maltin lists only three of his seven features in his compendium), two of his films," I Was a Teenage Werewolf"( 1957) and" I Married a Monster from Outer Space"( 1958), have gained some critical attention in retrospect.
Gene Fowler Jr. was married to film editor Marjorie Fowler from 1944 until his death.
He died in Woodland Hills, California of natural causes.
His brother Will Fowler( 1922–2004) was a Hollywood screenwriter.
Buddy Hackett
Buddy Hackett( born Leonard Hacker; August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003) was an American actor and comedian.
His best remembered roles include Marcellus Washburn in" The Music Man"( 1962); Benjy Benjamin in" It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"( 1963); Tennessee Steinmetz in" The Love Bug"( 1968); and the voice of Scuttle in" The Little Mermaid"( 1989).
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World( 富貴逼人) is a 1987 Hong Kong film, directed by Clifton Ko. It starred Bill Tung and Lydia Sum as parents of the dysfunctional Piu family.
The daughters were played by Elsie Chan, Loletta Lee and Pauline Kwan.
The comedy was very popular and the original cast of Tung, Shum, Chan, Lee and Kwan reappeared in its sequels" It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World II"( 富貴再逼人)( 1988)," It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World III"( 富貴再三逼人)( 1989) and" It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World Too"( 富貴黃金屋)( 1992).
The plots of the films are all about the family becoming suddenly rich, usually through lotteries.
The family also made a cameo appearance in" The Banquet"( 1991).
Robert C. Jones
Robert Clifford Jones( born March 30, 1936) is an American film editor, screenwriter, and educator.
He received an Academy Award for the screenplay of the film" Coming Home"( 1978).
As an editor, Jones has had notable collaborations with the directors Arthur Hiller( seven films from 1967 to 1992) and Hal Ashby( 4 films from 1973 to 1982).
Jones has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing:" It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"( 1963)," Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"( 1967), and" Bound for Glory"( 1976).
Mad, Mad 83
Mad, Mad 83 ("Feng kuang ba san") is a 1983 Hong Kong Shaw Brothers comedy film directed by Chor Yuen.
It is the debut film of actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai.
The film grossed HK $5,301,780 at the box office.
Dick Shawn
Dick Shawn( born Richard Schulefand, December 1, 1923 – April 17, 1987) was an American actor and comedian.
He played a wide variety of supporting roles and was a prolific character actor.
During the 1960s he played small roles in madcap comedies, usually portraying caricatures of counter culture personalities, such as deadbeat son Sylvester Marcus in" It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and the hippie actor Lorenzo Saint DuBois(" L.S.D.") in" The Producers"( 1968).
Walter Elliott (sound editor)
Walter Elliott( November 19, 1903 – August 10, 1984 was an American sound editor who won Best Sound Editing at the 1963 Academy Awards.
He was the first person to win this award.
He won for" It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World".
Million Dollar Mystery
Million Dollar Mystery( also known as Money Mania) is a 1987 American film released with a promotional tie- in for Glad- Lock brand bags.
This was the final feature- length film directed by Richard Fleischer.
It starred an ensemble cast of" America's new comic talent".
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World inspired this film.
Chor Yuen
Cheung Po-kin (born 16 September 1934), better known by his stage name Chor Yuen, is a Hong Kong-Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 American epic-comedy film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Spencer Tracy with an all- star cast, about the madcap pursuit of$ 350,000 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 OnesInherit the WindJudgment 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.
" It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" featured at number 40 in the American Film Institute's list 100 Years ...
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Question: What nationality is the director of film Mad, Mad 83?
Answer: Chinese