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).
Stanley Kramer
Stanley Earl Kramer( September 29, 1913 February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous" message films".
As an independent producer and director, he brought attention to topical social issues that most studios avoided.
Among the subjects covered in his films were racism( in" The Defiant Ones" and" Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"), nuclear war( in" On the Beach"), greed( in" It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"), creationism vs. evolution( in" Inherit the Wind") and the causes and effects of fascism( in" Judgment at Nuremberg").
His other notable films included" High Noon"( 1952, as producer)," The Caine Mutiny"( 1954, as producer), and" Ship of Fools"( 1965).
Director Steven Spielberg described him as an" incredibly talented visionary", and" one of our great filmmakers, not just for the art and passion he put on screen, but for the impact he has made on the conscience of the world."
Kramer was recognized for his fierce independence as a producer- director, with author Victor Navasky writing that" among the independents... none seemed more vocal, more liberal, more pugnacious than young Stanley Kramer."
His friend, Kevin Spacey, during his acceptance speech at the 2015 Golden Globes, honored Kramer's work, calling him" one of the great filmmakers of all time."
Despite uneven critical reception, both then and now, Kramer's body of work has received many awards, including 16 Academy Awards and 80 nominations, and he was nominated nine times as either producer or director.
In 1961, he received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
In 1963, he was a member of the jury at the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival.
In 1998, he was awarded the first NAACP Vanguard Award in recognition of" the strong social themes that ran through his body of work".
In 2002, the Stanley Kramer Award was created, to be awarded to recipients whose work" dramatically illustrates provocative social issues".
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).
Coach (2018 film)
Coach is a 2018 Russian sports drama film directed by and starring Danila Kozlovsky.
The film premiere is planned on the 19 April 2018, before the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Danila Kozlovsky's debut project, where, in addition to the usual main role, he took on the role of director for the first time.
A football drama about the star striker of the national team, who, after a loud failure, leaves the big sport.
But he is not able to renounce his vocation and becomes the coach of an unknown team.
While teaching it the art of defeating opponents the hero himself learns to conquer his internal breakdowns.
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).
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.
Danila Kozlovsky
Danila Valeryevich Kozlovsky (born 3 May 1985) is a Russian actor and director.
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".
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: Are both director of film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and director of film Coach (2018 film) from the same country?
Answer: no