Menasha Public Library (Elisha D. Smith)

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world, screenplay, William Rose, Tania Rose ; produced and directed by Stanley Kramer

Originally released as a motion picture in 1963Wide screen 2.76:1Booklet 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 WoodmanSpecial features: 2013 audio commentary featuring "It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world" aficionados Mark Evanier, Michael Schlesinger, and Paul Scrabo; 2013 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 2013 introduction by Freberg; trailers and radio spots

multicolored

quadrophonic multichannel or surround

00715515204811

Music, Ernest Gold; director of photography, Ernest Laszlo

other

Three-DVD special edition, Widescreen edition

9781681433646

be2017039042

videodisc

Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas, Jonathan Winters

3 videodiscs (163 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in.

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)1005977509

DVD, NTSC region 1, Dolby digital 5.1

715515204811

CC2814D -- Criterion Collection

DVD