It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

1963

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime

54
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 83% · 39 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 50406 50.4K

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Plot summary

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.

Director

Stanley Kramer Photo
Stanley Kramer

Top cast

John Indrisano Photo
John Indrisano as Hard Hat in Crowd
Lloyd Corrigan Photo
Lloyd Corrigan as The Mayor
Leo Gorcey Photo
Leo Gorcey as First Cab Driver
Barbara Pepper Photo
Barbara Pepper as Woman on Phone at Garage
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.41 GB
1280*458
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
3 hr 30 min
Seeds 10
3 GB
1920*688
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
3 hr 30 min
Seeds 35

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by saintmike801 8 / 10

This really isn't a review.....

...since I first saw this movie in 1963 when it opened in my hometown of Salt Lake City, UT. I was 14 years old and went with a church group. The theater where it played did fund raisers for local churches and I remember my mom giving me money to go, which seems like about $1.00. The theater had a big curved; I think was called Cinerama but not sure now.Anyway, I was so taken with IAMMMMW and it had been playing a while and I saw that it was playing at a different theater; smaller and farther away but it didn't matter. I saw it there at least twice.I think the next time I saw it was after I was married in 1973 and VHS tapes hit the market. I had a copy of it on VHS and then moved on to DVD when that came about.I know that in a box someone in my garage, I have about 40 DVD's of movie I love. Whether I'll dig out IAMMMMW since it's available online in several places.Anyway, I've read about it and talked to others about it and it just dawned on me that for a long time Carl Reiner was the last living cast member. And now, as of 6/29/2020 there are none of the major stars around.I love IAMMMMW. I know there's some slow parts and things that don't make sense. Doesn't matter to me....
Reviewed by Ddey65 7 / 10

Classic epic comedy with too much editing

Having been born in 1965, it's safe to say that the first time I ever saw "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" was on network television. Every other user comment already reveals enough about the movie, so I'll just stick with my own experiences regarding the film. If you must know, yes I do believe this film is a well-deserved comedy classic, but it's also loaded with breathtaking scenery (natural and contemporary) that's often overlooked by most critics. Many a fan wants to know where that mountain road is. Since I'm also a fan of big cars of the post-WW2 era I can easily spot every one. Mickey Rooney's Volkswagen must be worth a fortune if it's still around. And I don't care if this movie is over 3 hours long. As one commenter put it it has been edited to pieces. I envy those who saw the original 1963 version of this movie, but even they didn't see everything. The versions I've seen include the original television edit, the director's cut on 2 VHS tapes which contain some "lost scenes" and people I never even knew were in the movie, the DVD, and even a version on TV where some scenes were shown out of order. The director's cut VHS tapes is the best, partially because of those scenes such as additional police observations, as well as having the sense to keep the original overture, entr'acte, and exit music title cards. Unfortunately, the DVD removes those lost scenes and mixes them with a section of other deleted scenes, like a louder version of Buddy Hackett's "17 ways of figuring it" speech, and some riskier ordeals in Santa Rosita Park.I've come to the conclusion that there's only one solution to this problem -- unless all footage is found and re-installed into the original version, the screenplay must be released into a book and sold to the public.
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