It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago at Jul 23 2:12

Director Stanley Kramer is probably best known for his serious dramas such as "Champion", "The Defiant Ones", "Inherit the Wind" and "Judgement at Nuremberg" etc so this film came as a complete change of pace for him. Stanley Kramer is to be congratulated for putting together such a brilliant cast of comedians in the one film. This is definitely a movie not to be missed. When Smiler Grogan (Jimmy Durante) crashes his car on the highway an ill assorted group of diverse travellers gather around him to hear his last words. When he tells them of some buried treasure under a "big W" at Santa Rosita park they all resolve to be the first there to dig up the money. The chase is then on by plane, car, truck and whatever means they can find to get them to the park quickly and look for the loot. Pol...Read more

Posted : 1 year, 10 months ago at Jan 24 20:02

I just finished watching this film and I HAD to write about it. The title with so many "mad" in it is perfect. This film is wild to the exact meaning of the word. Stanley Kramer, a director so well known about his extraordinary dramas, such as Judgment at Nuremberg, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and To Sir With Love, presents us with this magnificent comedy, not very typical of him, a very pleasant surprise. But the credits must not all go to the director, because the cast is equally great: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Ceasar, Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, and last but not least, my favorite, Terry-Thomas are some of the main names in this film and also the greatest names of comedy back in the 50's and 60's. A group of people, who happened to be travelling each one to a diff...Read more

Rating : 10/10