It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

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film

"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" is a 1963 ensemble comedy film directed by Stanley Kramer, famous for its large all-star cast and frantic, slapstick race to find hidden loot.

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Label	Occurrences
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	4
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World canonical	3
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963 film)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ
aspectRatio	2.76:1 ⓘ
award	Academy Award for Best Sound Effects (won) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	original screenplay ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Ernest Laszlo NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorProcess	Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Stanley Kramer NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy	Frederic Knudtson NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Fowler Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert C. Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmFormat	Ultra Panavision 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	adventure comedy ⓘ comedy ⓘ slapstick ⓘ
hasTheme	chaos ⓘ greed ⓘ satire of American materialism ⓘ
musicBy	Ernest Gold NERFINISHED ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Film Editing NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Music, Score - Substantially Original NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	elaborate slapstick set pieces ⓘ large all-star cast ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotSummary	a group of strangers engage in a frantic race to find hidden loot buried under a "big W" ⓘ
producer	Stanley Kramer NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Stanley Kramer Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate	November 7, 1963 (United States premiere) ⓘ
releaseType	roadshow presentation ⓘ
releaseYear	1963 ⓘ
runningTime	approximately 161 minutes (general release cut) ⓘ approximately 192 minutes (original roadshow cut) ⓘ
screenwriter	Tania Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ William Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ
starring	Buddy Hackett NERFINISHED ⓘ Buster Keaton NERFINISHED ⓘ Carl Reiner NERFINISHED ⓘ Dick Shawn NERFINISHED ⓘ Don Knotts NERFINISHED ⓘ Dorothy Provine NERFINISHED ⓘ Edie Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethel Merman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Benny NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Backus NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ Mickey Rooney NERFINISHED ⓘ Milton Berle NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Falk NERFINISHED ⓘ Phil Silvers NERFINISHED ⓘ Sid Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ Spencer Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry-Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ The Three Stooges NERFINISHED ⓘ
storyBy	William Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Sid Caesar → notableAppearance → It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ⓘ

Phil Silvers → notableWork → It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ⓘ

this entity surface form: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Jim Backus → appearedIn → It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ⓘ

Ernest Gold → workedOn → It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ⓘ

this entity surface form: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963 film)

Stanley Kramer → notableWork → It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ⓘ

Milton Berle → notableWork → It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ⓘ

this entity surface form: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Barrie Chase → notableWork → It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ⓘ

this entity surface form: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Jonathan Winters → notableWork → It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ⓘ

this entity surface form: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World