Criterion ready to release IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (2 Viewers)

[Steve Tannehill]

Thanks, RAH! I made a request for a copy of the script.Joe, check this out:http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/collections/stanley-kramer-collection

 

[darkrock17]

ABC Late Night: The Comedians, “Stanley Kramer’s Reunion with the Great Comedy Artists of Our Time.” (1974)
Hosted and moderated by Stanley Kramer. In-studio guests are Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters. Executive producer Stanley Kramer. Roundtable discussion of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World with clips. Program also includes a segment where Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, and Jonathan Winters perform dramatic readings of scenes from Kramer's films: Caesar as Captain Queeg from The Caine Mutiny (1954); Hackett as Cyrano de Bergerac (from the 1950 film); Winters as Willy Loman from Death of a Salesman (1951).

This special from the Stanley Kramer Collection would make a great special feature to included in this forth coming release. Can you imagine the three of these comedian's doing serious scenes from some of Kramer's noted works. Anything with Jonathan is going to be gold.

 

[Steve Tannehill]

I use Wikipedia all the time. I even make "corrections" to it (at least, I hope they're corrections). But when I see a sentence like this, I have to wonder: "Several people on the Home Theater Forum have stated that the release is comming, however, and for people to be patient." Yes, Wikipedia is the "big time" for the Internet, but it's not exactly the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Typos like comming instead of coming drive me crazy. I created an account and fixed two of these in the HTF paragraph and sentence.

 

[cadavra]

I am constantly getting zinged on my Facebook page for calling this the Greatest. Movie. Ever. And you know what? That's fine. In the greater scheme of things, it's still just a movie, and I judge no one for not agreeing with me on this or any other topic.

Mike S.

 

[OliverK]

But 100 minutes is a full length movie in itself. I don't understand this. Why did they film so much? Were they intending to release a five hour movie? Of course not. So why go to the time and expense of doing it when they knew so much would be removed? Are all movies made that way? I know they're not. My favorite line in your answer was this:"All of which can be made available to you." I'd like to see what you called the "final line script." How can I? Thanks for whatever you can do.

It is not unusual for first cuts to be immensly long and contrary to IAMMMMW other movies have been shortened much more than their maker wanted them to be shortened.Two high profile examples of directors who had this issue more than once are Erich von Stroheim and Sam Peckinpah. Another movie that famously was to be intended at some point to come out as two movies was the 1962 version of Cleopatra, it would have had two parts of about 3 hours each and eneded up at one movie with a runtime of roughly 4 hours - you do the math as to how much was cut.

 

[Joe Lugoff]

I am constantly getting zinged on my Facebook page for calling this the Greatest. Movie. Ever. And you know what? That's fine. In the greater scheme of things, it's still just a movie, and I judge no one for not agreeing with me on this or any other topic.

Mike S.

That's why I never proclaim anything to be the "best" or "greatest." I just say it's my "favorite."* That's an inarguable fact. Of course, I still get put down and made fun of for it because I didn't say The Shawshank Redemption or The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, I guess.

*Actually, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is my second most favorite movie of all time. I know you don't care, but I'm just saying.

 

[Rob_Ray]

I am constantly getting zinged on my Facebook page for calling this the Greatest. Movie. Ever. And you know what? That's fine. In the greater scheme of things, it's still just a movie, and I judge no one for not agreeing with me on this or any other topic.

Mike S.

Mike,

Are you telling us that you think IAMMMMW is greater than "Sh! the Octopus?" High praise indeed!

 

[Steve Tannehill]

It's a Wonderful Life is my favorite movie, but Mad World is in my top ten.

 

[battlebeast]

Let's just hope for an announcement real soon on this and it's all what we hope this newest and special release is going to turn out to be, not only to make a lot of us fans of the movie happy and excited about the potential release, but at the same time to prevent Joe Lugoff from going off the deep end and causing himself a heart attack and going insane at the same time. We should know something soon, as Ron has been alluding to.

Maybe tomorrow...

 

[Steve Tannehill]

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow, you're only a day away!

 

[Steve Tannehill]

Or maybe I should go for the Beatles vibe and sing Tomorrow Never Knows.

 

[Steve Tannehill]

If it is announced tomorrow, what is the earliest it could be released? January?Sigh.

 

[Vaudevillian]

I love this film!

 

[Moe Dickstein]

Yes Steve, announcements made this month are for January releases. They usually don't release anything the first Tuesday of a month (which is the seventh) so the potential dates are: 1/141/211/28

 

[Steve Tannehill]

Damn.

 

[lukejosephchung]

A positive announcement regarding this title would make a great start to 2014...hope it happens like everyone else on this thread!!!

 

[JohnMor]

I predict a November announcement for a February 2014 release.

 

[darkrock17]

I predict a November announcement for a February 2014 release.

Let's not start a pool on what month and day it's going to be announced.

 

[Steve Tannehill]

Let's not start a pool on what month and day it's going to be announced.

But the winner could get bragging rights!

 

[Moe Dickstein]

Well we always know the date of an announcement, it's always the 15th - unless it falls on a weekend then it's either the Friday or Monday nearest.