Criterion ready to release IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (1 Viewer)

[cadavra]

Yes, Cagney would have been an interesting choice. Jack Lemmon easily could've taken the Caesar role, reuniting with THE APARTMENT cast member Edie Adams. Bert Lahr would've made a hilarious biplane pilot (shades of FLYING HIGH!). Always fun to imagine a parallel universe MAD WORLD. I'm a bit stumped who could've replaced Dick Shawn, except maybe Tony Curtis?

I read somewhere that Jackie Mason and Joe Besser were considered for the garage guys.

Mason was indeed offered Roy or Irwin. He had to decline because he could not free himself from night club obligations for the amount of time needed to film the scenes.

Mike S.

 

[ROclockCK]

Just let Peter Sellers play as many of them as the effects budget would allow.

 

[shoeshineboy]

Spencer Tracy~James StewartJames CagneySid Caesar~Red SkeltonEthel Merman~Yvonne DeCarloJudy GarlandMickey Rooney~Alan YoungMilton Berle~Burt LancasterGlenn FordEdie Adams~Debby ReynoldsPhil Silvers~Jerry LewisJonathan Winters~Ernie KovacsTerry Thomas~Stewart GrangerBuddy Hackett~Andy GriffithDorothy Provine~Ann MargaretHeck, just reunite Kramer with the cast from Judgement at Nuremberg....

 

[BarryR]

Red Skelton would've been a natural in this mix. Can't picture Lancaster or Granger adding much hilarity. I also can't think of anyone who could've matched Ethel Merman--absolute genius casting.

I like the Nuremberg angle!

 

[trajan]

The delay is is due to the fact that the 3- D conversion is taking longer than expected. Can you see it now--the car coming off the cliff---the fire engine ladder twisted and turning.

 

[Carl LaFong]

Kovacs was originally signed to play Melville, but was already dead by the time shooting began.

Dick Shawn = Elvis Presley

 

[BarryR]

Kovacs was originally signed to play Melville, but was already dead by the time shooting began.

Dick Shawn = Elvis Presley

Now there's a thought--but can't imagine him doing it without a few choruses of "31 Flavors."

 

[Neil S. Bulk]

I gotta say the current bout of internet West Side Story over this has given me a good laugh.

You know, after Mad, Mad World happens, I'd love to see Criterion re-visit West Side Story (another UA title) and fix the Overture.

 

[Rob_Ray]

You know, after Mad, Mad World happens, I'd love to see Criterion re-visit West Side Story (another UA title) and fix the Overture.

How about getting the roadshow versions of "Hawaii" and "The Alamo" in HD.

 

[ShellOilJunior]

Patience. How long did Waterfront take to get to blu after the tease? 6 months or so?

It's only been 3 months since this clue. It'll come sooner than later. It won't be pushed back because Criterion doesn't have to wait on a busy director to approve the transfer.

 

[darkrock17]

It won't be pushed back because Criterion doesn't have to wait on a busy director to approve the transfer.

I bet in heaven they have a complete version that Stanley shows.

 

[JohnMor]

Would LOVE criterion blus of West Side Story and/or the roadshow of Hawaii.

 

[darkrock17]

Would LOVE criterion blus of West Side Story and/or the roadshow of Hawaii.

Criterion can't release anything else until Mad World comes out.

 

[Reed Grele]

I'd settle for a watchable My Fair Lady.

 

[SAhmed]

I'd settle for a watchable My Fair Lady.

A Criterion release of "My Fair Lady" would be absolutely fantastic - sometimes dreams do turn into reality!

Regards,

 

[Adam_S]

based on the Earrings of Madame De debacle, I'm skeptical that Criterion would even notice there was anything wrong with the current My Fair Lady bluray/master/harvest, they'd probably think the source looked great!

 

[Moe Dickstein]

Adam, international licensing contracts can be difficult and specific...

 

[Robert Harris]

I bet in heaven they have a complete version that Stanley shows.

I have it on good authority, that everything up there went digital in Mid-July.

RAH

 

[ROclockCK]

At what resolution?

 

[Bob Furmanek]

Be patient: proper 3-D conversions take a long time...