It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) [Criterion] + Extras

The story begins during a massive traffic jam, caused by reckless driver Smiler Grogan, who, before kicking the bucket, cryptically tells the assembled drivers that he's buried a fortune in stolen loot, under the Big W. All of the motorists set out to find the fortune.

– Extras : (1.49 GB) –

• 1963 Original Release Promotional Spots - A new introduction and radio and
TV ads created by voice-over artist Stan Freberg, who was hired by producer
and director Stanley Kramer to create an innovative advertising campaign for
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

1. Introduction. (5 min, 720p).
2. Radio ads. Six ads. (6 min, 720p).
3. TV ads. Four ads. (2 min, 720p).
4. Original road show teaser. (2 min, 720p).
5. General release trailer (4 min, 720p).

• 1970 Rerelease Promotional Spots

1. Radio ads. Three ads. (3 min, 720p).
2. Trailer. (4 min, 720p).

• Telescope - This two-part 1963 episode of the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation series Telescope covers the press junket for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad,
Mad World and the film's Los Angeles premiere at the Cinerama Dome.

1. Part One: "A Winter's Tale" (24 min, 720p).
2. Part Two: "Junket Into Madness" (26 min, 720p).

• Press Interview, 1963 - An archival interview with director Stanley Kramer
and cast members Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Mickey Rooney, and Jonathan Winters
recorded in 1963 as a promo piece and sent to various radio stations.
Initially, the interview was sent without the original questions, but Criterion
have included the questions based on the original interview transcripts.
Director Kramer and the actors discuss their contribution to the film (without
having seen it in its entirety), its massive budget, etc. (36 min, 720p).