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It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

When a goofy assortment of motorists unexpectedly learn the whereabouts of a stolen fortune, they speed off on a race for the loot.

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Corporate Authors:	United Artists Corporation, MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Other Authors:	Kramer, Stanley, Rose, William, 1914-1987, Rose, Tania, 1920-2015, Tracy, Spencer, 1900-1967, Berle, Milton, Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014, Hackett, Buddy, 1924-2003, Merman, Ethel, Rooney, Mickey, Shawn, Dick, Silvers, Phil, 1911-1985, Terry-Thomas, 1911-1990, Winters, Jonathan, Laszlo, Ernest, Fowler, Gene, Jr., 1917-1998, Jones, Robert C., 1937-, Knudtson, Frederic, 1906-1964, Gold, Ernest, 1921-1999
Format:	Videos DVD
Language:	English French Spanish
Published:	Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2003]
Edition:	[2003 ed.]
Subjects:	Treasure troves > Drama. California > Drama. Road films. Comedy films. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:	When a goofy assortment of motorists unexpectedly learn the whereabouts of a stolen fortune, they speed off on a race for the loot.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. DVD lacks special features.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (ca. 161 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen (2.55:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Audience:	MPAA rating: G.
Awards:	Academy Award, 1964: Best Effects, Sound Effects (Walter Elliott)
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Ernest Laszlo ; film editors, Gene Fowler, Jr., Robert C. Jones, Frederic Knudtson ; music, Ernest Gold.
ISBN:	0792859138 : 9780792859130
Author Notes:	Jerry Lewis was born Joseph Levitch in Newark, New Jersey on March 16, 1926. He dropped out of high school at the age of 16. He performed between features at movie theaters in northern New Jersey before moving on to burlesque and vaudeville. In 1946, he created a nightclub act with Dean Martin that lasted until 1956. They also made several movies together including My Friend Irma, My Friend Irma Goes West, At War with the Army, That's My Boy, The Stooge, The Caddy, Artists and Models, and Hollywood or Bust. He went on to a successful solo career, eventually writing, producing and directing many of his own films. He appeared in several movies including Rock-a-Bye Baby, The Geisha Boy, Cinderfella, and The King of Comedy and on the television series Wiseguy. In 1960, he wrote, directed and starred in the movie The Bellboy. He went on to direct and star in The Nutty Professor, Three on a Couch, The Big Mouth, Which Way to the Front?, Hardly Working, and Smorgasbord. In 1995, he played Mr. Applegate (a.k.a. the Devil) in a Broadway revival of the musical Damn Yankees and later took the show on an international tour. He was appearing in one-man shows until 2016. He did charity work with the Muscular Dystrophy Association and received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his charitable activity in 2009. He also received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - one for his movie work, the other for television - and an induction into the Légion d'Honneur in 2006. He wrote several books including Jerry Lewis: In Person, Dean and Me (A Love Story) written with James Kaplan, and The Total Film-Maker. He died on August 20, 2017 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography)