Studio: United Artists
Producer: Stanley Kramer
Director: Stanley Kramer
Awards: It received the Oscar for Best Effects and was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Music Score & Original Song, Best Film Editing & Best Sound. On top of those it won two Laurel Awards and was nominated for four additional achievements.
Interesting Fact: This film was a favorite of Harry Snyder, the original founder of In-and-out burger. In honor of this film, palm trees are placed crossing each other at each location to replicate the "Big W" in the film.
My Favorite Scene: The flying sequence with Rooney & Hackett is among my top favorite scenes of all time. There were so many cameos in those scenes, including the three stooges.
"It's buried under a big W, I tell ya. A big W."
This film has the biggest casting of comedians ever made and included countless cameos. Switching back and forth from multiple stories at a time, it keeps the audience entertained and on the edge of their seat. Your never sure if you are rooting for the bad guy or good guy. In the end you laughed at them all. Whoever was in comedy wanted to be in this picture with very few exceptions. The writing is excellent, the acting superb and the comedy is out of this mad, mad world.
Here is the first part of seven segments in a documentary for the film.
If you want to watch the rest of them, you can find them on YouTube.
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