It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Stanley Kramer

19633h 12mEnglish
Accolades
1Oscar
Win
2Golden Globe
Nominations
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Synopsis

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.

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ActionAdventureComedyCrime

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Awards Dominance

1

Wins

8

Nominations

Won

  • Sound Effects · Walter G. Elliott
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1964

Academy Awards

1Wins
6Noms
◆ Won

Sound Effects

Walter G. Elliott

1964
Nom

Cinematography (Color)

Ernest Laszlo

1964
Nom

Film Editing

Frederic Knudtson, Robert C. Jones, Gene Fowler, Jr.

1964
Nom

Music (Music Score--substantially original)

Ernest Gold

1964
Nom

Music (Song)

It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" Music by Ernest Gold; Lyrics by Mack David

1964
Nom

Sound

Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director

1964

1964

Golden Globes

0Wins
2Noms
Nom

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1964
Nom

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Jonathan Winters

1964

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