Analyzing The Movie 'Mad World'

After a car goes sailing right off the edge of a cliff, five completely different men (played by Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Jonathan Winters, Buddy Hackett, and Mickey Rooney) all find themselves together at the bottom trying to help the man that had been in the car. The crazed and dying thief tells them of $350,000 that he has buried “under the big ‘W’” and was on his way to go get. Racing by car, plane, foot, and biking this colorful group of strangers drag their wives, friends, families, and other strangers into the race to find the money hidden in Southern California. Behind the scenes a group of police officers track the progress of this hilarious lunatic group. The chief officer, played by Spencer Tracy, has a keen interest in the group and tracks every group very carefully. Throughout the movie each group of people runs into problems and disasters greedily searching for the money. It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World was creatively directed in 1963 by Stanley Kramer. He does a great job putting all the scenes together in an order that keeps you in suspense. Kramer also does a great job putting all the right props and backgrounds to each scene in the movie to create a believable Southern California setting. …show more content…
Of course, because it is an older movie not all the effects are believable. For example, there is a scene where two of the men after the money are flying a plane. They use rear-screen projection, which is where they using a moving background, but the actors in the foreground are still. The effect they wanted is, unfortunately, low quality. This same problem comes up when several of the characters pack into a car. There are certain effects that could’ve been done better. Though for its time the effect is not bad and the lighting are very well