I like silly movies, and one of my favorites is the ultra-silly and wild Stanley Kramer flick "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World." You may remember the show. Smiler Grogan, played by Jimmy Durante, crashes his car down a hill and is tossed from his car. Before he dies, Smiler tells 5 men, played by Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Milton Berle, and Mickey Rooney, that he's hidden "350 G's" under a "big dubbya" in Santa Rosita State park. A wild chase ensues for the next 2.5 hours as the 5 men and several others make a dash for the cash.
If you've ever wondered about the film locations then and now, Mark Furqueron has a nice site showing you all you've ever wanted to know about the road locations of the film. Here's a San Diego Union Tribune story on the Seven Level Hill area where the opening scenes took place. Here's information on the airport scene.
Here's Seven Level Hill at night.
Did you see the way this post just went sailing out there? ;-)
Posted by: KipEsquire | December 11, 2008 at 05:32 AM
It just went sailing right out there.
/slaps and brushes hands against one another
Posted by: Phil Miller | December 11, 2008 at 07:35 AM
Sie haben eine schöne Seite!
Posted by: liebe | February 28, 2009 at 02:09 AM