A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Director: Richard Lester Cast: Zero Mostel
Zero Mostel
, Phil Silvers
Phil Silvers
, Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
, Jack Gilford
Jack Gilford
Richard Lester
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Director: Richard Lester Cast: Zero Mostel
Zero Mostel
, Phil Silvers
Phil Silvers
, Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
, Jack Gilford
Jack Gilford
Richard Lester

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Overview

Director Richard Lester uses the Burt Shevelove/Larry Gelbart/Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical hit as a launching pad for some of his wildest slapstick gaggery. Zero Mostel repeats his stage role as Pseudolus, the cunning Roman slave who'll do anything to win his freedom. The plot hinges on three Roman houses next door to each another. One is the home of Pseudolus' masters: the philandering Senex (Michael Hordern), his domineering wife, Domina (Patricia Jessell), and their handsome but empty-headed son, Hero (Michael Crawford). The second house is a brothel belonging to unctuous procurer Lycus (Phil Silvers). The third house has long been empty, in that its owner, the senile Erronius (Buster Keaton), has gone on a long journey to find his children, who were kidnapped in infancy by pirates. Other principals include Pseudolus' fellow slave, the aptly named Hysterium (Jack Gilford); vain warrior Miles Gloriosus (Leon Greene), who marches triumphantly into Rome declaring "I am a parade!"; and the virginal Philia (Annette Andre), a resident of Lycus' "domicile" who is loved by Hero but who has been promised in marriage to Miles Gloriosus. There are also acrobats, transvestites, a phony funeral, and an outsized climactic chase.

Product Details

Release Date: 09/09/2014
UPC: 0738329137724
Original Release: 1966
Rating: NR
Source: Kl Studio Classics
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 1:39:00
Sales rank: 19,156

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Zero Mostel Pseudolus
Phil Silvers Lycus
Buster Keaton Erronius
Jack Gilford Hysterium
Michael Crawford Hero
Annette Andre Philia
Leon Greene Miles
Patricia Jessel Domina
Michael Hordern Senex
Inga Neilsen Gymnasia
Myrna White Vibrata
Pamela Brown Priestess
Beatrix Lehmann Domina's Mother
Alfie Bass Gatekeeper
Roy Kinnear Instructor
Lucienne Bridou Panacea
Helen Funai Tintinabula
Janet Webb Fertilla
Frank Elliott Actor
Bill Kerr Gladiator-in-Training
Jack May Shopkeeper
Frank Thornton Roman Sentry #1
John Bluthal Roman Chief Guard
Peter Butterworth Roman Sentry
Andrew Faulds Actor
Ronnie Brody Roman soldier
Jennifer Baker Geminae,Geminae
John Bennett Actor
Ron Brody Actor
Jon Pertwee Actor
Ingrid Pitt Actor
Stephen Sondheim Composer

Technical Credits
Richard Lester Director
Melvin Frank Screenwriter,Producer
Michael Pertwee Screenwriter
Cliff Richardson Special Effects
Burt Shevelove Screenwriter
Larry Gelbart Screenwriter
Joaquín Gómez Stunts
Don Challis Sound Effects
Gerry Humphreys Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Cliff John Richardson Special Effects
Leslie Hammond Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1. Chapter 1 [:11]
2. Chapter 2 [:00]
3. Chapter 3 [11:33]
4. Chapter 4 [13:29]
5. Chapter 5 [10:35]
6. Chapter 6 [12:41]
7. Chapter 7 [8:49]
8. Chapter 8 [14:24]
9. Chapter 9 [11:22]
10. Chapter 10 [14:08]
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