A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
October 16, 1966Release Date
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
October 16, 1966Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Zero Mostel
Pseudolus
Phil Silvers
Marcus Lycus
Buster Keaton
Erronius
Michael Crawford
Hero
Jack Gilford
Hysterium
Annette Andre
Philia
Michael Hordern
Senex
Leon Greene
Captain Miles Gloriosus
Roy Kinnear
Gladiator Instructor
Titus Maccius Plautus
Writer
Alfie Bass
Gatekeeper
John Bluthal
Roman Chief Guard
Richard Lester
Director
Pamela Brown
High Priestess
Patricia Jessel
Domina
Melvin Frank
Writer
Beatrix Lehmann
Domina's Mother
Michael Pertwee
Writer
Frank Thornton
Slave Driver
Burt Shevelove
Writer
Peter Butterworth
Roman Sentry
Larry Gelbart
Writer
Nicolas Roeg
Cinematographer
John Victor-Smith
Editor
Jennifer Baker
Geminae #1
Susan Baker
Geminae #2
Tony Walton
ProductionDesigner
Ronnie Brody
Roman Soldier
Lucienne Bridou
Panacea
Helen Funai
Tintinabula
Bill Kerr
Gladiator-in-Training
Jack May
Shopkeeper
Inga Nielsen
Gymnasia
Jon Pertwee
Crassus
Janet Webb
Fertilla
Myrna White
Vibrata
Ingrid Pitt
Courtesan (uncredited)
Ricardo Palacios
Marcus Lycus's Eunuch (uncredited)
Joey Hamlin
Young boy (uncredited)
Joaquín Gómez
Aerialist (uncredited) / Stunts
Thurl Ravenscroft
Voice (uncredited)
Bill Butler
Sound Editor
Cliff Richardson
Special Effects
José López Rodero
Assistant Director
Alex Thomson
Camera Operator
Barrie Vince
Music Editor
Gerry Humphreys
Sound
Fabio Piccioni
Assistant Director
Ken Thorne
Music / Music Director
Stephen Sondheim
Original Music Composer / Songs / Lyricist
Richard Williams
Opening Title Sequence
Austin Dempster
Sound Recordist
Trevor Crole-Rees
Makeup Artist
Les Hammond
Sound
Robin O'Donoghue
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bernadette Ibbetson
Hairstylist
Dinah Greet
Assistant Costume Designer
Don Challis
Sound Editor
Rita Davison
Script Supervisor
Carmen Sánchez
Hairstylist
José María Sánchez
Makeup Artist
Bob Simmons
Second Unit Director
John Richardson
Special Effects Supervisor
Ethel Martin
Choreographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 16, 1966
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Filming LocationsMadrid, Spain
Genres
Wiki.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a 1966 period musical comedy film, directed by Richard Lester, with Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford reprising their stage roles. It also features Buster Keaton in his final screen role; Phil Silvers, for whom the stage musical was originally intended; and regular Lester collaborators Michael Crawford, Michael Hordern, and Roy Kinnear.
The film was adapted for the screen by Melvin Frank and Michael Pertwee from the stage musical of the same name with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, which was inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (251–183 BC) – specifically Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus, and Mostellaria – and tells the bawdy story of a slave named Pseudolus and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door.