A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum(Movie, 1966)

Name: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: 1966
Duration: T01:39:00
Rating: 3.1

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 39min | Genres: Comedy, Music

Rating: 3.1/5 (with 40 votes)

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 ancie... ()

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Awards & Nominations for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment nominated for: Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment

About A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

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Additional Information

Production countries: United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Madrid

Plays in: Ancient Rome

Based on: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: United Artists, Melvin Frank Production

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 13 languages: Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 03/25/1967 (World premiere: 10/16/1966)

Cast: Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford, Michael Hordern, Annette Andre, Roy Kinnear, Alfie Bass, John Bluthal, Pamela Brown, Inga Nielsen, Jack May, Jon Pertwee, Ingrid Pitt, Ricardo Palacios, Bill Kerr, Peter Butterworth, John Bennett

Director: Richard Lester

Producer: Melvin Frank

Screenwriter: Michael Pertwee, Melvin Frank, Larry Gelbart, Plautus

Film Editor: John Victor Smith

Director of Photography: Nicolas Roeg

Composer: Stephen Sondheim

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Um Escravo das Arábias em Roma"

"Le Forum en folie"

"Em Roma... era assim"

Keywords: slave owner, virgin, freedom, based on play or musical, slave, ancient rome

Budget: 2,000,000 USD

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum(Movie, 1966)

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