"A funny story that happened on the way to the forum " ( English A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ) is an American film directed by Richard Lester , released in 1966 . The film is based on the musical of the same name by Stephen Sondheim and the book by Burt Shivlav and Larry Gelbart, and is also inspired by the comedies of the ancient Roman playwright Plavt .
| Funny story that happened on the way to the forum | |
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| A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | |
| Genre | comedy |
| Producer | Richard Leicester |
| Producer | Melvin Frank |
| Author script | Melvin Frank Michael sacrifices |
| In the main cast | Zero Mostel |
| Operator | Nicholas Rog |
| Composer | Stephen Sondheim |
| Film company | United Artists , Melvin Frank Production |
| Duration | 99 minutes |
| Budget | $ 2 million |
| A country |  USA  Great Britain |
| Tongue | English |
| Year | 1966 |
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The film received an Oscar for the best recording of music, and was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for best comedy or musical.
Story
The roguish slave Pseudo, belonging to one venerable Roman family, dreams of gaining freedom. Fortunately for him, the owner’s son Geron falls in love with a courtesan from a nearby brothel. In exchange for freedom, PseudoL promises to arrange a young man a meeting with his beloved. However, Mark Lick, the owner of the brothel, reports that the girl has already been sold to the warlike centurion , who is due to arrive soon for his purchase. Pseudo-Lite has very little time to find a way out of the situation ...
Cast
- Zero Mostel - Pseudo
- Phil Silvers - Mark Lick
- Buster Keaton - Erronius
- Michael Crawford - Heron
- Jack Guildford - The Hysteria
- Annette Andre - Filia
- Michael Hordern - Senex
- Leon Green - Centurion Glorios
- Roy Kinnear - Gladiator Trainer
- Patricia Jessel - Domina
- Inga Nielsen - Gymnasium
- Peter Butterworth - Roman Sentinel
- Frank Thornton - Roman Sentinel
Links
- "A funny story that happened on the way to the forum" (eng.) On allmovie