A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum with Zero Mostel: DVD Cover

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

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    • DVD Release Date: 04/18/2000
    • Original Release: 1966
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 7,587

    Viewer Rating: (10 ratings)

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    Features

    Collectible booklet; Original theatrical trailer

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    Scene Index

    Scene Selections
    0. Scene Selections
    1. Title/Intro/Credits [3:18]
    2. Pseudolus the Slave [2:40]
    3. Message to My Love [1:56]
    4. Impervious [1:44]
    5. Fair Trade [1:45]
    6. Perfect Woman [6:57]
    7. "There She Is!" [2:09]
    8. I'm Lovely [5:03]
    9. Erotic Pottery [1:05]
    10. An Honest Virgin [2:54]
    11. Everybody Ought To Have A Maid [5:53]
    12. Gaggle of Geese [4:04]
    13. Claiming the Maiden [2:39]
    14. Trading Places [3:31]
    15. Bring Me My Bride [8:16]
    16. Roman Pleasures [3:37]
    17. Madame Returns [2:49]
    18. Flying Exit [3:42]
    19. Anybody's Body [4:10]
    20. "Monstrous Fate" [2:13]
    21. Passion Potion [:49]
    22. Fire Pyre [5:25]
    23. Alive! [1:19]
    24. Gladiator Training [4:20]
    25. Hero the Hero [1:29]
    26. Chariot Chase [6:13]
    27. A Comedy Tonight [4:29]
    28. End Credits [2:07]

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    Editorial Reviews

    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 Jessel), 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 Erronious (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 Glorious. There are also acrobats, transvestites, a phony funeral, and an outsized climactic chase. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    FUNNY!by j_free

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    February 05, 2009: This is an awesome piece of work! Will keep you laughing for a week!

    Classicby Anonymous

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    December 24, 2006: One of the funniest movies ever made with some of the bast actors, lines and scenes. They don't make them like this anymore. My whole family and I know the all the lines and every scene. It's a bit bawdy for the kids but very tame by today's standards.


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