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Anonymous — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 17:33:29 +0000

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM [1996 / 2016] [Blu-ray] A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM [1996 / 2016] [Blu-ray] [UK Release] The Cult Move Collection! For The First Time Available in the UK on Blu-ray!Something appealing; something appalling; something for everyone a comedy tonight! “One of the hottest burlesque shows that ever hit Broadway” [Time Magazine] comes to the screen showcasing the enormous talents of Tony Awards winner Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford, Buster Keaton and Michael Crawford.This screen adaptation of the stage musical of the same name finds the Roman slave Pseudolus [Zero Mostel] scheming his way to freedom by playing matchmaker for his master’s son, Hero, who is smitten with the blonde and beautiful Philia. However, things don’t go at all according to plan. The complications that ensue involve blackmail, funny disguises and long-lost children, while Pseudolus desperately tries to keep up with his end of the bargain.FILM FACT No.1: Music director Ken Thorne received an Academy AwardÂ® for and Oscar for Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment in 1967. In addition, the film was nominated that year for a Golden Globe as Best Motion Picture for Musical/Comedy. The musical’s original 1962 Broadway run won several Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Author. âA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumâ has enjoyed several Broadway and West End revivals and was made into a successful film starring the original lead of the musical, Zero Mostel. The song “Love Is in the Air” was originally intended as the opening number. The song was cut from the show and replaced with “Comedy Tonight.” The song was later featured in the film âThe Birdcageâ [1996] and performed by Robin Williams and Christine Baranski.FILM FACT No.2: Veteran film comedian Buster Keaton was terminally ill with cancer at the time of filming. Nevertheless, the 70-year-old actor was able to do many of his own stunts in the film, to the amazement of the cast and crew. âA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumâ would be his final film appearance. Future âDoctor Whoâ star Jon Pertwee, brother of screenwriter Michael Pertwee, appears briefly as Crassus, who reports that there is no plague in Crete. Jon Pertwee had originally played the part of Lycus in the 1963 West End stage production. Roy Kinnear appeared in eight other films directed by Richard Lester: âHelp!â [1965]; âHow I Won the Warâ [1967]; âThe Bed Sitting Roomâ [1969]; âThe Three Musketeersâ [1973]; âThe Four Musketeersâ [1974]; âJuggernautâ [1974]; âRoyal Flashâ [1975] and The Return of the Musketeers [1989].Cast: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford, Jack Gilford, Annette Andre, Michael Hordern, Leon Greene, Roy Kinnear, Alfie Bass, John Bluthal, Pamela Brown, Patricia Jessel, Beatrix Lehmann, Frank Thornton, Peter Butterworth, John Bennett, Andrew Faulds, Jennifer Baker, Susan Baker, Ronnie Brody, Frank Elliott, Lucienne Bridou, Helen Funai, Bill Kerr, Jack May, Inga Neilsen, Jon Pertwee, Janet Webb, Myrna White, Joaquín Gómez (uncredited), Joey Hamlin (uncredited), Ricardo Palacios (uncredited) and Ingrid Pitt (uncredited)Director: Richard LesterProducer: Melvin FrankScreenplay: Melvin Frank (screenplay), Michael Pertwee (screenplay), Burt Shevelove (book) and Larry Gelbart (book)Composer and Lyrics: Stephen SondheimCinematography: Nicolas RoegVideo Resolution: 1080p [Color by Deluxe]Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio StereoSubtitles: NoneRunning Time: 97 minutesRegion: Region B/2Number of discs: 1Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / United Artist / 101 FilmsAndrew’s Blu-ray Review: Madrid, Spain stands in for Italian locations in âA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumâ [1966], directed by Richard Lester âA Hard Day’s Nightâ [1964] and âThe Three Musketeersâ [1974]. Gleefully zany wordplay peppers the action, with Stephen Sondheim’s libretto rhyming “eunuchs” with “tunics,” and Zero Mostel, starring as scheming slave Pseudolos, examining a bottle of wine; “was One a good year?” Crammed with stellar comedic talent of its era, the film stars Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, Phil Silvers and Buster Keaton which was one of his last performances. Larry Gelbart [âTootsieâ] and Bert Shevelove wrote the Broadway hit on which the film was based, adapting it from a trilogy of comedies by 3rd century BC Roman playwright Plautus.Set in “a less fashionable suburb of Rome” and swirling with swinging sixties treatments of soothsayers, public baths, and ancient Roman go-go girls, the glory or chaos that was Rome is handled with Richard Lester’s signature frenetic directorial style. The film’s elaborate sets were strewn with actual fruits and…

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Anonymous — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 17:16:21 +0000

Great musical — but if you own the DVD, maybe don’t bother with the blu-ray

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