Zero Mostel
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
- Bert Shrevelove, Larry Gelbert, Stephen Sondheim
- 2000
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Directed by Richard Lester. With Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford. A wily Roman slave schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan.
- (9.9K)
- Comedy, Musical
- Richard Lester
- 1966-10-16
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.
Oct 1, 2019 · A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Comedy Tonight: Pseudolus (Zero Mostel) introduces the setting and characters of the story through song.
- 3 min
- 218.2K
- Movieclips
May 22, 2016 · A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a 1966 farce musical comedy film, based on the stage musical of the same name. It was inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (251-183 B.C.) – specifically Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus and Mostellaria – and tells the bawdy story of a slave named Pseudolus and his ...
- 97 min
- 33K
- Ludwig Bach
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...
- (23)
- Musical, Comedy
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A musical comedy film based on a stage play, set in ancient Rome, where a slave tries to win his freedom by helping his master woo a virgin. The film features songs, slapstick, and wordplay, as well as a subplot involving a missing father and his two sons.
