Sunday, May 19, 2013

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) is, quite probably, the funniest film ever made. Is there anyone who hasn't already seen it? I love this one! It stars Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford, Buster Keaton, Michael Hordern, Roy Kinnear, Jon Pertwee and Ingrid Pitt. The music is by Stephen Sondheim.

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TCM has an overview. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a score of 82%.

5 comments:

  1. Yep, one person, MYSELF, who has never seen it. But it sounds like it's a lot of fun to watch.

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  2. Uh oh. I haven't seen it either. Will add it to my list.

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  3. i first saw it many, many years ago, and it never gets old. if i could sit the world down and screen this for it, i would lol.

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  4. Have not seen, but will try to get. Has that Mel Brooks vibe, perhaps it´s Zero Mostel that does it. Looks like a gem.

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  5. i do highly recommend it to you all! maybe it's just where i live, but the musical used to be performed often by school groups and community theaters around here, so the movie is fairly well-known. or it was back in the day.

    zero mostel is perfect, and i love jack gilford and michael hordern. this was buster keaton's last film -he died of cancer soon after its release- but i've read he did many of his own stunts for the movie.

    this is priceless! if you see it and don't like it, i'd love to hear your take.

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