A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1966 720pHD
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1966 720pHD
Genres: Comedy, Musical
Director: Richard Lester
Writers: Melvin Frank (screenplay), Michael Pertwee (screenplay)
Stars: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton
A Funny Thing Happened while in transit to the Forum is a 1966 joke musical comic drama film, taking into account the stage musical of the same name. It was enlivened by the jokes of the antiquated Roman dramatist Plautus (251-183 B.C.) – particularly Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus and Mostellaria – and recounts the risqué story of a slave named Pseudolus and his endeavors to win his opportunity by helping his young expert charm the young lady nearby.
The film was coordinated by Richard Lester, with Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford repeating their stage parts. It likewise highlights Buster Keaton in his last film part; Phil Silvers, for whom the stage musical was initially planned; and Lester top choices Michael Crawford, Michael Hordern and Roy Kinnear. The musical was adjusted for the screen by Melvin Frank and Michael Pertwee from the stage musical A Funny Thing Happened while in transit to the Forum with music and verses by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
Film Story: In the city of Rome amid the rule of Emperor Nero, Pseudolus (Zero Mostel) is "the lyingest, cheatingest, sloppiest slave in all of Rome", whose exclusive wish is to purchase his opportunity from his lord's folks, the henpecked Senex (Michael Hordern) and his commanding spouse Domina (Patricia Jessel). When he discovers that his lord, Senex's attractive however diminish child Hero (Michael Crawford), has gone gaga for Philia (Annette Andre), a wonderful virgin concubine from the place of Marcus Lycus (Phil Silvers), purchaser and vender of delightful ladies adjacent, Pseudolus makes an arrangement: he will receive the young lady for Hero consequently for his opportunity. Sadly, the virgin has been sold to the immense Roman fighter, Captain Miles Gloriosus (Leon Greene), who even now is headed from vanquishing Crete to claim her as his lady of the hour. Pseudolus extorts his supervisor, Hysterium (Jack Gilford) into taking on the appearance of the carcass of Philia to trick the chief, yet things turn out badly every step of the way.
At last, the kid gets the young lady; Senex's adjacent neighbor Erronius (Buster Keaton) finds that Philia and Miles Gloriosus are in certainty his departed youngsters; and Pseudolus gets his opportunity, an excellent courtesan to be his better half, and a share of 10,000 minae, compliments of Marcus Lycus.
Film Review: A Funny Thing Happened while in transit to the Forum is introduced on Blu-beam graciousness of Kino Lorber Studio Classics with an AVC encoded 1080p move in 1.85:1. Amusing Thing has never looked extraordinary on home video and that inclination proceeds here, however there is a better than average overhaul in shading immersion and even fine detail in close-ups. Notwithstanding, the components here have blurred recognizably, giving things like substance tones a reddish pink tone. I would danger a theory this might be a more established expert, as prove by such oddities as ringing and a general absence of subtle element that may have been alleviated by a more current exchange. Grain is still particularly in confirmation, so there does not seem to have been any excessively forceful denoising done. A portion of the open air area photography offers significant profundity of field.
A Funny Thing Happened while in transit to the Forum highlights a lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track which more than proficiently underpins both the singing and the quick fire exchange of the piece. The film was apparently initially discharged in stereo, however I'm not listening to much if any genuine partition here, which does not tangibly influence the real devotion of the track. There might be some who will be worried that this discharge additionally has some sound sync issues which we've talked about in some past Kino Lorber Studio Classics discharges, yet rest guaranteed when the lips don't coordinate the talking (or more probable, singing) here, it's because of arrangements having been pre-recorded and after that lip synced to on set, as seemed to be (and keeps on being) the custom in most musical movies. For instance, the whole opening fragment, including Pseudolus' brief interstitial monologs, was pre-recorded, and therefore when Zero Mostel's lips don't exactly agree with the soundtrack in this opening gambit, this is on account of Mostel wasn't exactly staying aware of the playback. You'll likewise see his monologs are more square shaped sounding in the opening than the main part of the film, again due to the pre-record. The first blend here is quite occupied and swarmed sounding on occasion (as appeared to be Lester's inclination), however there are no hazardous issues to talk about.
