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A funny thing happened on the way to the forum

DVD

2014

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Uniform Title:	Funny thing happened on the way to the forum (Motion picture)
Title:	A funny thing happened on the way to the forum / screenplay by Melvin Frank and Michael Pertwee ; produced by Melvin Frank ; directed by Richard Lester.
Publisher, Date:	[United States] : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC, [2014] New York, NY : Kino Lorber Corp., [2014] ©2014
Description:	1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 4 3/4 in. digital optical NTSC video file DVD video region 1
Summary:	When a wily, witty, lying, lazy, cheating slave discovers that his master's son is in love with the girl next door, a virgin courtesan, he promises to help win her heart in exchange for his freedom. But the road to romance is blocked with stunning surprises, cunning disguises and the wildest chariot race ever!
Target Audience Note:	Rating: Not rated.
Subjects:	Plautus, Titus Maccius -- Film adaptations. Enslaved persons -- Rome -- Drama. Man-woman relationships -- Rome -- Drama. Musical films. Comedy films. Historical films. Feature films. Film adaptations. Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. -- Drama.
Other Author:	Lester, Richard, 1932- director. Frank, Melvin, 1913-1988, writer, producer. Pertwee, Michael, writer. Mostel, Zero, 1915-1977, actor. Silvers, Phil, 1911-1985, actor. Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, actor. Crawford, Michael, 1942- actor. Hordern, Michael, 1911-1995, actor. Sondheim, Stephen. Funny thing happened on the way to the forum. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Funny thing happened on the way to the forum (Play). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. Kino Classics (Firm), film distributor.
Notes:	Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1966. Based on the stage play produced by Harold S. Prince, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. Music direction, Ken Thorne. Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford, Michael Hordern. DVD; NTSC, region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo; mastered in HD. English dialogue; English subtitles.
Publisher Number:	K1377
Other Number:	886553337
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	449966
# Local items in:	1
# System items in:	1
Call Number:	DVD MOVIE Funny th

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