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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

film by Lester [1966]

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  • contribution by Roeg
    • Roeg, Nicolas
      In Nicolas Roeg

      …cinematographer for such films as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) and Fahrenheit 451 (1966).

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  • discussed in biography
    • A Hard Day's Night
      In Richard Lester

      …It (1965), the Broadway adaptation A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), the wickedly satiric antiwar pieces How I Won the War (1967) and The Bed Sitting Room (1969)—were cut from the same stylistic cloth as the director’s two Beatles pictures, and the first of them…

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  • Oscar to Thorne for best scoring of music adaptation or treatment, 1966

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      • Keaton
        • The “Great Stone Face”
          In Buster Keaton: Resurgence and legacy

          …Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), his last film. In 1960 he was honored with a special Academy Award. Four months before his death, he received a five-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival. His autobiography, My Wonderful World…

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      • Silvers
        • scene from The Phil Silvers Show
          In Phil Silvers

          …as the film version of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) and its Broadway revival (1972, Tony Award). His popularity stemmed in part from his highly recognizable grin, horn-rimmed glasses, and catchphrases.

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