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Product Description
Something appealing. Something appalling. Something for everyone a comedy tonight! 'One of the hottest burlesque shows that ever hit Broadway' (Time) comes to the screen showcasing the enormous talents of Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford, Buster Keaton and Michael Crawford (Broadway's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA). Featuring keenly clever tunes like 'Comedy Tonight' and 'Lovely,' this wild Stephen Sondheim musical about a raucous gaggle of ancient Romans is a 'flip, glib and sophisticated, yet rump-slapping bawdy and fast-paced look at the seamy underside of classical Rome through hipster's shades' (Variety). 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!
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- Aspect Ratio : Unknown
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 5.92 ounces
- Item model number : KLSC1378BR
- Director : Richard Lester
- Media Format : NTSC, Multiple Formats, Blu-ray
- Run time : 1 hour and 39 minutes
- Release date : September 9, 2014
- Actors : Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Jack Gilford, Michael Crawford
- Subtitles: : English
- Producers : Melvin Frank
- Studio : Kino Lorber films
- ASIN : B00LC4PFVW
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #60,298 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #3,280 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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Funny Thing is a musical comedy written by Stephen Sondheim, but the songs are so light and funny that the net effect is more on the side of comedy. Starting with "Comedy Tonight!", then "Lovely", "Everybody Ought to have a Maid", to "I Am Miles Gloriosus", the songs delight with their wit and actually contribute to the storyline. Michael Crawford, later to become world famous as the Phantom of the Opera in Lloyd-Weber's Broadway musical, is Hero, the improbably adolescent son of Senex, smitten by Philia (Annette Andre) a denizen of Marcus Lycus' house next door. Hero agrees to give Pseudolus his freedom if Pseudolus can acquire Philia for him. Crawford appeared to do most of his own stunts and is endearingly naive and clumsy. This is a hard act to depict with the grace and humor exhibited by Crawford. Except for his mobile face, he is reminiscent of the young Buster Keaton.
And yes, Buster Keaton is in this movie too, his very last in a long career. He is Erronius, a befuddled old man who has searched 20 years for his lost children kidnapped in infancy, his only hope of ever finding them based on the family ring they wore, depicting a gaggle of geese.
The action unfolds rapidly over the course of a half day: Pseudolus wants to be free, Hero wants Philia, Philia wants Hero, Senex wants the "maid" (Philia), Marcus Lycus owns Philia and has sold her to the Captain coming this very afternoon to claim her, Hysterium wants to avoid being ratted out by Pseudolus for having Rome's largest collection of erotic pottery, and Erronius wants to find his children. Would you believe it, all of the plot lines involving these eight characters are resolved before the end of the film?
Funny Thing is light-hearted and light on its feet, with continuous laughs and a frantic pace that can be attributed to its director, Richard Lester. Indicative of this humorous approach is the way the film deals with the very noticeable presence of flies in several of the scenes. The closing credits are among the most beautifully artistic and entertaining in film history, with the flies given prominent notice. And the Blu-ray from Kino-Lorber makes it all clearly and brightly enjoyable. This is one of those rare films, last viewed more than forty years ago, which is as good as I had remembered it.
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普通のテレビじゃダメだけど、英語字幕しか出ないが楽しめる。
これはスティーヴン・ソンドハイムの作詞家ではなく、作曲家としてのデビュー作だ。
キートンはいい。晩年なのに走っているだけ。
最高!