Jump to content

2000 Years Later

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2000 Years Later
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBert Tenzer
Screenplay byBert Tenzer
Produced byBert Tenzer
StarringTerry-Thomas
Edward Everett Horton
Pat Harrington, Jr.
Lisa Seagram
John Abbott
John Myhers
CinematographyMario DiLeo
Edited byDonn Cambern
Music byStu Phillips
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.-Seven Arts
Release date
  • March 11, 1969 (1969-03-11)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

2000 Years Later is a 1969 American comedy film written and directed by Bert Tenzer and starring Terry-Thomas, Edward Everett Horton, Pat Harrington, Jr., Lisa Seagram, John Abbott and John Myhers. It was released by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts on March 11, 1969.[1][2][3]

A satirical film on fads in the US. A TV host on a late night show tries to convince his televiewers that they should return to Rome and Roman ways. Depicts in a semi-realistic manner what could happen if the latest America fad became Reditus Ad Roma, a Return to Rome. Launched as a gimmick by a late night TV show, the International Culture Hour, the fad catches on fast and soon everybody from the long-haired pop singers to senators, from motor cycle outlaws to the military chiefs of the Pentagon, are dressing up in togas and taking part in orgies organized at the fashionable discos and in private houses. A mysterious figure from the Other World, a Roman general who survived the fall of Rome, who has been sent to Earth to convince our sin soaked masses not to let it happen again, provides the moral.

Cast

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "2000 Years Later". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  2. ^ "2000 Years Later (1969) - Overview". TCM.com. 1969-03-11. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  3. ^ Howard Thompson. (1969-03-12). "Movie Review - 2000 Years Later - ' 2000 Years Later' Brings Ancient Roman Into Television Age". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
[edit]