| 2000 Years Later | |
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| Directed by | Bert Tenzer |
| Screenplay by | Bert Tenzer |
| Produced by | Bert Tenzer |
| Starring | Terry-Thomas Edward Everett Horton Pat Harrington, Jr. Lisa Seagram John Abbott John Myhers |
| Cinematography | Mario DiLeo |
| Edited by | Donn Cambern |
| Music by | Stu Phillips |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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]
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A sharp satire on American pop culture and its obsession with fads, 2000 Years Later imagines what might happen if the latest craze sweeping the U.S. was a return to Ancient Roman values—Reditus Ad Roma.
It all begins as a tongue-in-cheek gimmick on a late-night television program, The International Culture Hour. But the idea quickly spirals into a full-blown cultural phenomenon. Soon, everyone—from long-haired pop stars to U.S. senators, from motorcycle gangs to Pentagon generals—is donning togas, reviving Roman customs, and participating in wild, Roman-style orgies at trendy nightclubs and private homes.
Adding a surreal twist, a mysterious Roman general—sent from the afterlife—appears with a dire warning. Having witnessed the fall of ancient Rome, he’s on a mission to prevent history from repeating itself in this modern age of decadence.
