Eric Idle
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Biography: Eric Idle (born March 29, 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer who wrote and performed as a member of the popular British comedy group Monty Python. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Idle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: South Shields, County Durham, England, UK
Birthday: March 29, 1943
Adult: No
Gender: Male
TMDb-Id: 10713
IMDb-Id: nm0001385
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Known For
Life of Brian
Overview: Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-17
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Overview: King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".
Genres: Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-14
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Shrek the Third
Overview: The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, they set off to bring him back to rule the kingdom.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-17
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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Overview: Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-31
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Nuns on the Run
Overview: Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave" he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. Brian and Charlie decides to steal the money for themselves, but when their escape doesn't go to plan, they have to seek refuge in a Nuns' teacher training school.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-16
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Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
Overview: An documentarian from the BBC visits the set of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). This documentary shouldn't be viewed as a making of the film, but rather a goof-off session that is simply there to conjure up laughter.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-19
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Splitting Heirs
Overview: A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and then found again. An Englishman who thinks he is an Indian comes to believe that he is actually the heir. He comes to hate the American who is his boss, his friend, and the man who has stolen the woman after whom he lusts.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-02
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Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
Overview: Though Eddie's fired right at Christmastime, his boss sends him and his family on a South Pacific vacation, hoping Eddie won't sue him after being bitten by a lab monkey. When the Tuttle family winds up trapped on a tropical island, however, Eddie manages to provide for everyone and prove himself a real man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-20
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Delgo
Overview: In a divided land, it takes a rebellious boy and his clandestine love for a Princess of an opposing race to stop a war orchestrated by a power hungry villain.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Animation Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-12
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The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
Overview: The rats and mice, made intellectually superior in the original Secret of N.I.M.H., return to Thorn Valley to groom their destined leader - young Timmy Brisby.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-22
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State of Fear
Overview: Seven hundred and seventy one words from Orwell, Chomsky, Shakespeare and others. Seven hundred and seventy one people off the street. A 15 minute meditation on Capitalism, Thought Control and the "Freedom" of Speech.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Yellowbeard
Overview: For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sentenced to 20 years in St. Victim's Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to confiscate his fabulous treasure, the Royal Navy allows him to escape and follows him, where saucy tarts, lisping demigods and some awful puns and punishments await.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-24
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Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Overview: Monty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-25
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Casper
Overview: Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but their budding relationship is complicated not only by his transparent state, but also by his troublemaking apparition uncles and their mischievous antics.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-26
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And Now for Something Completely Different
Overview: A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-28
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The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
Overview: Twenty-three years after the release of the original Beatles mockumentary, 'The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash', famous artists, actors and musicians speak out on how The Rutles influenced them.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-16
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Life Of Brian Screenplay
Overview: An original illustrated 110 minute recording by The Pythons of their early screenplay in progress.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-29
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Monty Python's Flying Circus - Graham Chapman's Personal Best
Overview: The LORDS of LAUGHTER--The SAINTS of SATIRE--The HIGH PRIESTS of LOW COMEDY--have sold out once again. Some say you can't take it with you. Others just refuse to go. Graham Chapman--doctor, tall actor, self-wrestler and really famous dead guy--is the latter. Chapman has a least 8 movie and TV appearances to his credit since he passed away in 1989 making him the most prolific corpse since Elvis. This DVD GRAHAM CHAPMAN'S PERSONAL BEST makes 9. In a comprehensive tribute written by the remaining members of the incomparable Monty Python's Flying Circus this program includes the sketches they believe Chapman would have called his very favorites. Of course they could be wrong.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-22
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Earth to America
Overview: Tom Hanks is the host of this show with a comic approach to raise awareness concerning the environment.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-20
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Overview: Young Rudolph suffers a childhood accident that sees his nose turn from the publicly accepted norm of black to a glowing red colour. His parents worry about him getting teased, and indeed he does in the end. When he is beaten in the reindeer games by his rival for a doe he fancies, Rudolph runs away and moves into a cave with Slyly the Fox. However can he overcome his fear and reach his true potential?
Genres: Animation Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-16
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Mom and Dad Save the World
Overview: Emperor Spengo sees Marge Nelson and using a giant magnet, kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make Marge his before blowing up the Earth. The Emperor and other inhabitants of his planet are somewhat less than bright, and Dick begins reliving episodes of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in order to rescue Marge, save the Earth, and restore the rightful emperor to the throne.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-24
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The Mikado
Overview: Jonathan Miller set his well-known production of The Mikado, staged for the English National Opera, in a British seaside resort of the 1920s. The result, complete with a chorus of gentlemen of Japan as cartoon-like British peers, emphatically underscores the Englishness of the satire. The occasional non sequiturs, like a bunch of gentry dressed for Ascot and singing in Japanese, are loonily fun, and no more absurd than the fantasyland Japan that Gilbert and Sullivan invented. The time frame, though, seems little more than an excuse for a smart black-and-white production design.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Ella Enchanted
Overview: Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once Ella finds herself in the hands of several unscrupulous characters whom she quite literally cannot disobey. Determined to gain control of her life and decisions, Ella sets off on a journey to find her fairy godmother who she hopes will lift the curse. The path, however, isn't easy -- Ella must outwit a slew of unpleasant obstacles including ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, elves and Prince Charmont's evil uncle, who wants to take over the crown and rule the kingdom.
Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-09
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Overview: An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-07
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The Aristocrats
Overview: One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-29
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Overview: The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-22
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Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Overview: Not The Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) is a comic oratorio based on Monty Python's Life of Brian, which retells the tragic tale of Mandy, impregnated by a Roman soldier, giving birth to Brian, a reluctant revolutionary of the People's Front of Judea who falls in love with Judith, gets mistaken for a Messiah and is arrested by the Romans and sentenced to be crucified. It ranges in reference from Handel, through a naughty Mozart duet, to the Festival of Nine Carols, Bob Dylan, and the classic finale "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".
Genres: Comedy Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-25
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The Wind in the Willows
Overview: Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, who plan to build a dog food factory on the very meadow sold to them by Toad himself.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-16
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Dudley Do-Right
Overview: Royal Canadian Mountie Dudley Do-right is busy keeping the peace in his small mountain town when his old rival, Snidely Whiplash, comes up with a plot to buy all the property in town, then start a phony gold rush by seeding the river with gold nuggets.
Genres: Comedy Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-27
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Hitler: The Comedy Years
Overview: A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-10
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Too Much Sun
Overview: A multimillionaire, whose son is gay and daughter a lesbian, leaves a will with one clause: His children will inherit his money only if at least one of them produces him a grandchild within a year of his death.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-10
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The Secret Life of Brian
Overview: A documentary about the making of the controversial Life of Brian and the surrounding accusations of blasphemy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Overview: Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action film, for which he proceeds to steal the reels, and leaves the cast and crew in a frenzy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-27
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The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
Overview: Ten years ago exactly, more or less, give or take a day or two, six young men sat down, or maybe stood, or perhaps some of them just lounged, and wrote the first episode of a new series called Owl Stretching Time. They were called Graham Chapman , John Cleese, Terry Gilliam , Eric Idle,Terry Jones and Michael Palin and later both they and the series became known as Monty Python 's Flying Circus . Today they are the best known British comedy group in the world, famous from Cathay to Kathmandu, from Sydney to Sidcup (except in Japan where the programme is called The Gay Boys' Dragon Show ... say no more). To commemorate their tenth anniversary a BBC team tracked them down in the deserts of Tunisia where they were filming their Life of Brian and almost persuaded them to examine the genesis, the genius and the gender of Monty Python.
Genres: Documentary Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-20
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Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
Overview: One of the least-known Monty Python rarities is “The Close-up Toothpaste Relaunch,” a short advertising film. Follow Elida Gibbs' super salesman as he heroically brings new toothpaste, "Close-up Green" to the high street.
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Original Language: en
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London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Overview: The closing ceremony of the games of the XXXth Olympiad.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-12
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Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
Overview: Documentary which gets to the heart of who Jeff Lynne is and how he has had such a tremendous musical influence on our world. The story is told by the British artist himself and such distinguished collaborators and friends of Jeff as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh, Olivia and Dhani Harrison, Barbara Orbison and Eric Idle. The film reveals that Lynne is a true man of music, for whom the recording studio is his greatest instrument. With access to Lynne in his studio above LA, this is an intimate account of a great British pop classicist who has ploughed a unique furrow since starting out on the Birmingham Beat scene in the early 60s, moving from the Idle Race to the multi-million selling ELO in the 70s and then, with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and George Harrison, as a key member of the Traveling Wilburys.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-05
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What About Dick?
Overview: The movie begins with the birth of a sex toy invented in Shagistan in 1898 by Deepak Rushdie Obi Ben Kingsley, and tells the story of the subsequent decline of the British Empire as seen through the eyes of a Piano. The Piano narrates the tale of Dick; his two cousins: Emma, an emotionally stunted English girl; her kleptomaniac sister Helena and their dipsomaniac Aunt Maggie who all live together in a large, rambling, Edwardian novel. When the Reverend Whoopsie discovers a piano on a beach, a plot is set afoot that can be solved only by a private Dick, the incomprehensible Scottish sleuth Inspector McGuffin, who with the aid of Sergeant Ken Russell finally reveals the identity of the Houndsditch Mutilator.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-13
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Bobcat Goldthwait Comedy Central "Pulp Comics"
Overview: Woah dude! It's the Bobcat! Very 90s Stand-Up & Sketch Comedy. Lots of fun.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-04
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The Beatles Revolution
Overview: A primetime special celebrating The Beatles and exploring the lasting impact on pop music of Beatles innovations like stadium concerts, music videos, and the idea of rock album as art form. The filmmakers were provided rare, previously unseen footage from the Apple archives, and afforded complete access to their recorded music and film library.
Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-17
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The Seventh Python
Overview: Sean Connors Films, Ltd. Presents a Frozen Pictures production of The Seventh Python, a nonfiction musical feature film based on the life, work and unplanned career of musical satirist Neil Innes. The Seventh Python traces one man’s winding path of whimsy as he flirts with destiny at the edge of fame with incredibly influential and unusually lasting work that keeps one foot each planted in the worlds of comedy and rock ‘n’ roll. From the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band to Monty Python's Flying Circus and The Rutles, to his Ego Warrior campaign and his insistence on wearing a plastic duck on his head, Neil Innes has proven to be the greatest musical comedy satirist of the past fifty years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-26
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Life of Python
Overview: This BBC documentary tells the history of the Python group, allowing a few glimpses at the works of its predecessors (At Last the 1948 Show, Do Not Adjust Your Sets etc.) and various interviews with the group's members and other associated artists.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-16
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The Scream Team
Overview: Eccentric Frank Carlyle ran a horror shop in small-town Steeple Falls, which takes pride in and profit from its Halloween traditions. Frank's widower grandson Richard grudgingly returns there from Boston with his own kids, bright Ian and bratty Claire, to settle the inheritance. Ian discovers great-grandpa's house is really haunted, and not just, as legend holds, by historic owner Zachariah Kull, who was burned on the stake.
Genres: Fantasy TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-11
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The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Overview: In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, this magnificent star-studded tribute salutes the Fab Four. Appearing with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were guest musicians Joe Walsh, Gary Clark, Jr., Stevie Wonder, The Eurythmics, John Legend, Alicia Keys, Maroon 5, Dave Grohl, Katy Perry, Peter Frampton, and more.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-09
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Missing Pieces
Overview: As sole heir to a relative's estate, Wendel is surprised to learn that the only thing he's been left is a riddle. However, he and his musician friend, Lou, are soon thrust into a comic chase, as an assortment of unsavoury characters, underworld figures, and even private investigators, are after them for the inheritance - and they don't know what it is!
Genres: Comedy Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-28
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The Secret Policeman's Ball
Overview: A live stand-up comedy and music gig to celebrate Amnesty International's 50th Anniversary.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-04
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Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
Overview: Steve Martin presents selected sketches from "Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)". It's the well known sketches, though the parrot sketch is not included. Steve Martin has some funny comments on the Pythons.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-18
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The Transformers: The Movie
Overview: The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Action Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-08
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National Lampoon's European Vacation
Overview: The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-25
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Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Overview: Celebrate the last night of the Pythons on the big screen! - With John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
Genres: Comedy Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-20
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Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
Overview: TV documentary tracing the life of the comedian and satirist from his school days, through the Cambridge Footlights, to Beyond the Fringe and his partnership with Dudley Moore. With contributions from Cook's school friends Peter Rabey and Jonathan Harlow; Cook's first wife Wendy Cook; Cambridge University friends Tim Harrold and Roger Law; Adrian Slade (ex-president of Cambridge Footlights); Jonathan Miller; Sir David Frost; Ned Sherrin; John Bassett (creator, Beyond The Fringe); Willie Donaldson (producer, Beyond The Fringe); John Cleese; Eric Idle; Michael Parkinson; Brenda Vaccaro; John Fortune; Nicholas Luard (co-owner with Cook of The Establishment club); actress Gaye Brown; Christopher Booker; Ian Hislop; Victor Lownes and Michael Bawtree (friends of Cook); Joe McGrath; Dick Clement; Mel Smith; Clive Anderson; tv producer and executive Paul Jackson; Harry Enfield, radio presenter Clive Bull, and archival interview footage of both Cook and Dudley Moore.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-12
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50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Overview: Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-24
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Euroshow '71: May Day Special
Overview: German made-for-TV musical extravaganza starring Monty Python.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-01
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Absolutely Anything
Overview: Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-13
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Nuclear Bogeyheads
Overview: Lost direct-to-video action comedy
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
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Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
Overview: With unprecedented access, this program reveals the humour, chaos and passion that went into bringing the Flying Circus to the stage cumulating in the legendary One Down, Five To Go.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-13
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We Are Most Amused
Overview: We Are Most Amused was a gala event held at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 12 November 2008 in honour of the 60th birthday of Charles, Prince of Wales, in aid of The Prince's Trust. Prince Charles attended the event with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and younger son Prince Harry. The show had a similar format to the Royal Variety Show and showcased a variety of comedy acts. The performance was televised by ITV to the public on 15 November 2008. Robin Williams made his first UK stage appearance in more than 25 years. Tickets were sold to the general public and the event sold out in one hour.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-15
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The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
Overview: The behind-the-scenes production documentary of Monty Python's 'Meaning Of Life.' This documentary is featured on the 2-disc Special Edition DVD for Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, released in September 2003.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-02
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The Admiral: Pub, Drums and Food
Overview: A documentary short catching up with John Halsey a.k.a. Barry Wom of The Rutles
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-29
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Hollywood Homicide
Overview: Joe Gavilan and his new partner K. C. Calden, are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor moonlighting as a yoga instructor. When the two are assigned a big case they must work out whether they want to solve the case or follow their hearts.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-09
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The South Bank Show: Spamalot
Overview: Eric Idle is interviewed by Melvyn Bragg in this 2006 episode of The South Bank Show (1978). The surviving members of Monty Python discuss the huge success of Spamalot on Broadway and Eric Idle discusses the history of the musical.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-15
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Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
Overview: Half-hour behind the scenes of Eric Idle's Not The Messiah oratorio. Featuring Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Neil Innes, Carol Cleveland and the cast of the show.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-08
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Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
Overview: The outrageous life of the American dancer of the 1920s, Isadora Duncan, whom Ken Russell described as "part genius and part charlatan".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-02
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The Movie Life of George
Overview: When EMI refused to produce Monty Python's Life of Brian, George Harrison founded Handmade Pictures so that he could see the film. This is the story of him and Handmade Films.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-10
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The Roots of Monty Python
Overview: A look back at the origins of the ground breaking BBC comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-26
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Monty Python In The Netherlands
Overview: Monty Python sketch created for Dutch television in 1973.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-18
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The Entire Universe
Overview: Eric Idle persuades Professor Brian Cox to present a lecture on the birth of the entire universe. Brian soon realises Eric is actually hosting a comedy and musical extravaganza.
Genres: Music Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-26
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What the Pythons Did Next...
Overview: A look at the careers of John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam in the years after Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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The Tale of the Frog Prince
Overview: A spoiled, selfish princess's fate becomes entwined with a zany and witty frog with a secret past.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-11
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Quest for Camelot
Overview: During the times of King Arthur, Kayley is a brave girl who dreams of following her late father as a Knight of the Round Table. The evil Ruber wants to invade Camelot and take the throne of King Arthur, and Kayley has to stop him.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Drama Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-15
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How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Overview: Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-05
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Terry Pratchett: Back in Black
Overview: A poignant and humorous film telling the life story of the hugely popular author of the discworld series of books, in his own words.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-11
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Alice in Wonderland
Overview: Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, then most widely known for his appearance in the long-running satirical revue Beyond the Fringe.
Genres: Family Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-28
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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Overview: In this feature film based on the hit animated series, the third graders of South Park sneak into an R-rated film by ultra-vulgar Canadian television personalities Terrance and Phillip, and emerge with expanded vocabularies that leave their parents and teachers scandalized. When outraged Americans try to censor the film, the controversy spirals into a call to wage war on Canada and Terrance and Phillip end up on death row, with the kids their only hope of rescue.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-30
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The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
Overview: Compilation of the best Sketches of the first series of Monty Python's Flying Circus, which ran from 5 October 1969 to 11 January 1970. Memorable moments include: 'The 127th Upperclass Twit of the Year Competition from Hurlingham Park'; 'Bicycle Repair Man'; 'Vicious Gangs of Old Ladies - the Layabouts in Lace'; 'The Man with Three Buttocks'; 'The Lumberjack Song'; 'Vocational Guidance Councillor'; and 'The Joke That Kills People'. Oh, and a sketch about a dead parrot.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
Overview: All the best sketches from the second series of the ground-breaking comedy. Memorable moments include: 'It's in the Mind'; 'The New Cooker Sketch'; 'Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition'; and 'The Ministry for Silly Walks'. Originally Broadcast from 15 September to 22 December 1970
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
Overview: All the best sketches from the third and fourth series of the ground-breaking comedy. Memorable moments include: 'The Finals of the All-England Summarise Proust Competition'; 'Stand and Deliver! It's That Highwayman Dennis Moore'; 'Thrust: A Quite Controversial Look at the World Around Us'; 'Whicker's Island'; and 'The Fifteenth Ideal Loon Competition'. Originally broadcast from 19 October 1972 to 18 January 1973, and 31 October to 5 December 1974.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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The Meaning of Monty Python
Overview: A discussion between John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones about their film The Meaning of Life
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-08
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Overview: The town of Hamelin pays the ultimate price after reneging on their promise to the pied piper. Based on the poem by Robert Browning.
Genres: Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-05
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Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
Overview: Meatloaf introduces a look back at Python's use of music. Included interviews with the team, André Jacquemin and other conspirators.
Genres: Documentary Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-08
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Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
Overview: The Sketches produced by the surviving Pythons for the BBC's celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the first showing of Monty Python on 5 October 1969.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-08
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The Monty Python Story
Overview: The story behind how the comedy sketch group Monty Python formed in 1969, and lead to four very series, and four very funny films that are still has funny today as when they were released.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-08
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Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
Overview: Discover how six seemingly ordinary but supremely talented men became Monty Python, sketch comedy's inspired group of lunatics who turned such unlikely sources of inspiration as Spam, dead parrots and the Inquisition into enduring punch lines. This entertaining documentary includes interviews with members of the troupe, as well as home movies, photos and rare recordings from Monty Python's early years.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-01
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Monty Python Conquers America
Overview: This documentary follows the evolution of the British sketch comedy troupe that redefined humor and shaped an entire generation of American comics, focusing especially on their conquest of the American comedy scene,
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Overview: A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-31
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Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Overview: A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-19
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Group Madness
Overview: A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-11
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Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
Overview: Alan Yentob meets the five surviving members of Monty Python - John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle - as they prepare to reunite on stage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-29
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The Life of Python
Overview: Celebrating their 30th anniversary, Monty Python presents exclusive new material and so-called classic bits. Disc : 1 Contains 1:It's The Monty Python Story 2:Pythonland 3:The Last Python Mayday Special 4:From Spam to Sperm:Monty Pythons Greatest Hits An Animated South Park Tribute Disc:2 1 The Last German Episode Fliegender Zirkus #2: Schnapps with Everything
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-31
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An Accidental Studio
Overview: Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George Harrison.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-12
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Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
Overview: From ‘something completely different’ to icons of comedy and national treasures, this is a collection of rarely-seen Monty Python moments from the BBC archives, following the group’s encounters with ‘Auntie’ over the past 50 years.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-07
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David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Overview: A documentary, which takes you on a journey of Bowie's revolutionary career, struggle with his personal life and his achievements and successes. Features interviews with Bowie, Iman his wife, his musical contemporaries including Iggy Pop, Moby and Trent Reznor. Exclusive footage of live performances of the showman's best and music and film to showcase 30 years of his career. Highlights Bowie's interests, passions and involvement with the arts.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-12
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The English National Opera Rehearse The Mikado
Overview: A chance to see director Jonathan Miller at work on his acclaimed staging of Gilbert and Sullivan's famous comic opera.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-02
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102 Dalmatians
Overview: Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely alliance, the outrageous Waddlesworth - a parrot who thinks he's a Rottweiler - teams up with Oddball - an un-marked Dalmatian puppy eager to earn her spots! Together they embark on a laugh-packed quest to outwit the ever-scheming Cruella De Vil.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-07
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The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Overview: This is an all new feature length documentary, with interviews from almost everyone involved with the production of the film. Gilliam never shies away from the truth, even when it comes to himself, and so this documentary is self-effacing and refreshingly frank. The documentary details not only the battles Gilliam had with Columbia in getting the film finished and released, but also the imagination and innovation that went into the production.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-08
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Hercules: Zero to Hero
Overview: The film briefly gives Hercules' history after defeating Hades for good, in which he marries Meg and revisits his teenage years. In particular, it shows an adolescent Hercules's enrollment and the beginning of his adventures at the Prometheus Academy, a school for gods and mortals, which Hercules supposedly attended during the time when he was training to be a hero with his mentor, the satyr Philoctetes.
Genres: Animation Family Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-17
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Monty Python's Flying Circus - Eric Idle's Personal Best
Overview: The SAINTS of SATIRE, The LORDS of LAUGHTER, The HIGH PRIESTS of LOW COMEDY have sold out once again. Eric Idle--the outrageously successful actor, writer, composer, director, producer and Broadway impresario--is not satisfied yet. Determined to reshape the entire entertainment world in his image, Eric has gathered what he considers to be the very best Monty Python material of the entire four-year run and squeezed it all into one convenient package. This one. He's even created all-new, never-before-seen material exclusively for this DVD. It's amazing what some zillionaire mega-stars will do for a few extra shillings, isn't it?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-22
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The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
Overview: One of the least-known Monty Python rarities is “The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch of 1971,” a short advertising film that was made for the Birds Eye company’s internal use.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-31
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Yellow Submarine Sandwich
Overview: An animated Yellow Submarine spoof produced for The Rutles' 1978 mockumentary All You Need Is Cash and featuring their song "Cheese and Onions". Screened as a standalone short film at the 1979 Annecy International Animation Film Festival and The Museum of Modern Art.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-22
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Pirates: 3D Show
Overview: Davie (Adam Wylie), a cabin boy who was betrayed and marooned by Captain Lucky (Leslie Nielsen) on Pirate Island, sets up booby traps with the help of a monkey named Chester to catch Lucky and his new crew when he returns to the island to recover a treasure he buried there.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-31
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Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
Overview: Steve Martin's fourth NBC special was in the spirit of his previous association with Saturday Night Live. It was broadcast live from Studio 8H, produced by Lorne Michaels and featured some original cast members of the show.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-25
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Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Overview: A retrospective of the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-20
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The Nutcracker and the Mouseking
Overview: The fairytale story revolves around a young prince who - along with his entourage - is turned into a nutcracker through his own ungrateful and selfish behaviour, and awaits a kindly soul who'll release him from the spell. The mouse-king seeks the magic that made this happen so that he can become all-powerful. The prince (now a nutcracker) finds hope in the form of a girl who risks everything to help him become real again, while the mouse-king and his armies do everything they can to steal the magic for themselves.
Genres: Animation Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-12
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Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Overview: In March 1998 in Aspen, Colorado, the surviving members of the Monty Python team – John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin – shared a stage together for the first time in 18 years. Even more remarkably, Graham Chapman was there too....in an urn! The occasion for this reunion was the US Comedy Arts Festival Tribute to Monty Python, hosted by Robert Klein in front of a live audience.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-21
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Brightness
Overview: Wes and Nick are two small time crooks facing the end of their lives. When they get a second chance from the mysterious Mr. Bix, time, space and reality seem to shift as they try and make amends.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-01
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Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
Overview: Monty Python’s influence on comedy has been compared to the Beatles’ influence on music, a pivotal moment in the evolution of television humor. Celebrating the cultural legacy and influence of the troupe, this special pairs their original material with new and entertaining commentary from celebrities who consider Monty Python hugely significant, both personally and to the history of screen satire. Celebrity humorists discuss, laugh, and reminisce about various Python segments and bring a fresh perspective to the material, connecting Monty Python’s work to today’s most successful television humor. In a time when a few moments of escape and laughter couldn’t be more sought after, this special reminds viewers of Python’s cultural impact, and that PBS introduced them to American viewers.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-05
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The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
Overview: As part of BBC Two's 50th birthday celebrations, this programme pulls from the shelf some rare and previously unseen comedy moments from some of the greatest names in comedy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-11
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A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Overview: The cast of The Princess Bride is together again! The stars of the iconic 1987 fantasy film reunited for a virtual table read hosted by Jason Reitman. The 3-hour virtual reunion included director Rob Reiner and actors Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, and Christopher Guest. A Q&A after was moderated by Patton Oswalt. Guest stars stepped in for actors who were not available, including Finn Wolfhard, Josh Gad, Eric Idle, and Whoopi Goldberg.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-13
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Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
Overview: This is a theatrical / movie adaptation of the TV Miniseries. Its chapters do not align with the episodes directly, so it necessarily must be held separate from the TV Miniseries.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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