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And Now For Something Completely Different
Our choice of the best 100 comedy films EVER.
Year
1971
Running Time
88m
Country
UK
Media
col
Director
Ian Macnaughton
Producer
Patricia Casey
Screenplay
John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman,
Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones & Michael Palin
Photography
David Muir
Editor
Thom Noble
Animation
Terry Gilliam
Art Director
Colin Grimes
Studio
Columbia/Kettledrum/Python
Cast
Graham Chapman
John Cleese
Eric Idle
Terry Jones
Michael Palin
Terry Gilliam
Carol Cleveland
Connie Booth
Review
An amusing compilation of television productions of the inimitable Monty Python troupe. Their unusual routines range from slapstick to the most erudite & intellectual comedy. Skits include: How Not to Be Seen; Man with tape recorder up his nose and up his brother's nose; Tobacconist and Hungarian with incorrect phrasebook; Nerd with beautiful wife and marital counsellor; Jones and Idle pub skit; Self defense against attacks with fresh fruit; Hell's Grannies; Double-visioned mountaineering expedition; Musical mice; Funniest joke in the world invented and used as ultimate weapon in WWII; animated Killer cars; Dead parrot; Lumberjack; Dirty fork in Restaurant; Stickup in Lingerie Shop; Accountants falling past Window; Dull accountant wants to be a lion tamer; TV Game Show Blackmail; Upperclass Twit of the Year. Copyright 1971 Kettledrum/Lownes Productions Ltd. Film was originally rated GP by the MPAA. Since GP is no longer in use, it was re-rated to a PG.