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Overview

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Director:
Ian MacNaughton
Writers:
Graham Chapman (written by) &
John Cleese (written by) ...
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Release Date:
22 August 1972 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
An anthology of Monty Python's best sketches from their 1st & 2nd seasons of their original TV show. full summary | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
Monty Python Reunites for TV Documentary
 (From Get The Big Picture. 31 March 2009, 8:25 AM, PDT)

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Contractual Obligation more

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Graham Chapman ... Brother / British pedestrian / Mr. Harrison (Apricot) / Sergeant-Major / 'Hell's Grannies' policeman / Jimmy Blankensop / Sir Edward Ross / Restaurant patron #1 / Letter Writer / Oliver St. John Mollusk

John Cleese ... Announcer / Hungarian Man / Self-Defence Teacher / Sir George Head / Policeman / Interviewer / Mr. Praline / Second General / Christopher Columbus / Mungo the Cook / Bank Robber / Accountant #2 (falling past the window) / Vocational Guidance Counselor / Vivian Smith Smythe Smith

Terry Gilliam ... Self-defence nun / Flasher / Uncle Sam / Caterpillar man / Sign holder

Eric Idle ... Prosecutor / Marriage Counselor / Arthur Nudge / Self-defence student #4 (interested in pointed sticks) / 'Hell's Grannies' analyst / Arthur Wilson / Arthur Wilson Two / Nightclub Emcee / Linkman / First General / Restaurant Manager / Lingerie Shop Owner / Accountant #1 (falling past the window) / Fairy Godmother / Rita Fairbanks / Simon Zinc Trumpet Harris
Terry Jones ... Stage Manager / Tobacconist / 2nd Hungarian Man / Squire / Self-defence student #3 / Tenant #1 / Flasher / Mouse Organist Ken Ewing / Fat Soldier / Waiter / Nude Organist / Brian / Nigel Incubator Jones
Michael Palin ... Man with tape recorder / Phrasebook Author / Arthur Pewtey / Self-defence student #2 / Tenant #2 / Lost His Wallet / Shrill Petrol Announcer / Milkman / Ernest Scribbler / Bevis (pet shop employee / lumberjack) / Headwaiter Gilberto / Herbert Anchovy / Gervais Brookhamster
Carol Cleveland ... Dierdre Pewtey / Storyteller / Milkman Collector / Restaurant Patron #2 / Elsbeth
Connie Booth ... Best Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Neville Chamberlain ... Himself (with Munich Accord) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Winston Churchill ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler ... Himself (speech to RAD, from T.d.W.) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lesley Judd ... Distraught Mother (uncredited)
King George VI ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Nixon ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother ... Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Ian MacNaughton 
 
Writing credits
Graham Chapman (written by) &
John Cleese (written by) &
Terry Gilliam (written by) &
Eric Idle (written by) &
Terry Jones (written by) &
Michael Palin (written by)

Produced by
Patricia Casey .... producer
Victor Lownes .... executive producer
David Gil .... executive producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Douglas Gamley 
 
Cinematography by
David Muir 
 
Film Editing by
Thom Noble 
 
Art Direction by
Colin Grimes 
 
Makeup Department
Ivy Emmerton .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Kevin Francis .... production manager
Tim Hampton .... post-production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Douglas Hermes .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Bob Hedges .... property master
Leo Mason .... construction manager
Tony Noble .... assistant art director
 
Sound Department
Dennis Berry .... sound supervisor
John Brommage .... sound mixer
Terry Poulton .... dubbing mixer
 
Special Effects by
John Horson .... special effects consultant
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Nobby Cross .... gaffer
Brian Grainger .... camera operator
Roy Rodhouse .... best boy
Douglas Webb .... still photographer
 
Animation Department
Terry Gilliam .... animator
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ken Lewington .... costumer
 
Editorial Department
Peppa Fairfax .... assistant film editor
 
Other crew
Zelda Barron .... continuity
Jack Hawtree .... production accountant
Sally Pardo .... production secretary (as Sally Hyman)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different (UK) (complete title)
A teraz pora na cos zupelnie innego (Poland) [pl]
Die wunderbare Welt der Schwerkraft (West Germany) [de]
E ora qualcosa di completamente diverso (Italy) [it]
Elämä on Pythonia (Finland) (DVD title) [fi]
La première folie des Monty Python (France) (reissue title) [fr]
Livet e' python (Sweden) [sv]
Monty Python overgiver sig altid (Denmark) [da]
Monty Pythonin paremmat pilat (Finland) [fi]
Monty Pythons bättre bitar (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Monty Pythons wunderbare Welt der Schwerkraft (West Germany) [de]
Pataquesse (France) (original subtitled version) [fr]
Se armó la gorda (Spain) [es]
To adelfato me tis... trelles (Greece) [el]
To adelfato ton trellon poiiton (Greece) (reissue title) [el]
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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-3 (new rating: 2001) | France:U | Australia:PG | Finland:K-10 | Iceland:L | Sweden:11 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Terry Gilliam asked British animation legend Bob Godfrey if he could use his camera to recreate his animated sequences for the movie, Godfrey didn't know who Gilliam was and told him to "bugger off". Later, Godfrey found out that Gilliam was a member of the Monty Python team and helped him complete the sequences for the movie. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the animation following the "People falling out of tall buildings" sketch, when the caterpillar walks into his house and climbs into the bed the door to the bedroom is still open. Once the caterpillar falls asleep and the camera fades out, when the camera fades back into him, the door is now closed. more
Quotes:
Restaurant patron #1: Lucky I didn't tell them about the dirty knife. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Directors: The Films of Terry Gilliam (#1.2)" (????) more
Soundtrack:
Unter dem Doppeladler (Under Double Eagle) more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Contractual Obligation, 8 February 2002
8/10
Author: Ben Nunn (bennunn@depro.co.uk) from London, England

This film really didn't need to be made - but at the time, after two excellent TV series, the Pythons were under pressure to produce a big-screen version for wider distribution.

Thus a number of sketches from the first two series were rewritten, tightened up, and re-enacted, entirely on film. The actual new material is probably around 2% of the script, and I hold the view that many of the sketches were inferior to their TV versions, and much of the better series 1 and 2 stuff (Spanish Inquisition, Silly Walks etc.) didn't even make it to ANFSCD for some reason.

It's interesting to watch the differences in production and compare this material to how it was originally done, and the new devices for linking one sketch to the next keep you on your toes.

But ultimately if you want to watch early python sketches, the TV versions are more rewarding.

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