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Director:
Writers:
Graham Chapman (screen foreplay & conception) &
John Cleese (screen foreplay & conception) ...
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Release Date:
22 August 1972 (USA) more
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An anthology of Monty Python's best sketches from their 1st & 2nd seasons of their original TV show. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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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
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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
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-3 (new rating: 2001) | France:U | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG | Finland:K-10 | Iceland:L | Sweden:11 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) | USA:PG | West Germany:12

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Trivia:
Monty Python's movie debut. The movie was intended to introduce American audiences to Python's comedy, but ironically, it did far better business in Britain, where viewers had already seen the movie's sketches on "Monty Python's Flying Circus" more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the Dead Parrot sketch, John Cleese's arms alternate between crossed and on his hips between shots. more
Quotes:
[repeated line]
Announcer: And now for something completely different.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Let's Go Bareback on the Mountain (2006) (V) more
Soundtrack:
The Lumberjack Song more

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14 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Pure Python Madness, 27 June 2003
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Author: EmperorNortonII from San Francisco, California

"And Now For Something Completely Different" is a showcase of the kind of comedy that defines Monty Python's Flying Circus. The BBC comedy classic has a huge following worldwide, owing to its unique use of surreal humor. This movie is a collection of some of the Pythons' best from their first two seasons, including classics like "The Lumberjack Song" and "The Dead Parrot Sketch." One of the best factors of "Monty Python" was the eye-catching animations of Terry Gilliam. This movie is rich with his art, which includes the wacky B-movie spoof "The Killer Cars." This is a movie all Python fans should see, and one Python neophytes should use as an introduction.

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