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Monty Python

BBC to Make a Movie About Monty Python Making Life of Brian

by | June 21st, 2011

The BBC is making a movie called Holy Flying Circus about the controversy surrounding the release of Monty Python's classic Life of Brian. It was called an attack on the church when it was released in 1979, but it went on to be a huge hit despite that fact. This new movie will be written by Tony Roche, who also wrote for In the Loop and The Thick of It. As for who will be playing the Pythons, here's the cast breakdown: "Darren Boyd will play John Cleese and Charles Edwards has been cast in the role of Michael Palin. Comedian Steve Punt will star as Eric Idle, [...]

Censors

Monty Python vs. the Censors

by | October 4th, 2010

Before its release in 1975, Monty Python and the Holy Grail was viewed by someone from the British Board of Film Classification, the group that gives films ratings in Britain. He gave producer Mark Forstater some advice on getting the rating down to an A from an AA, which would allow kids under the age of 14 to see it. Forstater then sent a letter to fellow producer Michael White laying out the advice, and it's hilarious: "I would like to get back to the Censor and agree to lose the shits, take the odd Jesus Christ out and lose Oh fuck off, but to retain 'fart in [...]

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Monty Python Enter the World of Video Games with "The Ministry of Silly Games"

by | December 3rd, 2010

Bored at work? Monty Python has just unveiled "The Ministry of Silly Games," a collection of casual games with names like Camelot Smashalot and Gumby Flower Arranging.

Monty Python

Life of Brian Director Terry Jones Directing First Comedy in 20 Years

by | September 15th, 2010

Terry Jones, Monty Python member and director of Life of Brian and co-director (with Terry Gilliam) of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, is returning to work behind the camera in a new movie called Absolutely Anything.

He wrote the script with Gavin Scott, and it's set to star John Oliver from The Daily Show. Apparently he's also trying to get Robin Williams to voice a talking dog so, you know, that's something.

He's also reportedly reached out to fellow Pythons John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam, which would be kind of amazing if he got them all on board. We'll see!

Revisits

The Finally Screenings: I Just Saw Life of Brian For the First Time

by | November 24th, 2010

In The Finally Screenings, Alden Ford is watching comedy classics that, because he grew up in a cave in Alaska, he’s never seen before. These are his takes on movies everyone else has seen before.

It’s only one day until Thanksgiving, which in 2010 apparently means you’re required by law to act like it’s one day until Christmas. I couldn’t bring myself to watch an actual Christmas comedy on my list (YET), but I did decide to watch a movie that begins with an infant in a manger in Bethlehem — Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

I’ve railed, plenty, against the short shelf-life of social and political satire [...]

British Comedy

Hands Up, Who Like Me?: The Holy Grail of British Comedy

by | September 14th, 2010

In this weekly column, I'll introduce you to the world of British comedy in the chronology of how I, an American anglophile, discovered it in my life. This week: Monty Python.

There are many subgenuses of loser when you’re growing up. You’ve got your Math Geeks, your Summer Reading Nerds and, of course, the pathetic Sports Dork, a kid who knows every sport stat, but can’t play any them himself.

Now, there’s a lot of cross-pollination in the Loser Kingdom. Some kids are Math Geeks and Summer Reading Nerds. Some kids are Sports Dorks and…well, actually, Sports Dorks are pretty much just Sports Dorks. But one of the [...]

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