It’s just about impossible to discuss sketch comedy without bringing in Monty Python. Everyone from The Simpsons’ Matt Groening to Tina Fey to Jim Carrey has cited the comedy troupe as an influence.
During the director’s commentary for Monty Python And The Holy Grail, co-director Terry Gilliam offers a fascinating insight into the creative differences between himself and the film’s other director ...
Monty Python consisted of two groups of college friends and a creative collaborator. The first included Terry Jones and Michael Palin, who met at Oxford University; the second group featured John ...
From the ground-breaking sketch show Monty Python’s Flying Circus featuring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and the whole Monty Python gang, to the Monty Python films, and onto the Broadway stage with ...
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" was released nearly 50 years ago. Eric Idle wrote the screenplay for the 1975 hit with John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, all ...
Terry Gilliam has been to Cannes with three of his own films since 1983, but one of his favorite memories of the festival takes him back to that very first time, at the 36 th edition, as the co-writer ...
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is widely considered to be among the best comedy films of all time, and it’s certainly one of the most quotable. This absurdist masterpiece sending up Arthurian legend ...