And Now for Something Completely Different
“If the Motion Picture Industry dies… Monty Python killed it!”
A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.
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Graham Chapman
Brother / Policeman / Defence attorney / British pedestrian / Mr. Harrison (Apricot) / The Colonel / 'Hell's Grannies' policeman / Jimmy Blankensop / Sir Edward Ross / Restaurant patron #1 / Letter Writer / Oliver St. John Mollusk / Mountie / Town Guild Lady
Known for
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian
John Cleese
Announcer / Hungarian Citizen / 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 / Mountie / Town Guild Lady
Known for
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Terry Gilliam
Self-Defence Nun / Flasher / Uncle Sam / Caterpillar Man / Sign Holder / Conrad Poohs
Known for
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Life of Brian
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 / Mountie / Lady With Cookbook
Known for
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian
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
Known for
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Michael Palin
Gumby / Man with tape recorder / Phrasebook Author / Arthur Pewtey / Second self - defence student / Second Tenant / Lost His Wallet / Shrill Petrol Announcer / Milkman / Ernest Scribbler / Pet shop employee / Lumberjack / Headwaiter Gilberto / Herbert Anchovy / Blackmail Presenter / Gervais Brookhamster / Town Guild Lady
Known for
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Carol Cleveland
Dierdre Pewtey / Storyteller / Milkman Collector / Restaurant Patron #2 / Elsbeth
Known for
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Connie Booth
Best Girl
Known for
Fawlty Towers
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Lesley Judd
Distraught Mother
Also in
The Great Egg Race
Threads
Ian MacNaughton Director · Terry Gilliam Screenplay Michael Palin Screenplay
Worldwide gross $7K · Budget $100K · United States release August 22, 1972
Box office
Budget
$100,000
Worldwide gross
$7,000
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
Kettledrum Films
Production
Python (Monty) Pictures
Production
Playboy Enterprises
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio · Production
Playboy Productions
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · September 28, 1971
Theatrical
United States · August 22, 1972
Limited theatrical
Australia
February 1, 1984 · Theatrical
Austria
April 6, 1973 · Theatrical
France
April 30, 1974 · Theatrical · Firstly released under the name "Pataquesse"
Germany
November 9, 1971 · Theatrical
Greece
August 22, 1972 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 30, 1979 · Theatrical
December 16, 2004 · Physical · DVD
January 1, 2010 · TV · Nederland 2
Portugal
September 28, 1971 · Theatrical
Spain
June 8, 1990 · Theatrical
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