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And Now for Something Completely Different

And Now for Something Completely Different

If the Motion Picture Industry dies… Monty Python killed it!

19717.21h 28m

Overview

A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.

Directed by Ian MacNaughton
Written by Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, John Cleese
Produced by Patricia Casey
Box OfficeBudget: $100KRevenue: $7K

Top Cast

Graham Chapman

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

John Cleese

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

Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

Self-Defence Nun / Flasher / Uncle Sam / Caterpillar Man / Sign Holder / Conrad Poohs

Eric Idle

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

Terry Jones

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

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

Carol Cleveland

Carol Cleveland

Dierdre Pewtey / Storyteller / Milkman Collector / Restaurant Patron #2 / Elsbeth

Connie Booth

Connie Booth

Best Girl

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Lesley Judd

Distraught Mother

Themes & Keywords

blackmailstupidityspoofcompilationlumberjacksketch comedydead parrottwitintentional mistranslationfoot raceobstacle courseanarchic comedy

About And Now for Something Completely Different

And Now for Something Completely Different is a comedy film released in 1971 exploring themes of blackmail, stupidity, spoof, compilation, lumberjack, sketch comedy. Directed by Ian MacNaughton, it stars Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam. A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.

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