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And Now for Something Completely Different
Sign in to save1971 film spin-off from the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus directed by Ian MacNaughton
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7.2A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.
Cast
- Graham Chapman as 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 as 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 as Self-Defence Nun / Flasher / Uncle Sam / Caterpillar Man / Sign Holder / Conrad Poohs
- Eric Idle as 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 as 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 as 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
Themes
- blackmail
- stupidity
- spoof
- compilation
- lumberjack
- sketch comedy
- dead parrot
- twit
- intentional mistranslation
- foot race
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
32,589 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
- Year
- 1971
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- PG
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ian MacNaughton , Terry Gilliam (animated sequences)
- Written by
- Monty Python
- Based on
- Monty Python's Flying Circus , by Monty Python
- Produced by
- Patricia Casey
- Starring
- Graham Chapman John Cleese Terry Gilliam Eric Idle Terry Jones Michael Palin
- Cinematography
- David Muir
- Edited by
- Thom Noble
- Music by
- Douglas Gamley Terry Jones Michael Palin Fred Tomlinson
- Production companies
- Playboy Productions Kettledrum Films Lownes Productions Python (Monty) Pictures
- Distributed by
- Columbia Pictures , (through Columbia-Warner Distributors)
- Release date
- 28 September 1971 ( 1971-09-28 )
- Running time
- 88 minutes
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- £80,000
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Encyclopedic overview
And Now for Something Completely Different is a 1971 British sketch comedy film based on the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring sketches from the show's first two series. The title was taken from a catchphrase used in the television show.
The film, released on 28 September 1971 in the United Kingdom and 22 August 1972 in the United States, consists of 90 minutes of sketches and animation sequences seen in the first two series of the television show. All of the sketches were recreated for the film without an audience, and were intended for an American audience which had not yet seen the series. The announcer (John Cleese) appears briefly between some sketches to deliver the line "and now for something completely different", in situations such as being roasted on a spit and lying on top of a desk in a small pink bikini, as well as the Colonel (Graham Chapman) interrupting them and deeming them "too silly".
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