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And Now for Something Completely Different
If the Motion Picture Industry dies… Monty Python killed it!
( Comedy )


And Now for Something Completely Different Poster

MPAA Rating:
PG

US Runtime: 88 min

Country of Origin: United Kingdom / United States of America

Premiere Date:
Sep 28, 1971   [UK]
 
Director: Ian MacNaughton   [Director]
 
Writers: Graham Chapman   [Screenplay]
John Cleese   [Screenplay]
Terry Gilliam   [Screenplay]
Eric Idle   [Screenplay]
Terry Jones   [Screenplay]
Michael Palin   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Patricia Casey   [Producer]
David Gil   [Executive Producer]
Victor Lownes   [Executive Producer]
 
Cinematography: David Muir   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Thom Noble   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Douglas Gamley   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Companys: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Kettledrum Films
Playboy Enterprises   (US)
Playboy Productions, Inc.
Python (Monty) Pictures Limited
 


Plot Summary:

    An anthology of the best sketches from the first and second seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

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 Wr
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
Terry Gilliam
Self-Defence Nun / Flasher / Uncle Sam / Caterpillar Man / Sign Holder / Conrad Poohs
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 / Fi
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 Jon
 
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 e
Carol Cleveland
Dierdre Pewtey / Storyteller / Milkman Collector / Restaurant Patron #2 / Elsbeth
Connie Booth
Best Girl
Lesley Judd
Distraught Mother
 

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Miscellaneous Companies:

Lee Lighting Ltd.
grip and lighting equipment
 
 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$100,000
Revenue:
$7,000
Color Info:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono


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