• Monty Python Co-Founder And Comedy Legend Terry Jones Dead At 77

    Another comedy legend has passed. Terry Jones, a founding member of the Monty Python troupe and a renowned comedian, screenwriter, filmmaker, poet, historian, and author, has died at age 77. Terry Jones died Tuesday evening in his North London home, his agent confirmed to the BBC. The poet and former Python had been suffering from dementia, which…

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  • 'Monty Python Live' Stage Show Set For 2014

    Earlier this week the five surviving members of Monty Python -- all of the guys who aren't Graham Chapman, in other words -- announced plans for a reunion of some sort, with assumptions that the Pythons would do a stage show. Eric Idle, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones took part in…

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  • Monty Python Reunites; Announcement Of Details Coming Thursday

    The surviving members of Monty Python -- Terry Jones, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, have revealed that months of "secret talks" have led up to plans to reunite for a new project. The nature of the show isn't quite known, though Terry Jones said to the BBC "We're getting together and…

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  • What's In The New Epic Monty Python Documentary? And What Has Been Cut Out?

    Courtesy of the ever useful BBFC classifications website, we can see that just last week the upcoming, multi-part Monty Python doc Almost the Truth: The Lawyer’s Cut was granted a 15 cert. for DVD distribution. What’s more, they gave us a full break down of the series by episode, and also a complete listing of…

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  • VOTD: Famous Sketches Retold By Famous Directors

    Some of the performers of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre have banded together to create a new comedy short which shows what some of the classic sketches might look like if they were directed by some of the famous film directors of today. The video imagines what it would be like if Wes Anderson directed…

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  • Monty Python Invade iTunes, Free Documentary To Woo Sceptics

    Terry Gilliam is the greatest film director in the history of cinema.  I'm glad I got that of my chest so early in my /Filming career.  Now we've covered it, we can move on... to a Gilliam-centric news piece. iTunes are now offering the Monty Python back catalogue, including Holy Grail, Life of Brian, The…

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