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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.
Aug 22, 1972 · Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different: Directed by Ian MacNaughton. With Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle. An anthology of the best sketches from the first and second seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).
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- Comedy
- Ian MacNaughton
- 1972-08-22
More than 40 skits, animated shorts and interludes are included in this big-screen incarnation of the popular British television program "Monty Python's Flying Circus." The narrator (John Cleese ...
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- Ian Mcnaughton
- PG
- Comedy
The movie was inspired by 'Monty Python's Flying Circus,' a BBC-TV comedy series that has generated large ratings and controversies during the last few seasons in Britain. It's like no other television program ever made; perhaps it could be described as 'Laugh-In' done with wit and intelligence.
- How Not to Be Seen: A government film which first displays the importance of not being seen, then devolves into various things being blown up, much to John Cleese's amusement.
- Animation – Main Titles: Animated by Terry Gilliam which comes after the above sketch.
- A Man with a Tape Recorder Up His Nose: After the main title sequence, a "The End" screen appears, but a stage emcee (Terry Jones) apologises for the cinema overestimation of the film's length and announces an interval.
- A Man with a Tape Recorder Up His Brother's Nose- ... and another starring a man with a tape recorder up his brother's nose (with a brief "stereo" segment at the end of the second film).
Overview. A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series. Ian MacNaughton. Director. Michael Palin. Screenplay. Terry Jones.
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Once Python began building a fan base in the States a couple of years later, thanks to PBS and the record albums, "And Now For Something Completely Different" was re-released. But an hour-and-a-half sketch film still proved a tough sell.
