The King Arthur legend has been adapted to film many times, however its most memorable iteration is very possibly the comedy classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The first feature film outing for ...
Seldom does an act of haphazard comic rebellion infiltrate popular culture. But when it happens, other things happen, too. People start quoting it before they get home. Before you know it, the movie ...
Terry Gilliam has been to Cannes with three of his own films since 1983, but one of his favorite memories of the festival takes him back to that very first time, at the 36 th edition, as the co-writer ...
Monty Python star Terry Jones has sadly passed away aged 77 after a battle with dementia. The news was confirmed in a family statement which read: ‘Terry passed away on the evening of 21 January 2020 ...
Monty Python’s first visit to the USA in 1973 did not go well at all. The groundbreaking British comedic troupe appeared on The Tonight Show being guest hosted by Joey Bishop. “We looked out and it ...
It’s just about impossible to discuss sketch comedy without bringing in Monty Python. Everyone from The Simpsons’ Matt Groening to Tina Fey to Jim Carrey has cited the comedy troupe as an influence.
An English newspaper once described a soccer star as having “developed splendidly and then aged as well as could be hoped for.” That might sum up another U.K. icon, Monty Python. Because while it’s ...