Length: 204 minutes Distributor: New Video Group, Inc. DVD Release Date: 09/28/1999 Cast: Monty Python Cast
Plot: Features the original Bbc-Tv episodes of the series that altered the face of comedy forever! Contains episode 1; "Wither Canada," episode 2; "Sex & Violence," episode 3; "How to Recognize Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away," episode 4; "Owl-Stretching Time," episode 5; "Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century," and episode 6; "It's the Arts." Treat your funny bone to the hilarious skits "Nudge Nudge Wink Wink," "The Funniest Joke in the World," "Crunchy Fog," "A Man With Three Buttocks," "The Dull Life of a City Stockbroker," and more!
Length: 237 minutes Distributor: New Video Group, Inc. DVD Release Date: 09/28/1999 Cast: Monty Python Cast
Plot: Features the original Bbc-Tv episodes of the series that altered the face of comedy forever! Contains episode 7; "You're No Fun Anymore," episode 8; "Full Frontal Nudity," episode 9; "The Ant, An Introduction," episode 10; "Untitled," episode 11; "Untitled" episode 12; "Untitled," and episode 13; "Untitled." Treat your funny bone to the hilarious skits "The Lumberjack Song," "A Dead Parrot," "The Upperclass Twit of the Year" "Hell's Grannies," and more!
Length: 204 minutes Distributor: New Video Group, Inc. DVD Release Date: 11/16/1999 Cast: Monty Python Cast
Plot: Features the first half of the second season of this hilarious British comedy series. Contains episode 14; "Face the Press," episode 15; "The Spanish Inquisition," episode 16; "Deja Vu," episode 17; "The Buzz Aldrin Show," episode 18; "Live from the Grill-o-Mat," and episode 19; "It's a Living." Side-splitting skits include "The Ministry of Silly Walks," "The Spanish Inquisition," "Blackmail," and "Cross-Dressing."
Length: 237 minutes Distributor: New Video Group, Inc. DVD Release Date: 11/16/1999 Cast: Monty Python Cast
Plot: Features the second half of the second season of this legendary British comedy series. Contains episode 20; "The Attila the Hun," episode 21; "Archaeology Today," episode 22; "How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body," episode 23; "Scott of the Antarctic," episode 24; "How Not to Be Seen," episode 25; "Spam, and Penalty Episode," and episode 26; "Royal Episode 13." Side-splitting skits include "Spam," "Bruces," "Spam and Eggs," "Mosquito Hunters," "Spam and Spam," "Killer Sheep and Men In Dresses," and "More Spam."
Length: 180 minutes Distributor: New Video Group, Inc. DVD Release Date: 05/02/2000 Cast: Monty Python Cast
Plot: Features six complete episodes from third season's first half of this legendary British comedy series. Contains episode 27; "Whicker's World," episode 28; "Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular," episode 29; "The Money Programme," episode 30; "Blood, Devastation, Death, War, and Horror," episode 31; "The All-England Summarize Proust Competition," and episode 32; "The War Against Pornography." Includes the jolly good skits "Icelandic Saga," "Argument Clinic," "Fish-Slapping Dance," "Everest Climbed by Hairdressers," and "Gumby Brain Specialist."
Length: 210 minutes Distributor: New Video Group, Inc. DVD Release Date: 05/02/2000 Cast: Monty Python Cast
Plot: Features seven complete episodes from the third season's second half of this legendary British comedy series. Contains episode 33; "Salad Days," episode 34; "The Cycling Tour," episode 35; "The Nude Organist," episode 36; "E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease," episode 37; "Dennis Moore," episode 38; " A Book at Bedtime," and episode 39; "Grandstand." Includes the jolly good skits "Spot the Loony," "Cheese Shop," "Olympic Hide & Seek Final," "Silly Noises," "Boxing Tonight," "The Dirty Vicar Sketch," and "International Wife-Swapping."
Length: 180 minutes Distributor: New Video Group, Inc. DVD Release Date: 08/29/2000 Cast: Monty Python Cast
Plot: The complete final season of this hilarious classic British comedy series. Contains episode 40; "The Golden Age of Ballooning," episode 41; "Michael Ellis," episode 42; "The Light Entertainment War," episode 43; "Hamlet," episode 44; "Mr. Neutron," and episode 45; "Party Political Broadcast."
Length: 168 minutes Distributor: New Video Group, Inc. DVD Release Date: 10/31/2000 Cast: Monty Python Cast, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kevin Kline, Meat Loaf, Eddie Izzard
Plot: The zany geniuses of comedy are back in this side-splitting, 30th anniversary Monty Python companion documentary chock full 'o rare, exclusive, and new material. Includes a lost "German" episode, a South Park tribute cartoon, John Cleese's "Eulogy of Graham Chapman," and much more!
Length: 225 minutes Distributor: New Video Group, Inc. DVD Release Date: 10/23/2001 Cast: Monty Python Cast, Steve Martin
Plot: This collector's edition is a Python lover's dream come true, as it includes three of the legendary British comedy troupes most famous live performances--1972's Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl and 1998's reunion performance Monty Python Live At Aspen. In addition, the rarely seen tribute documentary, 20 Years Of Python: Parrot Sketch Not Included, is contained. Hosted by Steve Martin, the program features some of the group's most famous and quoted clips.
Length: 1479 minutes Distributor: New Video Group, Inc. DVD Release Date: 10/31/2000 Director: Ian MacNaughton Cast: Monty Python Cast, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Plot: This fourteen-disc set contains every single episode of the sketch comedy genius that was showcased on Monty Python's Flying Circus. Watch the cult British comedians, who have inspired obsessive fandom on the international level, for an entire day and night (twenty-four hours of footage is included)! For the Python fan, this comprehensive box set is an incredible opportunity to own what is arguably the most innovative, brilliant sketch comedy ever performed.
Theater Release Date: 1975 Format: 2-Disc Special Edition Length: 89 minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 10/23/2001 Director: Terry Gilliam Cast: Monty Python Cast, Connie Booth, Carol Cleveland, Bee Duffell, John Young, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, John Cleese
Plot: This classic Monty Python comedy, directed by Pythons Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, is a hilarious send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, they face a wide array of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, a cadre of shrubbery-challenged knights, the perilous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, a house of virgins, and a handful of rude Frenchmen. In addition to the set pieces, the film also includes the same kind of surreal animation that Gilliam contributed to the television series. Throughout the irreverent adventures, the Python crew eschews realism in favor of anachronistic social satire, a recipe it later returned to in the 1979 biblical farce Monty Python's Life Of Brian. Melding the ridiculous with the sublime, the film quickly inspired a cult following, generated a host of quotes, and even inspired a computer game 20 years after its release. The numerous songs and hysterical vignettes are sidesplittingly unforgettable.
Theater Release Date: 1975 Format: 2-Disc Collector's Edition Length: 89 minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 09/16/2003 Director: Terry Gilliam Cast: Monty Python Cast, Connie Booth, Carol Cleveland, Bee Duffell, John Young, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, John Cleese
Plot: This classic Monty Python comedy, directed by Pythons Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, is a hilarious send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, they face a wide array of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, a cadre of shrubbery-challenged knights, the perilous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, a house of virgins, and a handful of rude Frenchmen. In addition to the set pieces, the film also includes the same kind of surreal animation that Gilliam contributed to the television series. Throughout the irreverent adventures, the Python crew eschews realism in favor of anachronistic social satire, a recipe it later returned to in the 1979 biblical farce Monty Python's Life Of Brian. Melding the ridiculous with the sublime, the film quickly inspired a cult following, generated a host of quotes, and even inspired a computer game 20 years after its release. The numerous songs and hysterical vignettes are sidesplittingly unforgettable.
Theater Release Date: 1983 Format: Special Edition Length: 108 minutes Distributor: Universal Studios Home Video DVD Release Date: 09/02/2003 Director: Terry Jones Cast: Monty Python Cast
Plot: The Monty Python collective explains it all in this episodic comedy that dares to take on the most "sacred" aspects of life--sex, food, politics and religion--and bring them hilariously down to earth. One of the many highlights is the "Every Sperm is Sacred" episode that opens the film.
Theater Release Date: 1979 Length: 93 minutes Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment DVD Release Date: 04/27/1999 Director: Terry Jones Cast: Monty Python Cast, Kenneth Colley, Graham Chapman, Gwen Taylor, Terence Bayler, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Charles McKeown
Plot: Monty Python delivers a scathing, anarchic satire of both religion and Hollywood's depiction of all things biblical with their second--and tightest--full-length film. The setting is the Holy Land in 33 A.D., a time of poverty and chaos, with no shortage of messiahs, followers willing to believe in them, and exasperated Romans trying to impose some order. At the center of it all is Brian Cohen (Graham Chapman), a reluctant would-be messiah who rises to prominence as a result of a series of absurd and truly hilarious circumstances that parallel the life of Christ--providing ample opportunity for the entire ensemble (John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Chapman) to shine in multiple roles as they blaspheme and mock everyone and everything from ex-lepers, Pontius Pilate, and the art of haggling to crazy prophets, Roman centurions, and crucifixion. Directed by Python Terry Jones, Monty Python's Life Of Brian is an uproarious biblical parody that does to ancient Rome what The Holy Grail did to the Middle Ages. Rome is run by pathetic wimps, liberation fronts fight with each other over acronyms, and gladiators put on bloody children's matinees as the people search desperately for someone to lead them out of their life of misery and poverty. And Brian is that man. Sort of. Well, not really. Chapman excels as Brian, a simple, quiet man suddenly thrust in the role of leading the revolution--while constantly being yelled at by his shrew of a mother.
Theater Release Date: 1979 Format: Criterion Collection Length: 94 minutes Distributor: Criterion Collection DVD Release Date: 10/26/1999 Director: Terry Jones Cast: Monty Python Cast, Kenneth Colley, Graham Chapman, Gwen Taylor, Terence Bayler, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Charles McKeown
Plot: Monty Python delivers a scathing, anarchic satire of both religion and Hollywood's depiction of all things biblical with their second--and tightest--full-length film. The setting is the Holy Land in 33 A.D., a time of poverty and chaos, with no shortage of messiahs, followers willing to believe in them, and exasperated Romans trying to impose some order. At the center of it all is Brian Cohen (Graham Chapman), a reluctant would-be messiah who rises to prominence as a result of a series of absurd and truly hilarious circumstances that parallel the life of Christ--providing ample opportunity for the entire ensemble (John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Chapman) to shine in multiple roles as they blaspheme and mock everyone and everything from ex-lepers, Pontius Pilate, and the art of haggling to crazy prophets, Roman centurions, and crucifixion. Directed by Python Terry Jones, Monty Python's Life Of Brian is an uproarious biblical parody that does to ancient Rome what The Holy Grail did to the Middle Ages. Rome is run by pathetic wimps, liberation fronts fight with each other over acronyms, and gladiators put on bloody children's matinees as the people search desperately for someone to lead them out of their life of misery and poverty. And Brian is that man. Sort of. Well, not really. Chapman excels as Brian, a simple, quiet man suddenly thrust in the role of leading the revolution--while constantly being yelled at by his shrew of a mother.
Theater Release Date: 1971 Format: Subtitled French Length: 90 minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 08/03/1999 Director: Ian MacNaughton Cast: Monty Python Cast, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth
Plot: And Now For Something Completely Different consists of some of Monty Python's funniest sketches from their earliest years together. Director Ian MacNaughton leads John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam on a hysterical romp through pet shops, marriage counselor offices, and odd London streets and fields filled with singing lumberjacks, dead parrots, hungry babies, upper-class twits, people trying not to be seen, and old ladies on motorcycles, fighting off milkmen, bank robbers, crazy flashers, dirty forks, and killer jokes. The sketches have been re-created for the big screen, without the ever-present laugh track but still loaded with Gilliam's outrageously funny animation. As in the television show, the skits are linked together through clever animation as well as by characters in uniform (Graham Chapman, in this case) proclaiming, "I'm warning this film not to get silly again." Among Monty Python's favorite targets are the military, the police, the British government, the courts, Mao, Uncle Sam, and television reporters. As always, there are lots of men in drag. Even the closing credits are a riot. But watch out for that 16-ton weight....
Length: 195 minutes Distributor: Warner Home Video DVD Release Date: 08/28/2001 Cast: John Cleese, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael Palin, Pierce Brosnan, Candice Bergen
Plot: Actor and comedian John Cleese (Monty Python) presents his massive undertaking in the study of the human face. Four fun and fact-filled episodes examine facial features through the contexts of history, physiology, psychology, and culture. Let the inimitable Mr. Cleese introduce through humor and insight a new way of looking at your oldest friend.
Length: 67 minutes Distributor: Music Video Distributors DVD Release Date: 07/15/2003 Cast: John Cleese, Benny Hill, Warren Mitchell, Harry H. Corbett, Eric Sykes, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Marty Feldman
Plot: Part 3 of the "Golden Years of British Comedy" features legendary comedians from the 1960s. See John Cleese before Monty Python, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore together, and Benny Hill at his skirt-chasing best, plus Marty Feldman, period commercials and much more.
