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And Now for Something Completely Different
If the Motion Picture Industry dies… Monty Python killed it!
1971 · 1h 28m · PG
Comedy
Directed by
Ian MacNaughton
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And Now for Something Completely Different
Overview
A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.
Director and cast
- Ian MacNaughton Director
- Graham Chapman as Bruder / Britischer Fußgänger / Mr. Harrison (Apricot) / Sergeant-Major / 'Hell's Grannies' Polizist / Jimmy Blankensop / Sir Edward Ross / Restaurantgast Nr. 1 / Briefschreiber / Oliver St. John Mollusk
- John Cleese as Ansager / Ungarischer Man / Selbstverteidigungs-Lehrer / Sir George Head / Polizist / Interviewer / Mr. Praline / Zweiter General / Christopher Columbus / Mungo der Koch / Bankräuber / Buchhalter Nr. 2 / Berufsberater / Vivian Smith Smythe Smith
- Terry Gilliam as Selbstverteidigende Nonne / Exhibitionist / Onkel Sam / Raupenfahrer / Schildhalter
- Eric Idle as Staatsanwalt / Eheberater / Arthur Nudge / Selbstverteidigungs-Schüler Nr. 4 / 'Hell's Grannies' Analytiker / Arthur Wilson / Arthur Wilson 2 / Nachtclub Moderator / Linkman / Erster General / Restaurant Manager / Dessous-Ladenbesitzer / Buchhalter Nr. 1
- Terry Jones as Inspizient / Tabakhändler / Zweiter Ungare / Gutsherr / Selbstverteidigungs-Schüler Nr. 3 / Mieter Nr. 1 / Exhibitionist / Mäuse Organist Ken Ewing / Dicker Soldat / Ober / Nackter Organist / Brian / Nigel Incubator Jones
- Michael Palin Cast
- Carol Cleveland Cast
- Connie Booth Cast
- Lesley Judd Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
All good stuff.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Fresh
A kind of insane logic seems to connect the sketches, if you look hard enough, but mostly the movie seems to exist in the present and be willing to try anything for a laugh.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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