And Now For Something Completely Different
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ian Mcnaughton
Graham Chapman
Eric Idle
Terry Jones
John Cleese
Terry Gilliam
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A collection of re-filmed sketches from the first and second series of the cult TV comedy show "Monty Python's Flying Circus". Includes such classics as "Nudge, Nudge", "Hell's Grannies", "Killer Cars", "Dead Parrot", "Lumberjack Song", "Blackmail" and "Upper Class Twit of the Year".
Director
Ian Mcnaughton
Crew
Patricia Casey
Graham Chapman
Graham Chapman
John Cleese
John Cleese
Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam
Colin Grimes
Douglas Hermes
Eric Idle
Eric Idle
Terry Jones
Terry Jones
Victor Lownes
David Muir
David Muir
Thom Noble
Michael Palin
Michael Palin
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Look, I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in the first place was that it had been NAILED there.- Customer
Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and VOOM! Feeweeweewee!- Owner
"VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through it! 'E's bleedin' demised!- Customer
No no! 'E's pining!- Owner
'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!- Customer
I will not buy this record, it is scratched.- Hungarian
What?- Tobacconist
I will not buy this record, it is scratched.- Hungarian
No, no, this is a tobacconist.- Tobacconist
Ah! I will not buy this tobacconist, *it* is scratched!- Hungarian
Now, I would just like to point out that this film is displaying a distinct tendency to become SILLY. Now, nobody likes a good laugh more than I do... except, perhaps my wife... and some of her friends. Oh, yes, and Captain Johnson. Come to think of it, most people like a good laugh more than I do, but that's beside the point! I'm warning this film NOT to get SILLY again! Right!- Sergeant-Major
Right! Stop that! It's SILLY. Very SILLY indeed! Started off as a nice little idea about old ladies attacking young men, but now it's just got SILLY! His hair's too long for a vicar, too, and you can tell those are not proper keep-left signs! CLEAR OUT, THE LOT OF YOU!- Sergeant-Major
You bastards! You vicious, heartless bastards! Look what you've done to him! He's worked his fingers to the bone to make this place what it is, and you come in with your petty feeble quibbling and you grind him into the dirt, this fine, honorable man, whose boots you are not worthy to kiss! Oh... it makes me mad...- Mungo the Cook
Mad! Stark, stirring... MAD!- Mungo the Cook
Trivia
Shot between the first and second seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus, this film contains several sketches that had been written for the second season but not yet performed, including the "Hungarian Phrasebook" sketch.
The sets for this film were built in an abandoned dairy rather than on a (more costly) soundstage.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1974
First film appearance of BBC's Monty Python troupe.
Re-released in Paris July 18, 1990.
Released in United States 1974 (Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition March 28 - April 9, 1974)