Comedy · United Kingdom · 1971 · 1h 28m

And Now for Something Completely Different

And Now for Something Completely Different poster
Director
Ian MacNaughton
Cast
Graham Chapman as Brother / Policeman / Defence attorney / British pedestrian / Mr. Harrison (Apricot) / The Colonel / 'Hell's Grannies' policeman / Jimmy Blankensop / Sir Edward Ross / Restaurant patron #1 / Letter Writer / Oliver St. John Mollusk / Mountie / Town Guild Lady John Cleese as Announcer / Hungarian Citizen / self - Defence Teacher / Sir George Head / Policeman / Interviewer / Mr. Praline / Second General / Christopher Columbus / Mungo the Cook / Bank Robber / Accountant #2 (falling past the window) / Vocational Guidance Counselor / Vivian Smith Smythe Smith / Mountie / Town Guild Lady Terry Gilliam as Self-Defence Nun / Flasher / Uncle Sam / Caterpillar Man / Sign Holder / Conrad Poohs Eric Idle as Prosecutor / Marriage Counselor / Arthur Nudge / Self-defence student #4 (interested in pointed sticks) / 'Hell's Grannies' analyst / Arthur Wilson / Arthur Wilson Two / Nightclub Emcee / Linkman / First General / Restaurant Manager / Lingerie Shop Owner / Accountant #1 (falling past the window) / Fairy Godmother / Rita Fairbanks / Simon Zinc Trumpet Harris / Mountie / Lady With Cookbook Terry Jones as Stage Manager / Tobacconist / 2nd Hungarian Man / Squire / Self-defence student #3 / Tenant #1 / Flasher / Mouse Organist Ken Ewing / Fat Soldier / Waiter / Nude Organist / Brian / Nigel Incubator Jones Michael Palin as Gumby / Man with tape recorder / Phrasebook Author / Arthur Pewtey / Second self - defence student / Second Tenant / Lost His Wallet / Shrill Petrol Announcer / Milkman / Ernest Scribbler / Pet shop employee / Lumberjack / Headwaiter Gilberto / Herbert Anchovy / Blackmail Presenter / Gervais Brookhamster / Town Guild Lady
Crew
David Muir — Director of Photography Thom Noble — Editor Douglas Gamley — Original Music Composer Graham Chapman — Screenplay John Cleese — Screenplay Terry Gilliam — Screenplay
Tagline

If the Motion Picture Industry dies… Monty Python killed it!

Synopsis

A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.

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Mood & Themes
blackmailstupidityspoofcompilationlumberjacksketch comedydead parrottwitintentional mistranslationfoot raceobstacle courseanarchic comedy
Key Collaborators
Ian MacNaughton Director David Muir Director of Photography Thom Noble Editor Douglas Gamley Original Music Composer Graham Chapman Screenplay John Cleese Screenplay Terry Gilliam Screenplay Eric Idle Screenplay Terry Jones Screenplay Michael Palin Screenplay Patricia Casey Producer
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