Movie: The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979

Top 9 Billed Cast

Graham Chapman
Graham Chapman

Self

John Cleese
John Cleese

Self

Carol Cleveland
Carol Cleveland

Self

Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam

Self

Eric Idle
Eric Idle

Self

Terry Jones
Terry Jones

Self

Michael Palin
Michael Palin

Self

Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan

Self

Iain Johnstone
Iain Johnstone

Self (voice)

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    Ten years ago exactly, more or less, give or take a day or two, six young men sat down, or maybe stood, or perhaps some of them just lounged, and wrote the first episode of a new series called Owl Stretching Time. They were called Graham Chapman , John Cleese, Terry Gilliam , Eric Idle,Terry Jones and Michael Palin and later both they and the series became known as Monty Python 's Flying Circus . Today they are the best known British comedy group in the world, famous from Cathay to Kathmandu, from Sydney to Sidcup (except in Japan where the programme is called The Gay Boys' Dragon Show ... say no more). To commemorate their tenth anniversary a BBC team tracked them down in the deserts of Tunisia where they were filming their Life of Brian and almost persuaded them to examine the genesis, the genius and the gender of Monty Python.

  • Release Date

    1979-06-20

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    7.1

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