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Monty Python - Almost the Truth: The Lawyer's Cut (3 Disc Set)

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Monty Python - Almost the Truth: The Lawyer's Cut (3 Disc Set)

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"Great memorable sketches and interviews"
5 stars"
Purchased on Mighty Ape

This 3 disc DVD collection contains interviews with the 5 remaining members of Monty Python. There are many other interviews with people involved with comedy and producing comedy at around the same time as Monty Python started. Disc 3 contains extended interviews and a collection of the funniest sketches including the Dead Parrot- my favourite. A must for Monty Python fans.

"Python Experince"
4 stars"
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Great Watch, with 3 dvds, worthy of any price. Cant get enough of Monty Python ^_^

"The inspirations, pressures and conflicts of the Python years."
5 stars"
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For anyone interested in comedy and its development – and of course for Monty Python fans – this 6-part documentary series will prove both entertaining and invaluable.

It follows the team from their individual beginnings, through their early comedy work and then through the years during which they changed the face of British – and indeed world – comedy. Interviews with the five surviving Pythons, with contributions from Graham Chapman's partner and archival footage of Chapman himself, provide fascinating bachground material to the creation of the four TV series and the films.

Conflicts and problems within the group are discussed, as well as achievements and external difficulties. If I have any caveats about this series, it is that there are somewhat too many contributions from other comedians, many of which add little. And that there was no apparent attempt made to get the Pythons together so they could actually discuss their collective past. But these are minor quibbles – this is a fasctinating and hugely enjoyable documentray series.

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Almost The Truth: The Lawyer's Cut tells the story of Monty Python through brand new interviews with the Pythons: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin and archive material from the late Graham Chapman. A host of others also contribute to putting the Python legacy in context including: Phil Jupitus, Bruce Dickinson, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Russell Brand, Steve Coogan, Stephen Merchant, Dan Aykroyd, Nick Mason, Tim Roth, Simon Pegg, Eddie Izzard and more. The six programmes, each an hour long, combine the interviews with a generous helping of clips from pre-Python material, the original Flying Circus TV series, the films: Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life Of Brian and Monty Python's Meaning Of Life and their classic live performance at the Hollywood Bowl.

Special Features:
  • Extended Interviews - The Pythons on their early years
  • From the cutting room floor
  • Terry Gilliam picture gallery
Release date NZ
November 16th, 2009
Movie Format
DVD Region
  • Region 4
Brand
Aspect Ratio
  • 1.78 : 1
Director
Language
English
Length (Minutes)
326
Studio
Supported Audio
  • Dolby Digital Stereo
Genre
Original Release Year
2009
Box Dimensions (mm)
140x190x25
UPC
5021456167371
Product ID
3602889

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