
Film
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
1979 · 50m · Documentary · Comedy · TV Movie
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- 7.4
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Overview
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.
Cast

Graham Chapman
Self

John Cleese
Self

Carol Cleveland
Self

Terry Gilliam
Self

Eric Idle
Self

Terry Jones
Self

Michael Palin
Self

Spike Milligan
Self
Iain Johnstone
Self (voice)
Crew
- Iain JohnstoneProducer
- Heather SmallEditor
Details
- Release date
- June 20, 1979
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Documentary, Comedy, TV Movie
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