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UEFA 'apologises for Python sign ban'
29 December 2010 7:50 AM, PST | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
UEFA has reportedly apologised to Fc Bayern Munich after banning a Life Of Brian-inspired banner from a Champions League match in September. According to The Local, the footballing body interpreted the "Romani ite domum" (Romans go home) poster as a race-based taunt of fans of As Roma. However, Bayern fans had instead intended the poster to be a reference to Monty Python's Life Of Brian, wherein (more) »
- By Mayer Nissim
Terry Gilliam to “Godfather” New Retro-Fantasy Film 1884
22 December 2010 2:31 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Terry Gilliam has agreed to act as a creative advisor on a new film by British digital animation specialist, Tim Ollive. 1884 will be set in the titular year, but with Europe at war, the sky filled with steam-powered flying cars and man having landed on the moon.
Director Ollive collaborated with Gilliam on the SFX for everything from Life of Brian, through Brazil and Twelve Monkeys up to the more recent The Brothers Grimm. The screenplay is by Ollive and Dennis de Groot, who also has a long history with Gilliam, having worked on Life of Brian and Time Bandits. Gilliam and the other producers showed a four-minute teaser to an FX forum in Paris last week and apparently a number of the former members of Monty Python will be on board the film as part of the voice cast. Gilliam has said of what he has seen so far:- »
- Dave Roper
Gilliam Heads Back To 1884
20 December 2010 11:12 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Terry Gilliam has such a nightmare getting his own films made that he's decided to start helping other people instead. That, at least, is the case with Tim Ollive's 1884, which Gilliam will "godfather" as a creative advisor.Ollive is an animator, artist and VFX man who's worked with Gilliam on all of his films since Life of Brian. 1884 has been gestating for a year or so, since a trailer / piece of test footage went online and the Peculiar Pictures website posted some details. Set in, strangely enough, 1884, but supposedly made in 1848, "forty years before the birth of film", it's a steampunk retro-future adventure in which our hero Horatio Kitchengame, fresh from visiting the Moon and claiming it for the British Empire, undertakes his most perilous journey yet: to Europe.Cue much boy's-own derring-do in "the murky world of Victorian foreign policy". It's a bit Dan Dare, a bit James »
Tim Ollive's steampunk film 1884 moves ahead with a little help from Terry Gilliam
20 December 2010 12:25 PM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
It amuses me that Terry Gilliam is “godfathering” a film into production when he has trouble getting his own films greenlit. Something seems off about this story but we’ll take it since it means we get to see some retro sci-fi goodness making its way to the big screen.
We first caught wind of the project in 2009 when the four minute promo for 1884 appeared online, the same one that Gilliam presented at a Paris FX show last week, and now Variety reports that Gilliam is “godfathering” the project which will be directed by Tim Ollive who previously worked with Gilliam on effects for The Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.
The film is described as “a film made in 1848 with steam power, narrating a tale of laughable imperialist derring-do and espionage set in a futuristic 1884, when Europe is at war, steam-powered cars fly in the sky and »
Terry Gilliam Overseeing Composite Sci-Fi Fantasy Animation ’1884′
16 December 2010 9:27 AM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
How does a mash-up of live-action puppets with CGI head, actors’ filmed eyes and mouths, collages of miniatures, film, graphics and period photography sound? Terry Gilliam will “godfather” on a project involves just that, Variety reports.
Directed by British animator Tim Ollive, who has worked with Gilliam on many projects dating all the way back to The Life of Brian in 1979, the “retro sci-fi fantasy” film is titled 1884. It is even reported “unnamed members” of the original Monty Python team with provide voices. Check out a synopsis of the $8 million feature below:
“1884,” a gently mocking burlesque, imagines a film made in 1848 with steam power, narrating a tale of laughable imperialist daring-do and espionage set in a futuristic 1884, when Europe is at war, steam-powered cars fly in the sky and man has landed on the moon.
Plot turns on dashing, if uber-bumbler secret agent Horatio Kitchengame dispatched to Europe to foil »
- Jordan Raup
Monty Python Reunites for Retro Futuristic Film
16 December 2010 8:21 AM, PST | kidspickflicks | See recent kidspickflicks news »
When we think of futuristic, the year 1884 just doesn't come to mind. But then, we don't have the wacky mind of a member of Monty Python. Terry Gilliam (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus) will make the animated 1884 starring the voices of four Monty Python members. Variety describes 1884 as "a film made in 1848 with steam power, narrating a tale of laughable imperialist daring-do and espionage set in a futuristic 1884, when Europe is at war, steam-powered cars fly in the sky and man has landed on the moon...Plot turns on dashing, if uber-bumbler secret agent Horatio Kitchengame dispatched to Europe to foil the plans of Count Ravenoff Fafner to achieve world dominion thanks to a dastardly new war machine."
The animation for 1884 is offbeat as well: live-action puppets with CGI heads consisting of the actors mouths and eyes.
Gilliam is one of the members of Monty Python and has been involved »
- tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
Clip joint: last lines that let down the film
3 November 2010 10:27 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
From a scandalous suggestion to seasonal silliness, we present the cinematic climaxes that left you wanting less
"What? What was that? That was it?! That line doesn't even make sense. That's ridiculous! That would never happen!" When an (otherwise) enjoyable film concludes with poor, painful or just plain phony lines, irritation and disappointment hits you hard and you find yourself questioning the last couple of minutes that have managed to undermine the last two hours of your life. Don't believe me? Maybe my top five popular films with rubbish final lines will change your mind …
1) "I wonder, Annabel, do you like music? It's just that I've got tickets for Handel's Water Music at the Albert Hall …"
In Notes on a Scandal, the gradual obsession of Barbara Covett (Judi Dench) with Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett) creates a sublime sense of suspense until they finally fight it out. But in the final scene, »
- Sophie Robehmed
Name the films challenge: how quick was your Goldfinger on the buzzer?
27 October 2010 9:10 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
We asked you to name the 26 films referenced in our short video. Now, here are the answers
A month ago, as part of our Film Season, we asked you to name the films referenced in our short video for the chance to win all 26 on DVD.
The prize draw has now closed and the winners have been alerted. But for the unlucky rest of you, here are the answers.
1. Goldfinger
4. Up
6. The Godfather
7. The Usual Suspects
8. The Birds
10. The Big Lebowski
12. Delicatessen
13. Airplane!
14. One Million Years BC
16. Hidden
17. Mulholland Drive
18. American Beauty
20. The Matrix
21. Pan's Labyrinth
22. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
23. Ben Hur
25. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
26. Groundhog Day
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Life of Brian: No 10
18 October 2010 3:44 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Terry Jones, 1979
Although the Pythons were originally inspired by a title (Jesus Christ: Lust for Glory) to make an irreverent biblical comedy, Life of Brian is not about the son of God. It's about the guy in the next-door manger, born on the same night: Brian Cohen. It was an easy mistake to make; even the three wise men were momentarily fooled.
Predictably, the film caused widespread outrage; accusations of blasphemy prevented it from being screened in many countries, while the marketing campaign cheerfully capitalised on the protest, proclaiming the film "so funny it was banned in Norway".
In spite of his obvious lack of divinity, and the fact that he's more interested in women and anti-imperialist politics than religion, Brian (Graham Chapman) is plagued by followers convinced that he's the saviour. The real Jesus is glimpsed at one point delivering his Sermon on the Mount, but Brian is »
- Killian Fox
Film Composer Burgon Dies
23 September 2010 1:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
British film and television composer Geoffrey Burgon has died. He was 69.
The music writer passed away at his home on Tuesday. His cause of death was not known as WENN went to press.
Burgon's most well-known pieces formed the soundtrack for the 1981 adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, starring Jeremy Irons - and earned him a prestigious Ivor Novello award.
He also penned music for films including Monty Python's Life Of Brian and The Chronicles of Narnia, as well as for cult sci-fi show Doctor Who.
James Rushton, of his publishers Chester Music, says, "Geoffrey Burgon was one of very few composers in recent times whose music has truly touched the hearts of the international public."
He is survived by his wife Jacqueline Krofchak and their son Daniel, as well as two children from a previous marriage. »
Geoffrey Burgon obituary
22 September 2010 11:30 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Composer of television and film scores for Brideshead Revisited and Monty Python, as well as many concert and stage works
The composer Geoffrey Burgon, who has died aged 69 after a short illness, wrote some of the most memorable music for television drama of recent decades. He was also versatile and prolific, producing a wealth of refined, compelling music in many other genres.
Though an old friend, Geoff, born in Hampshire, wasn't my friend to begin with. He was my elder brother Nigel's best mate at Pewley school, Guildford, in Surrey. It was there that my brother persuaded Geoff to buy a trumpet so that he could play alongside Nigel's clarinet in the school jazz band. But his ambitions to be a jazz trumpeter were thwarted by his yearning to write music. He taught himself notation while he was still at school, played the trumpet in a local youth orchestra, and »
- Terry Jones
Geoffrey Burgon obituary
22 September 2010 11:30 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Composer of television and film scores for Brideshead Revisited and Monty Python, as well as many concert and stage works
The composer Geoffrey Burgon, who has died aged 69 after a short illness, wrote some of the most memorable music for television drama of recent decades. He was also versatile and prolific, producing a wealth of refined, compelling music in many other genres.
Though an old friend, Geoff, born in Hampshire, wasn't my friend to begin with. He was my elder brother Nigel's best mate at Pewley school, Guildford, in Surrey. It was there that my brother persuaded Geoff to buy a trumpet so that he could play alongside Nigel's clarinet in the school jazz band. But his ambitions to be a jazz trumpeter were thwarted by his yearning to write music. He taught himself notation while he was still at school, played the trumpet in a local youth orchestra, and »
- Terry Jones
Well Played, England: “Absolutely Anything” Filled With Nice British Things
14 September 2010 9:04 PM, PDT | Movie Cultists | See recent Movie Cultists news »
If the Anglophiles of the world were writhing in agony yesterday at the news of a Johnny English sequel, then the news of today should feel like a warm bath of Tetley’s: a veritable who’s who of British comedians are putting together a flick of Douglas Adams-scale zaniness. Also Robin Williams is involved, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Slash Film posted info on the upcoming Limey flick, entitled Absolutely Anything, which is set to be directed by Terry Jones (director of Life Of Brian, and not the Koran-burning nutjob). The Monty Python alum wrote the script along with Gavin Scott, and the story reportedly involves “aliens, a goofy Brit, a talking dog and buckets of silliness.” The goofy Brit in question is one John Oliver, of Daily Show fame, who will be making the small-to-big-screen transition with a leading role. And in case you »
- Scott Yacyshyn
Terry Jones Will Direct John Oliver in ‘Absolutely Anything’; Robin Williams and the Monty Python Gang May Appear, Too
14 September 2010 3:30 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Briefly: Terry Jones -- the Monty Python member who directed The Life of Brian, not the nutter who wanted to burn the Qu'ran in Florida -- is preparing to make his return to the director's chair with Absolutely Anything. The film will star John Oliver, recently known as the Senior British Correspondent (among other titles) at The Daily Show. That makes Oliver the latest Tds alum to jump from small screen to large, and a well-deserved jump it should be. Jones wrote the script with Gavin Scott, and it reportedly includes as diverse elements as "aliens, a goofy Brit, a talking dog and buckets of silliness," to all of which I'll simply say: 'yes.' We don't have info about Oliver's role ('goofy Brit,' one would assume) but Deadline says that Robin Williams is in talks to play the talking dog (named Dennis the Dog) while John Cleese, Michael Palin, »
- Russ Fischer
Phoenix Sets Laffer With Monty Python's Terry Jones And Daily Show's John Oliver
14 September 2010 1:14 PM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Exclusive: Phoenix Pictures’ Mike Medavoy, David Thwaites, and Brad Fischer are in Toronto to fan the Oscar buzz for the ultra-serious film Black Swan. But they’ve set as the next Phoenix project a comedy that will be directed by former Monty Python troupe member Terry Jones. They'll produce Absolutely Anything, from an original script Jones wrote with Gavin Scott. While circumspect about logline, they tell me it involves "aliens, a goofy Brit, a talking dog and buckets of silliness." They’ve set The Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent John Oliver to star, and Jones is in discussions with Robin Williams to play the role of Dennis the Dog. He has reached out to former Python pals John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam to voice the aliens. The film will be financed out of the UK, and production will begin by next spring. Medavoy has a »
- MIKE FLEMING
Terry Jones and John Oliver Plan Absolutely Anything
14 September 2010 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
White Phoenix Pictures has announced to Deadline plans for an upcoming comedy entitled Absolutely Anything , to be directed by Terry Jones ( The Life of Brian , Labyrinth ) from his own original screenplay with Gavin Scott ( The Borrowers , Small Soldiers ). The film will star John Oliver ( The Daily Show , Community ) and is said to deal with, "aliens, a goofy Brit, a talking dog and buckets of silliness." Robin Williams is allegedly in negotiations to voice the dog and Jones' former Monty Python troupe-mates (John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle and Michael Palin) are being asked to voice the aliens. Production on Absolutely Anything is slated to begin early next year. »
This week's new DVD and Blu-ray
27 August 2010 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
DVD & Blu-ray, Optimum
Four Lions is a film you really need to see more than once. Not just because it's funny and unique – it's both of those things – but because it's almost impossible to approach without any preconceptions. Indeed, if you haven't seen it already, the words "Chris Morris" and "terrorist comedy" come so loaded with expectation, your poor brain could fry trying to figure out how incendiary such a film could be. The problem with that, though, is that you're not Chris Morris, so to try and second-guess this mercurial satirist will always be fruitless. So, what is it? Well, Four Lions is certainly provocative, but the real shock is how conservative it appears on the surface. Morris has often evoked Dad's Army when describing his feature debut, in which an idiotic northern terrorist cell plans its own jihad, and the comparisons are easy to see. But »
- Phelim O'Neill
HeyUGuys IMDb250 Project – Week 30
16 August 2010 6:30 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
The IMDb250. A list of the top 250 films as ranked by the users of the biggest Internet movie site on the web. It is based upon the ratings provided by the users of the Internet Movie Database, which number into the millions. As such, it’s a perfect representation of the opinions of the movie masses, and arguably the most comprehensive ranking system on the Internet.
It’s because of this that we at HeyUGuys (and in this case we is myself and Barry) have decided to set ourselves a project. To watch and review all 250 movies on the list. We’ve frozen the list as of January 1st of this year. It’s not as simple as it sounds, we are watching them all in one year, 125 each.
This is our 30th update, my next five films watched for the project. You can find all our previous week’s updates here. »
- Gary Phillips
Michael Jai White Interview
10 August 2010 9:27 AM, PDT | LOVEFiLM | See recent LOVEFiLM news »
In his latest venture, Jai White channels some of Blaxploitation’s most famous faces – such as Shaft, Super Fly and The Mack - in the super-fly satire Black Dynamite. We speak to the actor about the film’s surprising success...
LOVEFiLM: Did you base the character on anyone in particular?
Michael Jai White: It’s loosely based on a few characters I saw growing up, such as Shaft, Superfly and The Mack - A mixture of guys who were the predominate archetypes for that particular genre. There were a few actors I based him on as well, namely Jim Kelly and Tim Brown. If Jim Kelly and Tim Brown had a baby, that’d be Black Dynamite.
LOVEFiLM: I heard that the trailer was shot before you had any funding or any story ideas...
Mjw: Absolutely. It’s really a bare bones trailer that we spent about $500 on in all. »
- jennifer.trevorrow@lovefilm.com (Jennifer Trevorrow)
Michael Jai White Interview
10 August 2010 9:27 AM, PDT | LOVEFiLM | See recent LOVEFiLM news »
In his latest venture, Jai White channels some of Blaxploitation’s most famous faces – such as Shaft, Superfly and The Mack - in the super-fly satire Black Dynamite. We speak to the actor about the film’s surprising success...
LOVEFiLM: Did you base the character on anyone in particular?
Michael Jai White: It’s loosely based on a few characters I saw growing up, such as Shaft, Superfly and The Mack - A mixture of guys who were the predominate archetypes for that particular genre. There were a few actors I based him on as well, namely Jim Kelly and Tim Brown. If Jim Kelly and Tim Brown had a baby, that’d be Black Dynamite.
LOVEFiLM: I heard that the trailer was shot before you had any funding or any story ideas...
Mjw: Absolutely. It’s really a bare bones trailer that we spent about $500 on in all. »
- jennifer.trevorrow@lovefilm.com (Jennifer Trevorrow)
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