Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999) (TV)

Directors:

Terry Jones
Elaine Shepherd

Writers:

John Cleese
Terry Gilliam
(more)

Release Date:

8 October 1999 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary | Comedy

Plot:

Series of new sketches performed by the Monty Python team, linking programmes to celebrate their 30th anniversary.

Plot Keywords:

Comedy Troupe | Monty Python | Sketch Comedy | Number In Title

Cast

Graham Chapman	...	Himself (archive footage)
John Cleese	...	Himself / Announcer / Gumby / Pepperpot / Gent / BBC Voice Over
Terry Gilliam	...	Himself / Man with Vercotti / BBC Crewmember / Gumby / Onan Vandergoy / Gorilla
Eric Idle	...	Himself
Terry Jones	...	Himself / Arthur Ewing / BBC Crewmember / Gumby / Pepperpot / Gorilla / BBC Voice Over / Policeman
Michael Palin	...	Himself / Luigi Vercotti / BBC Crewmember / Gumby / Pepperpot / Magnus Magnusson / Gorilla / BBC Voice Over / Ken Shabby / Policeman / It's Man
Carol Cleveland	...	Herself
Ian Davidson	...	Policeman
Eddie Izzard	...	Himself - Host
Dawn French	...	Herself
Ian MacNaughton	...	Stereotype Scotsman (as Ian McNaughton)
Peter Sissons	...	Himself
Pam Buckley
Kelly Hart
Stanley Kaye
Ivan Lee	...	Buddha
Jonah Russell
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Phil Collins	...	Himself
Ronnie Corbett	...	Himself
David Frost	...	Himself
Thora Hird	...	Herself / Alan Bennett
Barry Humphries	...	Dame Edna Everage
Kevin Kline	...	Himself
Hugh Laurie	...	Himself / Stephen Fry
Gary Lineker	...	Himself
Meat Loaf	...	Host (Spam To Sperm segment)
Melinda Messenger	...	Herself / Barbara Windsor
Roger Moore	...	Himself / Sean Connery
Trey Parker	...	Himself
Michael Parkinson	...	Himself
Jeremy Paxman	...	Himself
Jonathan Ross	...	Himself
Matt Stone	...	Himself
Robin Williams	...	Himself

Directed by
Terry Jones
Elaine Shepherd

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Graham Chapman
John Cleese
Terry Gilliam
Eric Idle
Terry Jones
Michael Palin

Produced by
Ralph Lee	....	assistant producer
Martin Lewis	....	associate producer: Los Angeles
Selina Mehta	....	assistant producer
Elaine Shepherd	....	executive producer
Elaine Shepherd	....	producer

Cinematography by
John Rhodes

Film Editing by
Michael Duly

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chris Loizou	....	director: extra footage

Art Department
Steve Bonnet	....	graphic artist
Keith Haynes	....	graphic artist

Sound Department
Steve Hudson	....	dubbing mixer
Danny McCullough	....	sound mixer
Kian Wong	....	dubbing editor
Anthony Wornum	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Paddy Blake	....	first assistant camera
David Holliday	....	grip
Colin Waldeck	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Adrian Udal	....	editor: video tape

Other crew
Michelle Darnell	....	production assistant
Pete Frame	....	Python family tree
Mark Walden-Mills	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• A&E Television Networks
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Python (Monty) Pictures

Distributors

• A&E Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Comedy Channel

Runtime:

125 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

A&E Television Networks

Quotes:

Eric:Well, John's obviously the cruel heartless bastard.
Doctor:[archive footage] Now I know some hospitals where you get the patients lying around in beds.
Eric:Michael's the sweet, slightly ineffective lower middle class one.
Silly Walker:[archive footage] I have a silly walk and I'd like to obtain a government grant to help me develop it.
Eric:Terry is the ratbag woman.
Ratbag Woman:[archive footage]
[cackles with laughter]
Eric:and Gilliam is anything with unpleasant makeup jobs.
[archive footage of Gilliam with a ferret through his head]

Movie Connections:

References Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Better then I expected.

When I saw the commercial for this Tv show, for some reason I thought it would be a rubbish, boring, old documentary with no humor in it at all. But this has turned out to be very good. It has clips from the Python Tv show and films and interviews with the python team. If you ever get the chance to see this then do so, it's very good. Monty Python fans won't be disappointed.