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The Good, The Bad And The Wtf: Clashing News, Wolves and All
10 November 2009 6:57 PM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
Things to know about at this week: the first Clash of the Titans teaser, Steve Guttenberg still hanging onto his 80's glory, toy movies are still wanted, and the fantastic piece of news that is the death of the Oldboy remake. What's that? That's right. Read along.
The Good
• A very good poster for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland was posted on the Mad Hatter's official Facebook page. Two more are coming, presumably on the Red Queen and White Queen pages.
• A selection of props from Duncan Jones' Moon are up for auction on eBay, including Gerty himself! It's the actual full-size thing, measuring 83” x 33” x 27.5" and even signed by the director himself. As of writing it's still bidding at £1,000, so totally affordable if you're a collector.
• After being impressed by the new trailer for The Wolfman that was released a couple of weeks back, now I'm even more impressed by the posters. »
- Arya Ponto
'Three Sheets' Zane Lamprey in Iceland tonight, pitch him your city
9 November 2009 6:55 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Can you say .I.m buying. in 12 languages? "Three Sheets" Host Zane Lamprey can. Lamprey takes a bit from the formula first established by Dave Attell in .Insomniac,. and even Michael Palin in "Palin's Travels," and in the spirit of the title of the show, Zane gets hammered with the willing locals in many interesting places off the beaten tourista track. Zane's voice-over stitches together the journey to create a fun, ringside seat for the adventurous. "Three Sheets" on the Fine Living Network (Fln) celebrates the joie de vivre attitude of devil-may-care imbibing whilst traveling and making new friends, as Lamprey takes you around the world to master the local drinking customs. Check out »
- April MacIntyre
Gilliam Laughs Off Palin Death Report
4 November 2009 2:06 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Moviemaker Terry Gilliam has laughed off reports his former Monty Python pal Michael Palin has died, suggesting the news was a shock to the comedian/adventurer himself.
The director blames idle Internet users for the "gossip-mongering nightmare", revealing news about the tragedy spread rapidly last week (ends30Oct09) - as Palin and the Pythons were celebrating their 40th anniversary.
Gilliam is trying to make light of the saga, telling WENN, "It's true, his pet alligator just ate him; it was horrible!
"They're all dead; all the Pythons died horribly except me.
"I don't know where that rumour came from that Mike died. The web is such a gossip mongering nightmare. It was actually a very embarrassing moment because Mike thought it was real." »
Monty Python Enters New Jersey Governor's Race; Copyright Infringement Charged Against Chris Christie
1 November 2009 10:00 PM, PST | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
The members of Monty Python are accusing New Jersey candidate Chris Christie of copyright infringement.
By Lee Pfeiffer
The New Jersey governor's race is already one of the dirtiest and most bizarre campaigns imaginable. Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine should be coasting to re-election in a state that is largely liberal and largely Democratic. However, Corzine is fighting for his political life despite having virtually unlimited funds from his personal fortune to throw into his campaign. He has also had the benefit of several high profile campaign appearances by President Obama, who is extremely popular in this state. His main rival, Republican Chris Christie, a former Us Attorney, can't take much comfort, either. Despite running against a very unpopular incumbent, the best he has been able to do is draw even in the polls . (The election is Tuesday). Both men have run increasingly vitriolic campaigns, with Christie accusing Corzine of capitalizing »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
This Week In DVD: October 27th
27 October 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Rob Hunter loves movies. He also loves working for the BBC where his job entails erasing old show master tapes because they don't have the foresight to know that people may want to watch them again someday. These two joys come together in the form of cash money payments that he receives every week and immediately uses to buy more DVDs. So join us each week as he takes a look at new DVD releases and gives his highly unqualified opinion as to which titles are worth BUYing, which are better off as RENTals, and which should be AVOIDed at all costs. Click on any of the titles below to magically head over to Amazon.com and pick up the DVD. And don't forget to check out Neil Miller's hilariously titled This Week In Blu-ray column for reviews on the latest high definition Blu-ray releases! Monty Python: Almost the Truth Pitch: The surviving members of Python »
- Rob Hunter
Cleese: 'Chapman Should Have Been Fixed'
21 October 2009 6:36 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Funnyman John Cleese has opened up about tragic Monty Python pal Graham Chapman in a new documentary, suggesting the late comedian "should have been sent back to the factory and fixed".
Cleese created the comedy troupe with the Life of Brian star, who lost his battle with cancer in 1989, but he now admits he never really understood his friend and found him tough to work with, especially when his well-documented heavy drinking became a real problem.
In a new U.S. TV documentary series, marking the 40th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus, Cleese reveals, "He just didn't work properly... The simple stuff - getting the lines right, hitting his mark, he just was not an efficient creature... He was always late."
Chapman's former partner David Sherlock insists Cleese was "most uncomfortable" around the funnyman after he discovered Chapman was gay.
In the documentary, Month Python, Almost The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut), Sherlock says, "He discovered he'd been working all this time with someone he thought he knew, but now discovered he didn't know."
Cleese admits, "We were all surprised... We didn't mind that he was gay, but we were very, very surprised and I think Graham, sometimes, took the surprise for disapproval."
And Cleese wasn't the only member of the comedy troupe who struggled with Chapman.
Terry Gilliam says, "Graham was just a frustrating person. I never could make out who Graham was."
And Terry Jones adds, "Graham was a mystery... The only times I had lunch with him, we really hadn't got much to say to each other, really."
Michael Palin admits Chapman's drinking problem was a real issue. He recalls, "Sometimes he'd be quite funny and other times... he'd just irritate people for the sake of it." »
In Pictures: 'Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut New York City Premiere'
21 October 2009 8:46 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Michael Palin attending the "Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut" New York City premiere at The Ziegfeld Theater, 154 West 54th Street in New York City. Photo copyright by Anthony G. Moore / PR Photos. Trudie Styler attending the "Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut" New York City premiere at The Ziegfeld Theater, 154 West 54th Street in New York City. Photo copyright by Anthony G. Moore / PR Photos. Steve Coogan attending the "Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut" New York City premiere at The Ziegfeld Theater, 154 West 54th Street in New York City. Photo copyright by Anthony G. Moore / PR Photos. Terry Jones attending »
- James Wray
Science Discovers 32 New Planets... And Monty Python's Seen Them All
20 October 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
It was announced yesterday by a group of international researchers that 32 new planets had been discovered outside of our solar system. "Exoplanets," as they're called. It's a mystery to me why these scientists relied on fancy and undoubtedly expensive monitoring equipment when they could simply have asked the members of the Monty Python comedy troupe.
In their 1983 film, "The Meaning of Life," Python's Eric Idle took viewers on a trip through the galaxy with the appropriately titled "Galaxy Song." Last week, the five remaining Python members -- Idle, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam -- gathered in New York City to promote the newly released documentary, "Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)." To cap off the half-hour Q&A, Idle picked up an acoustic guitar and strummed his way through the Galaxy Song. Check it out in our video below...
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- Adam Rosenberg
John Cleese creating 'Wanda' musical
20 October 2009 2:19 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
John Cleese has revealed that he is turning film A Fish Called Wanda into a musical. The actor, who wrote and starred in the 1988 movie with Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline, said that he is enjoying rewriting the comedy for the stage. Cleese told Reuters: "I've got a couple of projects at the moment. One thing I am doing which amuses me immensely is the musical version of A Fish Called Wanda." The 69-year-old also said that he would like to team up with his old Monty Python co-star Michael Palin (more) »
- By Rebecca Davies
Cleese In Agony After Python Scenes
19 October 2009 1:06 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
John Cleese was left in so much pain after filming scenes for cult British comedy Monty Python he had to stop the comedy routines.
The star appeared in the series alongside Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and the late Graham Chapman, from 1969.
During the sketch shows Cleese would carry out a silly walk to make people laugh while he was in character.
Palin has revealed the scenes left Cleese in agony - but the actor tried to continue because the fans enjoyed it so much.
He says, "John found it physically impossible. He did it in terrific and violent pain while people roared with laughter." »
Harassing Monty Python On The Red Carpet Of 'Monty Python: Almost The Truth - The Lawyer's Cut'
16 October 2009 1:30 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
What does one do when confronted with the opportunity to probe the remaining members of Monty Python, one of the greatest sketch comedy troupes of all time? In the case of MTV's Josh Horowitz, it's an opportunity to play a little game of Marry/Eff/Kill. The results are hilarious. But then, that's to be expected when you're dealing with comedy geniuses on the level of John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam.
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- Adam Rosenberg
Monty Python Reunite and Answer the Proust Questionnaire
16 October 2009 1:10 PM, PDT | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »
Circus Act: from left: Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle. Photograph courtesy of Patrick McMullan. In an excellent new documentary about Monty Python (Monty Python: Almost the Truth, to air on IFC October 18—23), Terry Gilliam says that people want the five surviving members of the comedy troupe to reunite for the same reasons that they want the Beatles to reunite: to remind them of the what it was like to be young and witness a revolution. And he was absolutely right. Though they went their separate ways years ago, Gilliam, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin assembled last night for the premiere of the documentary and gave the audience at the Ziegfeld theater in Manhattan a taste of the absurdity that upended comedy when Flying Circus first aired, in the 1970s. (Graham Chapman couldn’t make it on account of being dead.) After the screening of an abridged, »
Monty Python: 40 More Years!
16 October 2009 10:56 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, the five surviving members of Monty Python, gathered at New York's Ziegfeld Theatre for a rare reunion in order to celebrate their 40th anniversary and to receive a special award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
After a screening of a feature-length cut of the new documentary "Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyers Cut)," the five gathered on-stage (with a cardboard cut-out standing in for the late Graham Chapman) to answer questions from the crowd, banter, invite a ten-year-old girl up to do her impression of their "Spanish Inquisition" sketch and sing "The Galaxy Song" from "The Meaning of Life." You can watch a video of the session here.
[Click the thumbnails to see the images full size.]
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- IFC
Pythons honoured for film and TV work
16 October 2009 4:47 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
The Monty Python team have been honoured for their contribution to film and television during a special 40th anniversary reunion event in New York. John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin turned up to receive the British Academy Of Film And Television Arts gong with a cardboard cut-out of the sixth troupe member, the late Graham Chapman. The presentation followed a screening of a new documentary (more) »
- By Sarah Rollo
Monty Python Recordings Saved By U.S. Fans
15 October 2009 6:31 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Early episodes of cult British comedy Monty Python's Flying Circus would have been lost forever if BBC bosses hadn't landed a deal to air the TV show in the U.S.
The cult series, starring John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and the late Graham Chapman, was picked up by BBC network bosses in 1969.
But there would be no trace of the troupe's early comedy shenanigans if the funnymen hadn't broken into the American market in 1975 - because network executives were eager to erase the original recordings of Monty Python to clear some space in their vaults.
Cleese explains, "The technology was so clumsy; I mean the tapes that the shows were stored on were so wide and took up so much space that the BBC started wiping the shows."
Jones adds, "There were no VCRs (video recorders), no DVDs in those days. The BBC nearly wiped all the shows. We got a call one day from our video editor saying they were about to erase all the shows - the BBC had put them onto Phillips cassettes, the only thing we had at the time. So, for a time, I thought the only record we had of the first Monty Python series was in my basement!
"In fact, the BBC would have wiped the Python TV shows if they hadn't suddenly sold them to the United States, so thank you the United States!"
Cleese reveals he suffered a similar fate with another TV comedy he made with late pals Chapman and Marty Feldman - and would have nothing to look back on had it not been for a superfan in Sweden.
He explains: "I did a show with Graham and Marty Feldman, called At Last the 1948 Show, and they (BBC bosses) completely wiped it.
"It wouldn't exist apart from the fact that, quite seriously, some guy in Sweden found seven episodes in a vault and sent them (to Cleese). So these classic series got completely wiped because the technology took up too much space." »
Monty Python Stars Draw Laughs On U.S. TV
15 October 2009 9:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Monty Python comedians John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle and Terry Jones caused havoc on U.S. TV on Wednesday night when they abandoned an interview midway through and started a water fight.
Four of the five surviving castmembers came together for an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote their new documentary Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyers Cut).
But the show was a comedic shambles from the start - Gilliam was forced to sit on the floor after Cleese removed one of the chairs that had been set out for the actors.
They then left presenter Fallon in giggles by answering his questions all at once, before walking away from the host to mingle with the studio audience.
When they returned to their seats, Idle, Jones and Gilliam started a water fight by throwing their mugs of water over Cleese, causing him to retaliate and chuck his drink back at his pals.
Cleese also tried to start a fake rumour about the only other surviving Monty Python member, Michael Palin, joking that he was absent from the interview because had died that morning.
He told the audience, "Early this morning Michael Palin died", prompting Fallon to query his comment saying, "But he's not dead, is he?"
Cleese then teased, "No, but he's not at all well (mentally)."
Palin was missing from the line-up as he was filming a travel documentary elsewhere.
The sixth castmember, Graham Chapman, passed away in 1989. »
John Cleese on 40 years of 'Monty Python,' 'Fawlty Towers,' and sex!
14 October 2009 3:14 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
It is now 40 years since the legendary and hugely influential comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus was first broadcast in the U.K. How do we know this? Well, partly because Python member John Cleese is so unbelievably decrepit. "I'm old and incontinent!" laughs the comedian. The Python crew's 40th anniversary is also being marked by a series of events. Tonight the five surviving members (Cleese, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam) will reunite for an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Tomorrow they will grace (and possibly silly walk across) the stage of New York's »
- Clark Collis
Python Stars Land Their Own Radio Channel
13 October 2009 6:31 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
The members of the Monty Python comedy troupe are to become satellite radio stars after landing their own channel.
Sirius Xm Radio bosses are launching a channel dedicated to all things Python, including songs and classic comedy skits.
The channel will launch on Friday and run for 10 days.
It marks the group's 40th anniversary.
Pythons John Cleese, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin will reunite at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York on Thursday for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts tribute. »
Spamalot National Tour Bids Farewell and Good 'Knight' in Costa Mesa, 10/18
13 October 2009 1:58 PM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
The legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and their quest for the Holy Grail will be told for the last time Sunday, October 18th, 2009 in Costa Mesa. Monty Python's Spamalot, the 2005 Tony Award winner for Best Musical will end its reign on the road.
Produced by Boyett Ostar Productions and directed by Mike Nichols, Monty Python's Spamalot features a book by Eric Idle, music and lyrics by the Grammy Award-winning team of Eric Idle and John Du Prez and choreography by Casey Nicholaw. Spamalot is based on the screenplay of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" by Monty Python creators Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
When Monty Python's Spamalot closes, the national touring production will have:
Played a total of 1,435 performances, 183 weeks in 101 cities.
Been seen by 2.5 million people and grossed $170,586,675
Used over 1,840 coconuts, supplied by the Coconut King in Florida. »
Q+A: Terry Gilliam for The Imaginarum Of Doctor Parnassus
13 October 2009 9:30 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
In the dark days following the death of Heath Ledger, Terry Gilliam was grieving the loss of a close friend and couldn't bring himself even to contemplate what would happen to the film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, that they had both been working on when the young Australian actor sadly passed on.
"It was a terrible time," he says. "And frankly I was just devastated by the loss of such a great guy. The film didn't really come into it at that point."
But gradually, encouraged by his collaborators including his daughter, Amy Gilliam, who is a producer on the film, he began to accept that finishing it would be a fitting tribute to Heath even though, at first, he couldn't see how they could do it. Ledger died in January 2008 with the British end of the production completed but with weeks of shooting still planned on sound stages in Canada. »
- Paul
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