Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976) (TV)

Directors:

Roger Graef
Jonathan Miller

Writers:

Alan Bennett (writer)
Graham Chapman (writer)

Release Date:

February 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Monty Python | Amnesty International | Stage Show | Cult Movie Cast | Independent Film

Cast

Alan Bennett	...	Various
John Bird	...	Various
Eleanor Bron	...	Various
Tim Brooke-Taylor	...	Various
Graham Chapman	...	Various
John Cleese	...	Pet Shop Customer / The Pope / Various
Carol Cleveland	...	Various
Peter Cook	...	E.L. Wisty / Various
John Fortune	...	Various
Graeme Garden	...	Various
Terry Gilliam	...	Various
Barry Humphries	...	Edna Everage
Neil Innes	...	Various
Des Jones	...	Various
Terry Jones	...	Various
Jonathan Lynn	...	Michelangelo / Various
Jonathan Miller	...	Various
Dudley Moore	...	Narrator
Bill Oddie	...	Various
Michael Palin	...	Pet Shop Owner

Also Known As:

Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe

Runtime:

UK:74 min | USA:85 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Black and White | Colour

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:12 (re-release) | Australia:M | UK:A

Filming Locations:

Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, St. James's, London, England, UK

Company:

Amnesty International

Trivia:

This was the film version of the Amnesty International stage show "A Poke In The Eye (With A Sharp Stick)".

Quotes:

Alan Bennett: [dictating a telegram into the telephone] I want to end it if I may, "NORWICH".
[pause]
Alan Bennett: "NORWICH", yes. Well, it's an idiomatic way of saying, "Knickers Off Ready When I Come Home". You see, it's the initial letters of each word.
[pause]
Alan Bennett: Yes, I know "knickers" is spelt with a "K". I was at Oxford, it was one of the first things they taught us.

Movie Connections:

Followed by The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (1987)

Not bad, not fantastic

There are some very funny bits in this video, which I just picked up recently to add to the Python collection. Most notably, the Pope meets Michaelangelo sketch, the Peter Cook sketch, and one where a guy moves his fingers around (not sure who he was). But some of the stuff is incredibly dated - the stupid song about a monkey and the over-used "guy dressed as a woman - isn't this funny" sketch was goes too-long. Also, I wondered where Python member ERIC IDLE was... How many more times do we need the parrot sketch and the lumberjack song - they are great, but for a python fan it's a rental not something to buy like I did. 6 1/2 of/10.

"Why in God's name did you paint THREE Christs?" "Well the fat one in the middle balances out the two skinny ones, doesn't he?"