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1. Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure [TV Series] (2000)
Ernest Hemingway cut a very impressive figure both as an author and as an individual, and in this two-part documentary series, actor and comedian ... More
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2. Michael Palin's New Europe [TV Series] (2007)
In his post-Monty Python years, British comic and belletrist Michael Palin unquestionably made one of his strongest marks as a host of popular travel ... More
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3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
directed by Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
featuring Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry JonesFrom its opening multi-language titles (that sure looks like Swedish) to the closing arrest of the entire Dark Ages cast by modern-day bobbies, ... More
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4. And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
directed by Ian MacNaughton, Terry Gilliam
featuring Connie Booth, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric IdleMonty Python's And Now For Something Completely Different was first released in the US in 1973, but didn't really take off as a midnight-movie ... More
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5. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
directed by Charles Crichton
featuring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael PalinIn A Fish Called Wanda, Jamie Lee Curtis plays an ambitious con artist who uses every ounce of her sexual wiles to obtain a fortune in jewels stolen ... More
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6. Arena: Produced by George Martin (2011)
directed by Francis Hanly
featuring George Martin, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Michael PalinThis documentary details the life and career of George Martin, the influential record producer who longtime working relationship with The Beatles ... More
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7. You've Got Mail (1998)
directed by Nora Ephron
featuring Hallee Hirsh, Michael Palin, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Greg Kinnear, Jean StapletonSleepless in Seattle director Nora Ephron originally made a name for herself as the writer of romantic comedies such as Heartburn and When Harry Met ... More
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8. The Missionary (1982)
directed by Richard Loncraine
featuring Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Denholm Elliott, Michael HordernMichael Palin wrote and stars in this comedy as The Reverend Charles Fortescue, an unassuming missionary called back to England after spending ten ... More
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9. Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) (2009)
directed by Aubrey Powell
featuring Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Carol Cleveland, Neil InnesThis live performance of Monty Python's Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) does the same thing to Life of Brian that Spamalot did for Monty ... More
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10. A Private Function (1984)
directed by Malcolm Mowbray
featuring Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Liz Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard GriffithsA British couple's attempts to circumvent local food-rationing regulations trigger a chaotic series of events in this satirical comedy set in post ... More
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11. Brazil (1985)
directed by Terry Gilliam
featuring Jonathan Pryce, Michael Palin, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Katherine HelmondList of all editionsBrazil constitutes Terry Gilliam's enormously ambitious follow-up to his 1981 Time Bandits. It also represents the second installment in a trilogy of ... More
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12. The Life of Brian (1979)
directed by Terry Jones
featuring Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry GilliamList of all editionsOn a midnight clear 2,000 years ago, three wise men enter a manger where a babe is wrapped in swaddling clothes. It is an infant called Brian...and ...
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13. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
directed by Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
featuring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael PalinList of all editionsThe Meaning of Life is without a doubt the most tasteless of the Monty Python feature films; it also happens to be one of the funniest. Life's ... More
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14. The Secret Policeman's Private Party (1984)
List of all editionsMonty Python alumni John Cleese, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam team up with Neil Innes, Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, ... More
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15. Jabberwocky (1977)
directed by Terry Gilliam
featuring Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Max Wall, Deborah Fallender, John Le Mesurier, Annette Badland, Warren MitchellList of all editionsAn innocent country farmer experiences a number of improbable misadventures that culminate in a battle against the titular beast in this broadly ... More
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16. Fierce Creatures (1997)
directed by Fred Schepisi, Robert Young
featuring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Robert LindsayList of all editionsThe starring cast of the hit A Fish Called Wanda reunited for this farcical comedy, which star and co-screenwriter John Cleese described as "not a ... More
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17. Monty Python's Flying Circus [TV Series] (1969)
directed by Ian MacNaughton
featuring Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry JonesList of all editionsCreated in 1969 as the British Broadcasting Corporation's answer to America's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (one of its guiding forces was BBC executive ... More







