Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

"It's the best collection that I almost appeared in"

1989 1h 12m EN

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★7.2TMDB · 24

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Synopsis

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Steve Martin presents selected sketches from "Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)". It's the well known sketches, though the parrot sketch is not included. Steve Martin has some funny comments on the Pythons.

“It's the best collection that I almost appeared in”

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Cast

Graham Chapman
Self / Various Characters
John Cleese
Self / Various Characters
Terry Gilliam
Self / Various Characters
Eric Idle
Self / Various Characters
Terry Jones
Self / Various Characters
Michael Palin
Self / Various Characters
Steve Martin
Self - Host

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writers: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Martyn Hone shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Graham Chapman and John Cleese and Terry Gilliam carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

CINEMA

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Marketing tagline: "It's the best collection that I almost appeared in".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0213984 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 24 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ian MacNaughton directs. Martyn Hone cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
237 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Martyn Hone shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Graham Chapman and John Cleese and Terry Gilliam carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "It's the best collection that I almost appeared in".
7IMDB entry: tt0213984 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 24 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.