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Eric Idle

Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer and composer of comic songs. He wrote and performed as a member of the British comedy group Monty Python. Idle was born in South Shields, County Durham (now Tyne and Wear) in Harton Village, the son of Nora Barron ...
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Life of Brian

Monty Python's Life of Brian, also known as Life of Brian, is a 1979 comedy film written, directed and largely performed by the Monty Python comedy team. It tells the story of Brian Cohen (played by Graham Chapman), a young Jewish man who is born in...

Initial release date:

  • 1979

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Runtime:

  • 94 min (56 hs )

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 comedy film written and performed by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin), and directed by Gilliam and Jones. It was conceived...

Initial release date:

  • 1975

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

Estimated budget:

The Meaning of Life

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is a 1983 musical comedy film by the Monty Python comedy team. Unlike the two previous films they had made, which had each told a single, more or less coherent story, The Meaning of Life returns to the sketch...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 1, 1983

Runtime:

  • 107 min (64.2 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 9,000,000 (US$)

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Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl is a 1982 concert film in which the Monty Python team perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl. The show also included filmed inserts which were mostly taken from two Monty Python specials...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 25, 1982

Runtime:

  • 77 min (46 hs )

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And Now For Something Completely Different

And Now for Something Completely Different is a film spin-off from the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring favourite sketches from the first two seasons. The title was used as a catchphrase in the TV show. The film,...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 28, 1971

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Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

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The Rutles

All You Need Is Cash (also known as The Rutles) is a 1978 television film that traces (in mockumentary style) the career of a fictitious British rock group called The Rutles. As TV Guide described it, the group's resemblance to The Beatles is ...

Initial release date:

  • 1978

Runtime:

  • 76 min (46 hs )

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Splitting Heirs

Splitting Heirs is a 1993 British film starring Eric Idle, Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cleese and Sadie Frost. The film was directed by Robert Young, and features music by Michael Kamen. It was entered into the 1993...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 30, 1993

Runtime:

  • 87 min (52 hs )

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