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John Cleese

John Marwood Cleese (pronounced /ˈkliːz/; born 27 October 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated English actor, comedian, writer, and film producer who is known for being a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python...
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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 )

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 )

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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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Fierce Creatures

Fierce Creatures is a 1997 comedy film. Although not a sequel, it was a follow-up to the wildly popular A Fish Called Wanda, starring the same four actors, John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin. The movie was written by John...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 24, 1997

Runtime:

  • 93 min (56 hs )

A Fish Called Wanda

A Fish Called Wanda is a 1988 comedy film written by John Cleese and Charles Crichton and directed by Charles Crichton and John Cleese (uncredited), and starring Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin. The film is a comedy about a...

Initial release date:

  • 1988

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Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 108 min (64.8 hs )

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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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How to Irritate People

How to Irritate People is a 1968 television broadcast written by John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor. It also features future Monty Python collaborators Michael Palin, Graham Chapman and Connie Booth, as well as comic...

Initial release date:

  • 1968

Runtime:

  • 68 min (41 hs )

Crood Awakening

Crood Awakening is an upcoming animated film being produced by DreamWorks Animation. The original script was co-written by John Cleese and Kirk DeMicco, and the project began as a coproduction with Aardman Animations. On October 3, 2006 (a month...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 30, 2012

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The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer is a British 1970 cult satire film written by and starring Peter Cook, John Cleese and Graham Chapman, and directed by Kevin Billington. The mysterious Michael Rimmer (Peter Cook) appears at a small and ailing...

Initial release date:

  • 1970

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Runtime:

  • 100 min (60 hs )

The Magic Christian

The Magic Christian is a 1969 film directed by Joseph McGrath and starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, with noteworthy appearances by John Cleese, Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee, Richard Attenborough and Roman Polanski. It was loosely adapted from...

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