This led to other cinematic outings, including “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” (1975), “Life of Brian” (1979) and “The Meaning of Life” (1983).Cleese achieved big screen success of his own with “A Fish Called Wanda” (1988), which he wrote and starred in as an uptight ...
1975 saw the full Monty Python team (complete with Cleese) back on the big screen for the first time in a plotted story, rather than sketches.Monty Python And The Holy Grailwas an historical send-up of the legend of King Arthur, with Gilliam and Jones sharing the directors chair. (The ...
It’s impossible to overstate how influential your body of work — fromA Fish Called WandatoFawlty Towersto especially Monty Python — has been on modern comedy. But what comedy inspired you growing up that your fans may not know about? Well the biggest influence, and this might surprise you...
After Python, he worked on several of Terry Gilliam’s films including Brazil, won a BAFTA for his role in A Fish Called Wanda, and hosted a series of BBC travel docs. Eric and I were briefly keen to do a tour after those reunion shows and Palin didn’t want to do it. That was...
Following his success in Monty Python - alongside Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle and Terry Jones - Palin went on to star in films including A Fish Called Wanda, for which he won a BAFTA. SpreakerUnfortunately we have been unable to verify if yo...