Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam ( /ˈɡɪliəm/; born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Brazil (1985), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), The Fisher King (1991), 12 Monkeys (1995), and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). The only "Python" not born in Britain, he took British citizenship in 1968.
Gilliam was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Beatrice (née Vance) and James Hall Gilliam, who was a traveling salesman for Folgers before becoming a carpenter. Soon after, they moved to the nearby Medicine Lake.
The family moved to Panorama City, California, in 1952. Gilliam attended Birmingham High School where he was class president and senior prom King, was voted "Most Likely to Succeed", and achieved straight A's. During high school, he began to avidly read Mad magazine, which was then edited by Harvey Kurtzman; this later influenced his work.
Terry Gilliam: Career in 40 Minutes
Terry Gilliam - Monty Python animations
Quentin Tarantino on Terry Gilliam as Sundance Institute Mentor // SiriusXM // Stars DEC 2012
Terry Gilliam on Brazil | #BFISciFi
Terry Gilliam on Letterman, 1982
The Miracle of Flight. A cutout animation by Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam criticizes Spielberg and Schindler's List
Terry Gilliam on Python and Renouncing America
Kermode Uncut: My Top Five Terry Gilliam Films
Monty Python - Pythons on Terry Gilliam
Zero Theorem Official Trailer (2014) Christoph Waltz, Terry Gilliam
Monty Python Talks About... Disneyland - Terry Gilliam
'Hot Air & Fantasy - The Adventures Of Terry Gilliam' -- Rare 1989 Making Of Documentary
DP/30: The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, writer/director Terry Gilliam
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In 1979 the Monty Python comedy team return from making their film 'Monty Python's Life of Brian' in Tunisia. Premiered in America the film is pilloried by ultra-right religious groups for its depiction of Christ. In England the Popular Peoples' Church of St Sophia (whose members include a Tourette's sufferer who shouts out swear words) find a copy of the script in a dustbin and lobby the British censor for its suppression, leading to many local councils banning its screening. Death threats follow and Michael Palin - "the nicest man in Britain" - has his effigy burned on his front lawn. Finally crazed TV programmer Alan Dick persuades Palin and co-star John Cleese to defend the picture on a late night chat show against the Bishop of Southwark and religious commentator Malcolm Muggeridge. Thanks to Cleese's reasoning the Pythons are seen to triumph, winning over the Popular Peoples' Church. A later encounter with God will show how the film's controversy paved the way for other artistic endeavours which prompted protest. Brilliant characterisations are vitiated by a satirical 'treatment' including animated sequences and irritating attempts at surreal wit when a documentary style treatment would have sufficed. Several of the Pythons were hostile to the film, summed up in the floor manager's comment. "Another fantasy sequence...lame".
Keywords: 1970s, banned-film, blasphemy, censorship, christian-fundamentalism, christian-sect, christianity, england-uk, film-censorship, great-britain
Terry Gilliam: Career in 40 Minutes
Terry Gilliam - Monty Python animations
Quentin Tarantino on Terry Gilliam as Sundance Institute Mentor // SiriusXM // Stars DEC 2012
Terry Gilliam on Brazil | #BFISciFi
Terry Gilliam on Letterman, 1982
The Miracle of Flight. A cutout animation by Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam criticizes Spielberg and Schindler's List
Terry Gilliam on Python and Renouncing America
Kermode Uncut: My Top Five Terry Gilliam Films
Monty Python - Pythons on Terry Gilliam
Zero Theorem Official Trailer (2014) Christoph Waltz, Terry Gilliam
Monty Python Talks About... Disneyland - Terry Gilliam
'Hot Air & Fantasy - The Adventures Of Terry Gilliam' -- Rare 1989 Making Of Documentary
DP/30: The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, writer/director Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam Interview - Fear & Loathing
TERRY GILLIAM : SA VIE, SON OEUVRE - L'Envers du Raccord 04
Terry Gilliam - The Christmas Card
爆笑問題のススメ テリー・ギリアム Terry Gilliam
The Films of Terry Gilliam
Intervista: Terry Gilliam scatenato su supereroi, Monty Python e L'uomo che uccise Don Chisciotte
Terry Gilliam: Zero Theorem Interview
Durch die Nacht mit Terry Gilliam und John Landis - Teil 1/4
The Zero Theorem Official Trailer #1 (2014) - Terry Gilliam Sci-Fi Fantasy HD
Brazil Terry Gilliam 1985 subtitulos español
Terry Gilliam - Meet the Filmmaker - interview about 'The Zero Theorem'
Terry Gilliam on Q TV
Lucca Film Festival 2015 - Lezione di Terry Gilliam
The CineFiles - TERRY GILLIAM PART 2!
Brazil (1985)
BRAZIL le film de Terry Gilliam
Johnny Depp & Terry Gilliam in FEAR & LOATHING ON CHARLIE ROSE
BBC Radio 4 - DID: Terry Gilliam
Brazil (ispirato a 1984 di George Orwell) - Italiano - Integrale
The CineFiles - TERRY GILLIAM PART I!!
It's Erik Nagel: Terry Gilliam (09/20/14)
Terry Gilliam: The Zero Theorem Interview
Time Bandits 1981 1080p HD Watch! Full Episode
Terry Gilliam - Dragon Con 2014
02-28-1989 Letterman Shelley Long, Terry Gilliam
Crítica de cine sobre "Brazil" de Terry Gilliam
cut out animation by terry gilliam
Terry Gilliam & Mick Burrs, Filmmaker and Poet Reunion
Camerimage Terry Gilliam interview
TERRY GILLIAM - THE MAKING OF BRAZIL - 1992 INTERVIEW
Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones Monty Python Interview
Terry Gilliam Interview 2014 : The Zero Theorem - Beyond The Trailer
Terry Gilliam interviewed by Simon Mayo
Time Bandits & The Zero Theorem Terry Gilliam Interview
Terry Gilliam | Brazil
THE ZERO THEOREM with Terry Gilliam
terry gilliam interview at Ibiza
Terry Gilliam Interview - The Zero Theorem, Johnny Depp's Don Quixote, BIFAs 2012
Monty Python Reunion Terry Gilliam Interview
Terry Gilliam Interview - Independent Cinema, New Films & Johnny Depp's Don Quixote
Terry Gilliam, post-it interview
Brazil, (1985) 'F.U.L.L. M.O.V.I.E H.D'
Time Bandits 1981 Full Movie HD
Spider Eater
Terry Gilliam - DIRECTOR'S CUT - Season 01 - Ep #3
The Graham Norton Show S14E11 John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
Renault Twizy in The Zero Theorem by Terry Gilliam
Renault Twizy in The Zero Theorem by Terry Gilliam
Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 full movie
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) FULL Movie
Lucca Film Festival 2015 - Lezione di Cinema di Terry Gilliam
Lucca Film Festival 2015 - Premiazione di Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam: The Zero Theorem Interview
BBC Radio 4 - FrontRow: Terry Gilliam, and Siri Hustvedt 13 MAR 2014
BBC Radio 4 - FrontRow: Terry Gilliam & Edward Gardner; Clean Bandit; Joshua Ferris. 2 Jun 14
The Ladies
Terry Gilliam's Brazil Driving Scene
Terry Gilliam's Brazil Bombing Scene
Homenaje TERRY GILLIAM Almería en corto 2014
CONOSCERE TERRY GILLIAM ● #ILCINEMASECONDOME (SPECIALE LFF)
Il saluto di Terry Gilliam ai lettori di BadTaste.it
The Meaning of Life - Trailer (Starring: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle)
Terry Gilliam and THE FISHER KING