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Monty Python (sometimes known as The Pythons) was a British surreal comedy group who created Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series. The Python phenomenon developed from the television series into something larger in scope and impact, spawning touring stage shows, films, numerous albums, several books and a stage musical as well as launching the members to individual stardom. The group's influence on comedy has been compared to The Beatles' influence on music.
The television series, broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974, was conceived, written and performed by members Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Loosely structured as a sketch show, but with an innovative stream-of-consciousness approach (aided by Gilliam's animation), it pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable in style and content. A self-contained comedy team responsible for both writing and performing their work, the Pythons' creative control allowed them to experiment with form and content, discarding rules of television comedy. Their influence on British comedy has been apparent for years, while in North America it has coloured the work of cult performers from the early editions of Saturday Night Live through to more recent absurdist trends in television comedy. "Pythonesque" has entered the English lexicon as a result.
Actors: Marc Powers (actor), Ryan Bonnick (actor), Giovanni Alabiso (actor), Marissa Lapadura (editor), Marissa Lapadura (actress), Marissa Lapadura (producer), Marissa Lapadura (director), Lois Jenner (actress), Josh Nason (writer), Christopher Titus (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Tonci Pivac (actor), Campbell Cooley (actor), Sean O'Connor (actor), Andy Sophocleous (producer), Andy Sophocleous (producer), Andy Sophocleous (writer), Andy Sophocleous (actor), Tim Tsiklauri (director), Tim Tsiklauri (producer), Tim Tsiklauri (writer), Omar Al-Sobky (actor), Edward Sampson (editor), Jeremy Birchall (actor), Anita Crisinel (actress), Marshall Smith (composer),
Plot: Our story follows four unlikely friends connected through social football when they fall victim to methamphetamine addiction. Thomas is a psychologist who has reached a crisis point in his life. Still single and borderline obsessive-compulsive, he needs help himself. Unable to cure a cheeky young drug addict, he starts wondering what else he can do besides quoting textbooks. Raj is usually just happy to follow his friends in their choice of adventures. He is an actor with a very slim credit list. There is a strong sense of "now or never" growing inside him. He is also aimlessly drifting in a dysfunctional relationship with his overly controlling girlfriend. Nick is a seriously conflicted, angry, and slightly racist Catholic priest with a hidden past. He is clinging desperately to the ideal of being a priest because this is the only direction he has in life. But something deep down inside him knows that he is living a lie. Jimmy is a sex-obsessed unscrupulous used car salesman, an ex-criminal struggling to go straight. He strains to project the image of a suave entrepreneur, but in reality his business is falling apart. No stranger to illicit substances, Jimmy becomes a devil's advocate when Nick is presented with a bag of meth by a worried parishioner. Acting as the catalyst, the drug sends our four friends on a disastrous yet hilarious roller-coaster ride that will change their lives forever.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Lauren Lakis (actress), Alain Azoulay (actor), Ben Kliewer (actor), Anthony J. Croupe (director), Anthony J. Croupe (producer), Richard Caughlin (producer), Richard Caughlin (producer), Rebecca Hawkins (miscellaneous crew), May Satsuki Asai (editor), Richie Levinson (writer), Amarakvati Murphy Ly (producer), Jamie Rigmaiden (composer), Ron Elliott (actor), Jessica Abarca (miscellaneous crew), Sean Malone (producer),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Short, Thriller,Actors: Detto Mariano (composer), Enrico Oldoini (writer), Pasquale Festa Campanile (writer), Enrico Oldoini (writer), Ottavio Jemma (writer), Mario Carotenuto (actor), Aurelio De Laurentiis (producer), Enrico Montesano (actor), Enzo Robutti (actor), Andrea Roncato (actor), Philippe Leroy (actor), Renzo Montagnani (actor), Adriano Celentano (actor), Adriana Russo (actress), Pasquale Festa Campanile (director),
Plot: Two episodes: A roman coachman fulfills the dream of his life and meets the Pope. A priest crazy about dancing wins the first prize in a contest.
Keywords: dance-contest, dancing, italian-sex-comedy, italy, pasta, priest, sex-comedyActors: Pancho Córdova (actor), Álvaro Carcaño (actor), Carmen Zapata (actress), Farnesio de Bernal (actor), Robert Day (director), Susana Dosamantes (actress), Laurence Rosenthal (composer), Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (actor), Roger Cudney (actor), Sergio Calderón (actor), Jason Miller (actor), Enrique Novi (actor), Quinn Martin (producer), Richard Angarola (actor), Jerry Young (editor),
Plot: A priest, Father Wasson who is assigned at a mostly mexican town meets some orphans. He decides to make a home for them. He takes keen interest in a boy named Julio, who's a little belligerent. But Father Wasson thinks that he is just acting out cause his parents are dead. He would grow up and become a doctor. One day his wife and daughter are killed. He then goes to visit his old home and Father Wasson.
Keywords: orphanActors: Gigi Ballista (actor), Paolo Bonacelli (actor), Walter Chiari (actor), Luigi Diberti (actor), Vincent Gardenia (actor), Luca Sportelli (actor), Magali Noël (actress), Nicola Badalucco (writer), Armando Trovajoli (composer), Valeria D'Obici (actress), Leo Pescarolo (producer), Vincenzo De Toma (actor), Francesco Massaro (director), Francesco Massaro (writer), Lia Tanzi (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Derek Francis (actor), Michael Ripper (actor), Cyril Shaps (actor), John Welsh (actor), Anthony Hinds (writer), Christopher Lee (actor), Don Sharp (director), Joss Ackland (actor), Francis Matthews (actor), Alan Tilvern (actor), Brian Wilde (actor), Anthony Nelson Keys (producer), Bartlett Mullins (actor), Bryan Marshall (actor), Barbara Shelley (actress),
Plot: The movie chronicles the events of history's "man of mystery," Rasputin. Although not quite historically accurate and little emphasis is put on the politics of the day, Rasputin's rise to power and eventual assassination are depicted in an attempt to explain his extraordinary power and influence.
Keywords: 1910s, abbot, acid, assassination, attempted-rape, betrayal, bishop, character-name-in-title, child-in-peril, chokingActors: Edmond Ardisson (actor), Roland Armontel (actor), Charles Aznavour (actor), Lucien Baroux (actor), Lucien Baroux (actor), Yves Barsacq (actor), Maurice Biraud (actor), Jean-Claude Brialy (actor), Jean Carmet (actor), Jean Carmet (actor), René Clermont (actor), René Clermont (actor), Marcel Dalio (actor), Marcel Dalio (actor), Claude Dauphin (actor),
Plot: 1) Jerôme Chambard, a retired man, taken in by nuns in a convent, swears like a trooper. 2) Françoise takes a lover because he has promised her a diamond necklace. 3) Denis, a seminarist, decides to renounce his vows to avenge his sister. 4) God in person lands at a remote farm and works miracles there. 5) Pierre learns that his mother is not his mother, but a famous actress. 6) Didier, a bank clerk, teams up with a bank thief after being fired by the manager 7) Jerôme Chambard is invited to Sunday lunch by his friend the bishop and by dint of drinking to their friendship the holy man cannot remember the ten commandments anymore
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, based-on-novel, depiction-of-god, number-in-title, sketch-comedyActors: A.E. Matthews (actor), Ferdy Mayne (actor), Valentine Dyall (actor), John Laurie (actor), Patrick Macnee (actor), Albert Lieven (actor), James Knight (actor), Felix Aylmer (actor), Ian Fleming (actor), John Boxer (actor), Vincent Holman (actor), Edward Cooper (actor), Carl Jaffe (actor), Roland Culver (actor), Pete Murray (actor),
Plot: Portrays in warm-hearted detail the life and loves of one extraordinary man. We meet the imposingly rotund General Clive Wynne-Candy, a blustering old duffer who seems the epitome of stuffy, outmoded values. Traveling backwards 40 years we see a different man altogether: the young and dashing officer "Sugar" Candy. Through a series of relationships with three women and his lifelong friendship with a German officer, we see Candy's life unfold and come to understand how difficult it is for him to adapt his sense of military honor to modern notions of "total war."
Keywords: 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, actress-playing-multiple-roles, admiral, aging, air-raid, ambulanceActors: Walter Huston (actor), George Abbott (director), Victor Hugo (writer), Norman McKinnel (writer), Charles S. Abbe (actor), Josephine Hull (actress), Duncan Penwarden (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,