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Review by:

Patrick Mulkern

I remember being taken as a youth to a double bill of And Now for Something Completely Different and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and thinking even then that this was an ex-comedy, it had ceased to be. (Although for some reason I was quite taken with Michael Palin’s Lumberjack Song.)

For many, of course, Monty Python remains timeless and here its original players recall how the show became a hit in America, leading to the aforementioned movies. They’re still amazed at Holy Grail’s success, bearing in mind Graham Chapman’s alcoholism and John Cleese’s self-confessed diva behaviour.

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4/6. The comedians discuss making the transition from television to cinema, and discuss their experiences making films including Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

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