The Pythons in their sixties! Terry Gilliam makes movies like “The Brothers Grimm.” John Cleese plays tiny roles in the James Bond and Harry Potter movies. Eric Idle repurposed the best of the Python movies for a stage production titled “Spamalot.” Terry Jones makes historical documentaries for the BBC. Graham Chapman has joined the choir invisible. And the great Michael Palin has taken to taking long trips with film crews.
Palin, who is secretly one-quarter American, traveled around the world in 80 days in 1989, traveled from the North Pole to the South Pole via Asia and Africa in 1992, traveled the entire Pacific Rim in 1997, and followed the travels of Ernest Hemingway from Europe to Africa to America to Cuba in 1999. In the 21st century, his travels have grown slightly less global. 2004’s “Himalaya” confined his journeying to the mountains of the Far East, and 2002’s “Sahara,” which hits American DVD shelves today, returns him to the planet’s largest desert, including the site that served as backdrop for “Life of Brian.”
The set comes will all four hourlong episodes, plus a 16-minute interview with Palin, 25 minutes of a Palin video diary, and 30 minutes of deleted scenes.