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A (Not Really) Reunion Movie For The Monty Python Gang??
Merrick here...
There's a CGI / live action science fiction film coming our way which isn't being formally touted as a "Monty Python reunion!," although it has a few kinda/sorta elements of one.
Mike Medavoy (BLACK SWAN, SHUTTER ISLAND, ZODIAC) is a producer on ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING which Terry Jones is directing. Jones previously helmed Python's THE MEANING OF LIFE and THE LIFE OF BRIAN, as well as co-directing MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL with Terry Gilliam. As an unrelated side note, he also directed an episode of THE YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES.
Per THIS piece in Variety...
...the Pythons voicing key roles as a a group of aliens who endow an earthling with the power to do "absolutely anything" to see what a mess he'll make of things -- which is precisely what happens. There's also a talking dog named Dennis who seems to understand more about the mayhem that ensues than anyone else does. Robin Williams will voice the character.
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"Anything" is based on a script developed by Jones and Gavin Scott over the past two decades.
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Jones...said Gilliam and Python members John Cleese and Michael Palin have agreed to perform and added that producers are attempting to sign Eric Idle.
Current plans have the filming rolling in the U.K this Spring, for a budget of $15-20 million (per TheWrap, where you can glean a few more details).
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I'm spent!
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suspense.
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I musta missed that one.
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Is this the atheist version?
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Jan 27, 2012 1:23:17 PM CST
This parrot is deceased. Nothing worse than old people trying to do things
by ultratron
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Jan 27, 2012 1:29:42 PM CST
@ ultratron: actually your biggest mistake was quoting the most overquoted Python episode of all time
by awepittance
at least come up with a quote that isnt the default go-to Python reference! A real Python fan wouldn't do that :)
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only if he doesnt have to be in a room with rest of them...
what people forget is that the pythons arent joined at the hip.
this is great stuff....
sit back relax and enjoy...
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Jan 27, 2012 1:34:26 PM CST
BENNY HILL YOU FUCKTARD! CREEPYTHINMANLIVEZ OWNZ YOUR ASS! FACT!
by creepythinmanlivez
i'M GAY TOO-I'LL POKE HARRY'S FAT RED HAIRED ASS! FACT!
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No? Shame.
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he doesnt like the other pythons much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkxCHybM6Ek -
The "teaser" you probably saw is for an upcoming Honda superbowl commercial with the Ferris Bueller character, not a movie thank you Jebus
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when you have stuff like this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWVshkVF0SY&feature=fvwrel -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DA2MKuI6fs&feature=fvsr
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...that's about it.
No it's not...
"I remember back in the old days we used
to make our own fun at xmas parties.
I would strike myself in the head repeatedly
with blunt instruments, while crooning...
ONLY MAKE BELIEVE...I LOVE YOU!!
[CRUNCH! CRUNCH!!]
ONLY MAKE BELIEVE...THAT YOU LOOVVVE MEEE!!!
[oWW, oH!!]"
Get's me every time.
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So it's an advert for an advert. What will they think of next.
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Jan 27, 2012 2:15:34 PM CST
grab some unused Chapman audio clip, have Idle record his in another room. bingo bongo bango, you got yourself a reunion.
by eyeforgivemelgibson
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Jan 27, 2012 2:17:31 PM CST
I've always thought Monty Python could use some Robin Williams.
by mickster_island
Y'know, because they tend to get a little funny, intelligent, and engaging. You need to break that up a bit.
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. . . wish the other Terry was directing.
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Jan 27, 2012 3:17:17 PM CST
The new film should star Marilyn Monroe, with Carl French to direct.
by greatwhitenoise
We've got James Dean in it, in a box. And bits of Jayne Mansfield...
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It's all about as funny as anything Mel Brooks has done which means it sucks ass. Why ppl think this shit is side splitting material use to be a mystery but then I realized they feel obligated to laugh whether they want to or not because they're mindless slugs who have been told it's funny.
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Jan 27, 2012 3:45:34 PM CST
Lost interest at "Robin Williams will..."
by has_snyder_been_fired_from_superman_yet
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Jan 27, 2012 3:56:44 PM CST
@mickster - if you like a little robin williams with your python...
by percane
check out the adventures of baron munchausen
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This is me feigning outrage at your "crazy" completely "new" take on Monty Python in order to satisfy your hipster troll nonesense. Now, be a good troll and go hide under a bridge for a while, please.
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A two headed alien gave a guy in a bar super strength just to see observe how he would use/abuse it.
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Why no Eddie Izzard? He's been called by Cleese as the "Lost Python."
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Jan 27, 2012 6:27:25 PM CST
sad part is how 80% of the people who see this movie will have no idea there was a reunion.
by rkdn
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Jan 27, 2012 6:45:11 PM CST
@alienindisguise -- So glad we won't have to put up with your presence at the theatre, then.
by greatwhitenoise
Git.
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What avoids sunlight, is hideous and sits under a bridge and waits for people?
That's right.
A fuckhead with no taste in comedy. -
For two reasons, he said it would not be the same without Chapman, and he thought doing another Python movie would be "repeating himself". I say it's nonsense. Meaning of Life was a TERRIBLE ending to the Python saga, they need another one: the search for Chapman's ashes!
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Jan 27, 2012 8:59:38 PM CST
I've got better things to do than go down to the dairy!
by lao_che_air_freight
I think there's a lesson there for all of us...
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And those don't even have John.
The Cycling Tour, and the one that starts with Biggles dictating a letter>Storage Jars>Cheese Shop are tops as well. -
Archeology Today - The look on John's face when Terry J yells "I've had more women than either of you two!" is priceless.
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The H G Welles adaptation The Man Who Could Work Miracles. Holds up surprisingly well considering it was made in 1936; even the effects are still pretty good.
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an animated movie about Graham Chapman's life and all the other Pythons lent their voices. If so, these are great news.
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When I read about this project over a year ago, it suggested John Oliver would be the main character. This, by the way, would be awesome.
Now it's this Sanjeev Bhaskar guy. Fuck that. I'm not paying to see a Python cameo and deal with this guy for an hour and a half.
I repeat: Fuck. That. -
Any time Williams shows up in a film the thing is a disaster.
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Jan 28, 2012 5:46:01 AM CST
Terry Jones also wrote Labyrinth and Erik the Viking.
by bedknobs_and_boomsticks
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If a fan is someone who saw every episode of the original flying circus when they originally aired.
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Where can I see it? How? Answer me! Answer me now!
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Jan 28, 2012 1:02:25 PM CST
emperor - it's actually the plot to H.G.Wells 'The Man Who Could Work Miracles'...
by workshed
...and I doubt anything could ever top the original with Roland Young, one of my all-time favourites. Of course, it was already remade twice with Carrey and Carrell. It'll be interesting to see if Jones & the Python team can keep it unmistakeably British. He should get Gilliam on board for sure.
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Three words: Good Will Hunting. Robin Williams is insufferable 99% of the time, but very occasionally a director can get a performance out him that doesn't suck donkey.
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Jan 28, 2012 2:54:43 PM CST
which MP movie has the scene with the giant ship crushing the city for ten minutes?
by deaft0ne
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I believe that's "The Meaning of Life". To Python haters, I guess there are those who just "don't get" English humor or Mel Brooks as well. For me they were essential to my childhood and they still make me laugh even after having seen all the old Mel Brroks films and Monty Python films/tv shows as well. It's just sad, like others have voiced, that many will not know its a "semi" reunion. Yes, Chapman will be sorely missed. And remember "every sperm is sacred, every speem is good..." and "it's only a flesh wound"
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Jan 29, 2012 10:38:41 AM CST
Deaft0ne -- it's a short film that appears as part of "The Meaning of Life"...
by greatwhitenoise
It's called "The Crimson Permanent Assurance", and it concerns a bunch of downtrodden insurance employees who mutiny against their bosses, and turn their little office building into a pirate ship of sorts. They then sail off into the financial district of a large city, where they sack and pillage big banks and finance companies. Pretty funny stuff, especially in this day and age.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX61PUZ3xkI
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