Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus (2008)

Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus

2008

Documentary Comedy

Synopsis

Discover how six seemingly ordinary but supremely talented men became Monty Python, sketch comedy's inspired group of lunatics who turned such unlikely sources of inspiration as Spam, dead parrots and the Inquisition into enduring punch lines. This entertaining documentary includes interviews with members of the troupe, as well as home movies, photos and rare recordings from Monty Python's early years.

Credits

Director

Will Yapp

Cast

Eric Idle as Self

Frank Muir as Self (archive footage)

Graham Chapman as Self (archive footage)

Humphrey Barclay as Self

John Cleese as Self

Michael Palin as Self

Robert Hewison as Self

Stanley Unwin as Self (archive footage)