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Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

  • 83 years old
  • American
  • Actor, director, animator and writer

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Movies you might have missed: Python's Meaning of Life

The British musical sketch comedy film might have been a disappointment to the Monty Python troupe, but it still contains some of the funniest scenes ever committed to film.

Darren Richman, The Independent, 6th December 2017

Terry Gilliam: the time he shared a crew with Star Wars

The filmmaker and animator talks Monty Python, revisiting his cult classic Jabberwocky, and finally finishing filming The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'.

Sopan Deb, The Independent, 23rd November 2017

What happened to the comedy trademark?

Comedians once embraced a signature quip or look, so why have such tropes fallen out of favour?

James Kettle, The Guardian, 7th August 2017

Python's Terry Gilliam wraps production on Don Quixote

The Monty Python star is determined to bring The Man Who Killed Don Quixote to the big screen.

Eleanor Bley Griffiths, Radio Times, 5th June 2017

Preview - Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Lawyer's Cut)

This documentary series was made back in 2009, but it is still one of my favourites, covering just about everything about Monty Python (at the time - this was still before their final shows at the O2 Arena).

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 23rd March 2017

The inside stories behind Monty Python

Extracts from Adrian Besley's new book Monty Python's Flying Circus: Hidden Secrets.

Adrian Besley, Daily Mail, 18th February 2017

Nobody expected the Spanish Inquistion

Breaking news: Michael Palin was not always Mr Nice. During last night's in-conversation event the comedian-turned-traveller revealed that he once wrote horror stories. But apart from that his halo remains unscathed.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 6th February 2017

The Monty Python's Flying Circus team's first big-screen guffaw is a rerun of some of their famous TV sketches. The anarchic battiness of these early sketches doesn't quite hold up; the later efforts, in which the Pythons harnessed humour into a mock-historical context, were more successful. But it's fun to see Cleese, Palin, Idle and all in the loopy pomp of their youth.

Paul Howlett, The Guardian, 23rd December 2016

Terry Gilliam made 'city of literature' ambassador

He is the maverick filmmaker who shot to fame more than 40 years ago as a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Now Terry Gilliam is to be unveiled as an unlikely literary ambassador for Edinburgh - with a neon-lit quote from his favourite book set to greet thousands of visitors to the city every day.

Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 10th February 2016

Monty Python & the Holy Grail's lost animation revealed

The reel of unseen Terry Gilliam creations has been released to mark the film's 40th anniversary.

Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 15th October 2015

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