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Monty Python filmography

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The Monty Python comedy troupe branched off into a variety of different media after the success of their sketch comedy television series, Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Contents

Television

  • Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
  • Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972)
  • Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python (1989)
  • Python Night – 30 Years of Monty Python (1999)
  • Monty Python's Personal Best (2006)
  • Live shows

  • Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
  • Monty Python Live at Aspen (1998)
  • Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014)
  • Films

    There were four Monty Python films:

  • And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  • Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
  • Musicals and plays

  • Spamalot
  • Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
  • Books

    The following official Monty Python books authored by the team members have been published, mostly in large format:

  • Monty Python's Big Red Book (1971) – Hardcover and paperback. Covers vary.
  • The Brand New Monty Python Bok (1973) (Paperback edition issued as The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok)
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1977) (First draft and shooting scripts, with Gilliam pictures, lobby cards, stills, correspondence and cost breakdown - the film script later republished separately as a standard paperback)
  • The Life of Brian of Nazareth/Montypythonscrapbook (1979) (Expanded film script plus a lot of extra material published back-to-back with it - the film script later published separately as a standard paperback)
  • Monty Python - The Case Against (1981) (Written with Robert Hewisohn - an official, script-heavy guide to the Pythons' battles with the censors)
  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) (Expanded film script with photos)
  • Monty Python: Just the Words (1989) (Mostly complete transcripts of all 4 television series. Originally published in two volumes)
  • The Complete Works of Shakespeare and Monty Python: Vol. 1 – Monty Python (1981) (a repackaging of both the Big Red Book and the Brand New Bok)
  • The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Songbook (1995)
  • Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus - Sämtliche Deutschen Shows (1998) (Germany-only scriptbook for the two Fliegender Zirkus specials)
  • Monty Python Speaks! (1999) (Written and edited by David Morgan - an oral history of the group's work comprising new interviews with all the surviving members and their extended working families)
  • A Pocketful of Python, picked by Terry Jones (1999) (Terry Jones's favorite Python moments.)
  • A Pocketful of Python, picked by John Cleese (2000) (John Cleese's favorite moments from the Python films and TV series.)
  • A Pocketful of Python, picked by Terry Gilliam (2001) (Terry Gilliam's favorite Python moments.)
  • A Pocketful of Python, picked by Michael Palin (2001) (Michael Palin's favorite Python moments.)
  • A Pocketful of Python, hand-picked by Eric Idle (2002) (Eric Idle's favorite Python moments.)
  • The Pythons Autobiography By The Pythons (2003) (Edited by Bob McCabe - a large-format, illustrated coffee table book, oral history of Monty Python told through collection of interviews from Python members and friends; later reissued as small, text-only paperback.)
  • The Very Best Of Monty Python (2006) (Full-colour paperback combining the five volumes of A Pocketful of Python)
  • Monty Python Live! (2009) (A combination of oral history and new Python comedy book including the complete illustrated libretto of Python's live shows)
  • Records

    Original Monty Python album releases:

  • Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970)
  • Another Monty Python Record (1971)
  • Monty Python's Previous Record (1972)
  • The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief (1973)
  • Monty Python Live at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (1974)
  • The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  • Monty Python Live at City Center (1976)
  • Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
  • Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album (1980)
  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
  • Compilation albums:

  • The Monty Python Instant Record Collection (1977)
  • The Final Rip Off (1987)
  • Monty Python Sings (1989)
  • Spinoff albums include:

  • Monty Python's Spamalot – Original Broadway Cast (2005)
  • Not The Messiah (2009)
  • Monty Python's Spamalot - UK Cast Album (2010)
  • In addition, there have been several singles, either on general release or as promotional material (including magazine freebies).

    Computer and video games

  • Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Computer Game (1991)
  • Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time (1994)
  • Live With(out) Monty Python (1994)
  • Monty Python's More Naughty Bits (1994)
  • Monty Python's Invasion from the Planet Skyron (1995)
  • Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail (1996)
  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1997)
  • Other collaborations outside of Monty Python

    In addition to their work as a group, the six members have collaborated with each other on numerous other film and television projects outside of Monty Python.

    References

    Monty Python filmography Wikipedia