The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979

IMDb 7.1 1979 • 50 min • DocumentaryComedyTV Movie

Director

Unknown

Country

TN

Plot Summary

Ten years ago exactly, more or less, give or take a day or two, six young men sat down, or maybe stood, or perhaps some of them just lounged, and wrote the first episode of a new series called Owl Stretching Time. They were called Graham Chapman , John Cleese, Terry Gilliam , Eric Idle,Terry Jones and Michael Palin and later both they and the series became known as Monty Python 's Flying Circus . Today they are the best known British comedy group in the world, famous from Cathay to Kathmandu, from Sydney to Sidcup (except in Japan where the programme is called The Gay Boys' Dragon Show ... say no more). To commemorate their tenth anniversary a BBC team tracked them down in the deserts of Tunisia where they were filming their Life of Brian and almost persuaded them to examine the genesis, the genius and the gender of Monty Python.

Top Cast

Graham Chapman
Graham Chapman Self
John Cleese
John Cleese Self
Carol Cleveland
Carol Cleveland Self
Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam Self
Eric Idle
Eric Idle Self