Terry Gilliam
- 84 years old
- American
- Actor, director, animator and writer
Press clippings Page 3
Michael Palin's Memory Palaces review
Many of these tales might be familiar to fans, but it's good to hear them told, most engagingly, from the Python's mouth. So don't expect great insights into the working of Gilliam's eccentric mind, but an array of entertaining anecdotes that unfold with a little more space that they would get on the usual chat-show circuit.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th July 2021How Monty Python's dead parrot went live in Coventry
The dead parrot went live 50 years ago on Sunday when Monty Python made the leap from TV to public performance.
BBC, 31st January 2021The night Monty Python held their first ever live show
In 1971 the comedy troupe were looking to take the unique style of humour to the stage, and the Belgrade Theatre provided the perfect stage.
Danny Thompson, Coventry Telegraph, 30th January 2021Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life Blu-ray review
At the final reckoning, Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life is a curate's egg.
Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 24th September 2020Favourite film aged 12: Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Monty Python's chivalric sketch show served up epic amounts of daftness - and any adult reservations about it prove mere flesh wounds.
Alfie Packham, The Guardian, 23rd June 2020Monty Python's Flying Circus, series 3 Blu-Ray review
Continuing my reviews of Network Distributing's remastered high-definition versions of Monty Python's Flying Circus (read the first and second parts here), Series 3 finds the show at its height of popularity on television, albeit with a few signs of fatigue or repetition and less classic sketches in its arsenal.
Dan Owen, Frame Rated, 7th April 2020How Monty Python and the Holy Grail changed comedy
There has never been a movie with quite the combination of silliness and influence as Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and there may never be again.
Tyler Sage, Ultimate Classic Rock, 3rd April 2020Streaming with laughter: 50 best stand-up comedy shows
From Bill Hicks to Hannah Gadsby, Dave Chappelle to Josie Long - here are 50 specials you can watch right now.
Paul Fleckney, Harriet Gibsone, Ellen E Jones, Brian Logan and Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 22nd February 2020BBC: far from perfect but has given us great comedy
The daft ditties of Glasgow's Ivor Cutler and Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks might never have seen the light 'without the BBC, writes Aidan Smith.
Aidan Smith, The Scotsman, 28th January 2020Review: Monty Python's Flying Circus, series 2 Blu-Ray
This Series 2 box-set review was being written when news of Terry Jones' passing broke on 22 January 2020, so it seems only fitting to single out his contribution to Monty Python as a founding member.
Dan Owen, Frame Rated, 27th January 2020