Movies by Terry Gilliam
As part of the cast:
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Not the Messiah (2009)
Cast: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones …
Directed by: Aubrey Powell
"Spamalot" creators Eric Idle and John Du Prez penned this one-night-only musical tribute to Monty Python's Life of Brian, an impertinent oratorio performed at London's Royal Albert…
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Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (2006)
Cast: Harry Nilsson, Jon Voight, Ray Cooper …
Directed by: John Scheinfeld
Brilliant, mysterious singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson cut an indefinable path across the 1960s pop-cultural landscape, garnering such fans as John Lennon and Randy Newman. This discerning…
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Lost in La Mancha (2002)
Cast: Terry Gilliam, Johnny Depp, Jeff Bridges …
Directed by: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe chronicle the making of a movie that was never actually completed in this documentary about Terry Gilliam's repeated (and repeatedly failed)…
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Directors: Terry Gilliam (2000)
Cast: Terry Gilliam, Shelley Duvall, Brad Pitt …
Directed by: Robert J. Emery
Critics hail writer-director Terry Gilliam (Monty Python, Twelve Monkeys, Brazil) as one of the industry's most inventive artists. This documentary highlights his achievements and…
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Before the Flying Circus (2000)
Cast: Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones …
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,…
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Monty Python Conquers America (2000)
Cast: Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones …
Follow the evolution of Monty Python from its beginnings as a wacky British sketch comedy troupe to its current standing as a certified global phenomenon that redefined humor and shaped an…
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Crocodile Dundee (1986)
Cast: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon …
Directed by: Peter Faiman
When a New York reporter (Linda Kozlowski) plucks crocodile hunter Dundee (Paul Hogan) from the Australian Outback for a visit to the Big Apple, it's a clash of cultures and a recipe for…
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Spies Like Us (1985)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Steve Forrest …
Directed by: John Landis
In director John Landis's slapstick comedy of errant espionage, it's up to Emmett (Chevy Chase) and Austin (Dan Aykroyd) -- two CIA spies who have never left their boring offices in…
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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam …
Directed by: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
The no-holds-barred Pythons explore the various facets of life -- from procreation to the clang of a death knell -- in their typical irreverent fashion, proclaiming "Every sperm is sacred."…
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Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam …
Directed by: Terry Jones
Born on the original Christmas Day in the stable next door to Jesus, Brian (Graham Chapman) grows up to join an anti-Roman separatist group. But as he tries to escape trouble with the law, he…
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
The Monty Python comedy clan skewers King Arthur and his knights of the round table as they quest far and wide for the Holy Grail in this inspired piece of lunacy that's utterly quotable…
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Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
Cast: John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle …
Directed by: Ian MacNaughton, Terry Gilliam
Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam provide a hilarious romp through their madcap minds in this compilation of the best sketches from their…
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Monty Python's Flying Circus: Michael Palin's Personal Best (1969)
Cast: Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese …
Directed by: John Howard Davies, Ian MacNaughton
One of the key players in the Monty Python troupe, Michael Palin has compiled personal favorite moments from the groundbreaking show that continues to influence sketch comedians (and…
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Monty Python's Flying Circus: Eric Idle's Personal Best (1969)
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam …
Directed by: John Howard Davies, Ian MacNaughton
Monty Python's Eric Idle muses over the funniest moments of the hilarious British ensemble sketch comedy show "Flying Circus" in this entertaining retrospective that pairs the…
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Monty Python's Flying Circus: Terry Gilliam's Personal Best (1969)
Cast: Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, John Cleese …
This engrossing PBS special trains its lens on funnyman Terry Gilliam -- the sole American in the brilliant English comedy troupe Monty Python -- as he holds court and shares his best moments…
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Monty Python's Flying Circus: Terry Jones' Personal Best (1969)
Cast: Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, John Cleese …
Terry Jones invites his Monty Python cohorts to join him at the piano for this PBS special while he plays and talks his way through his best moments with the pioneering comedy troupe,…
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Monty Python's Flying Circus: Graham Chapman's Personal Best (1969)
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam …
Graham Chapman's Monty Python compatriots -- including John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin -- pay homage to the late, great comedian in this…
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Heath Ledger …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
When a deal with the devil comes due, the immortal Doctor Parnassus must renegotiate the pact to save his daughter. Now, with the help of his mystical theater troupe and a mysterious…
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The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Cast: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Monica Bellucci …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Director Terry Gilliam's tale of adventure centers on the Grimm brothers -- Jake and Will -- who travel from village to village posing as exterminators of magical creatures ... but…
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Tideland (2005)
Cast: Jodelle Ferland, Jennifer Tilly, Jeff Bridges …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
With her junkie father (Jeff Bridges) spending most of his time in a stupor mourning the recent death of his wife (Jennifer Tilly), Jeliza-Rose (Jodelle Ferland) is free to roam the…
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Jeter …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
This cult favorite chronicles the hallucinogenic misadventures of a sportswriter and his lawyer on a three-day romp from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Motoring across the Mojave Desert to Sin…
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12 Monkeys (1995)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, Christopher Plummer …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
In the year 2035, convict James Cole (Bruce Willis) volunteers reluctantly to be sent back in time by scientists to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the…
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The Fisher King (1991)
Cast: Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Racked with guilt after he inadvertently inspires a listener's murderous rampage, pompous shock jock Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges) has hit rock bottom when he meets Parry (Robin Williams), a…
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)
Cast: John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Writer-director Terry Gilliam puts a fantastical spin on the stories of Baron Munchausen, an 18th-century German aristocrat who claimed he'd journeyed to the moon, been swallowed by a…
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Brazil (1985)
Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Part social commentary, part outrageous fantasy, Terry Gilliam's black comedy set in an Orwellian future stars Jonathan Pryce as a daydreaming civil servant who, through one bureaucratic…
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Brazil: The Love Conquers All Version (1985)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam vociferously contested this edited version of his futuristic satire, which studio chair Sid Sheinberg made in response to poor audience testing. Sheinberg chopped nearly 40…
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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam …
Directed by: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
The no-holds-barred Pythons explore the various facets of life -- from procreation to the clang of a death knell -- in their typical irreverent fashion, proclaiming "Every sperm is sacred."…
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Time Bandits (1981)
Cast: John Cleese, Sean Connery, Ian Holm …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
In Terry Gilliam's fantastic voyage through time and space, a boy escapes from his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarves. On their journey, they visit Napoleon…
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Jabberwocky (1977)
Cast: Michael Palin, Harry H. Corbett, John Le Mesurier …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
After the death of his father, a young medieval cooper -- conveniently known as Dennis Cooper (Michael Palin) -- journeys to town, where he's soon enlisted to hunt down and slay the…
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
The Monty Python comedy clan skewers King Arthur and his knights of the round table as they quest far and wide for the Holy Grail in this inspired piece of lunacy that's utterly quotable…
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Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
Cast: John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle …
Directed by: Ian MacNaughton, Terry Gilliam
Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam provide a hilarious romp through their madcap minds in this compilation of the best sketches from their…