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And Now for Something Completely Different

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And Now for Something Completely Different is a 1971

British sketch comedy film based on the television
comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring
sketches from the first two series. The title was used as a
catchphrase in the television show.

And Now for Something Completely

Different

The film, released in 1971, consists of 90 minutes of

sketches seen in the first two series of the television
show. The sketches were remade on film without an
audience, and were intended for an American audience
which had not yet seen the series. The announcer (John
Cleese) appears briefly between some sketches to deliver
the line "and now for something completely different", in
situations such as being roasted on a spit and lying on top
of the desk in a small, pink bikini.

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Background
Production with Lownes
Budget
Origins of phrase
Cast
Sketches
Reaction
7.1 British audiences
7.2 American audiences
8 DVD releases
9 References
10 External links

Background
This was the Pythons' first feature film, composed of
some of their favourite sketches from the first two series
of the Flying Circus, re-shot on an extremely low budget
(and often slightly edited) for cinema release. Some
famous sketches included are: the "Dead Parrot" sketch,
"The Lumberjack Song", "Upperclass Twits", "Hell's
Grannies", and the "Nudge Nudge" sketch. Financed by
Playboy's UK executive Victor Lownes, it was intended
as a way of breaking Monty Python into America, and
although it was ultimately unsuccessful in this, the film
did good business in the UK. The group did not consider
the film a success, but it enjoys a cult following today.

Original film poster

Directed by

Ian MacNaughton

Produced by

Patricia Casey

Written by

Monty Python

Based on

Monty Python's Flying Circus

by Monty Python

Starring

Graham Chapman
John Cleese
Terry Gilliam
Eric Idle
Terry Jones
Michael Palin

Music by

Douglas Gamley
Fred Tomlinson
Michael Palin
Terry Jones

Cinematography David Muir

Edited by

Thom Noble

Production
company

Playboy Productions
Python (Monty) Pictures
Kettledrum/Lownes
Productions

Distributed by

Columbia Pictures

Release dates

28 September 1971

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