Tag: Michael Palin

American Friends Script

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Year:1991
Director:Tristram Powell
Written by:Michael Palin (Writer), Tristram Powell (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline and her companion Elinor, the blossoming Irish-American girl she adopted many years before. Ashby finds he enjoys their company, particularly that of Elinor, and both the women are drawn to him. Back at Oxford he is nevertheless taken aback when they arrive unannounced. Women are not allowed in the College grounds, let alone the rooms. Indeed any liaison, however innocent, is frowned on by the upstanding Fellows.
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Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

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Year:1982
Director:Terry Hughes, Ian MacNaughton
Written by:Graham Chapman (Screenplay), John Cleese (Screenplay), Terry Gilliam (Screenplay), Eric Idle (Screenplay), Terry Jones (Screenplay), Michael Palin (Screenplay), Tim Brooke-Taylor (Screenplay), Marty Feldman (Screenplay), Angus James (Screenplay), David Lipscomb (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl is a 1982 concert film in which the Monty Python team perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several pre-Python ones.
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl Script Resources:

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  • Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl ( tt0084352 ) at IMDb
  • Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl ( 11949 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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The Meaning of Life

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Year:1983
Director:Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
Written by:Graham Chapman (Screenplay), John Cleese (Screenplay), Terry Gilliam (Screenplay), Eric Idle (Screenplay), Terry Jones (Screenplay), Michael Palin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.
The Meaning of Life Script Resources:

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Time Bandits

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Year:1981
Director:Terry Gilliam
Written by:Terry Gilliam (Writer), Michael Palin (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.
Time Bandits Script Resources:

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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Year:1975
Director:Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Written by:Graham Chapman (Writer), John Cleese (Writer), Eric Idle (Writer), Terry Gilliam (Writer), Terry Jones (Writer), Michael Palin (Writer)

Script Synopsis:King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".
Monty Python and the Holy Grail Script Resources:

  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail Script PDF at archive.org
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail Script - Final draft at Screenplays For You
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail Script at angelfire.com
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail Script PDF - 3/20/74 FINAL at Script City ($)
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail Script at Amazon ($)

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  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail ( tt0071853 ) at IMDb
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail ( 762 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Life of Brian

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Year:1979
Director:Terry Jones
Written by:Graham Chapman (Screenplay), John Cleese (Screenplay), Terry Gilliam (Screenplay), Eric Idle (Screenplay), Terry Jones (Screenplay), Michael Palin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
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