Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

1982 "Never before in the history of human civilization has there been a movie called "Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl""
7.8| 1h17m| R| en
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Monty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days.

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VividSimon Simply Perfect
Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
s_albert ...And already Colin is working on that weak left knee of his...I wish comedy like this was still being produced. From the wrestling skit to The Last Supper where Michaelangelo (Idle) is trying to convince the pope (Cleese) to flesh out the painting with 28 disciples and 3 Christs, to Silly Olympics and the Marathon for Incontinents, to International Philosophy where the great German thinkers take on the Greeks for a match of contemplative football, and of course The Four Yorkshiremen who take "when I was a child" exaggerations of hardship to the ridiculous level like only they could, and my personal favorite: Little Red Riding Hood who daintily kicks down trees and uses their lumber to wipe her nose while she's gnawing on a shank of meat.And amidst all of this lunacy is an attention to detail and authenticity that transform a collection of satires into a masterpiece.
Sean Lamberger Talk about the perfect relationship between a comedy troupe at the top of their game and an audience that's precisely in-tune with them. The Pythons didn't have a long window of acceptance in the States, but they made the most of it with performances like this one. Uproariously funny, and even though I knew which skits were coming up just by the slightest bits of foreshadowing (and could telegraph them word for word in some cases) I was still laughing until it hurt. I think most of the California crowd was in pretty much the same place that night. An unbelievable performance that makes me really sad I never had a chance to see the Pythons live.
sales-282 The unfunniest so called comedy I've ever seenNot a patch on the naturalism of the hilariously dark Twin Town or most dark American comedies. The best comedy is anti-establishment anyway which Python certainly are not.Vegas I ;like normally but this script is so dire so predictable so well English in the worst way (In recent years the English films have been awful all of them) Ireland at least produced the commitments, Scotland with Braveheart and Trainspotting 2 stand out great movies and Wales had Twin Town, Zulu, Last Days of Dolwyn , Torchwood, Doctor Who and Under Milk Wood etcThe comedy is paint by numbers, the actors are dead men walking because there is no characterization and no originality and it's just soooo unfunnyEngland is falling behind no matter how many grim up north movies they produce. It's the old class system that destroys English films. The Oxbridge graduates spewing endlessly clichéd scripts about working class people they've never lived with. It is pathetic. Monty Python wasn't funny, neither was anything from Oxbridge. it's just not funny.Let guys like Jonny Vegas and Peter Kay, Rob Brydon, Billy Connolly or write their own dialogue and forget the archaic failed class system let the working class people and the real talent that comes through the system properly take over the writing and the British and English film industries will rise again what next prince Edward to write a modern day Oliver Twist?
didi-5 This live show, featuring all six Pythons plus Carol Cleveland and Neil Innes, is a mix of their own classic sketches and some stuff which predated the team together. Cleveland of course had been an honorary member of the group right from day one as she was almost always the glamour girl in their sketches; Innes had been involved with them since TV series 4 and Holy Grail.Not entirely a success, it does shine for the following - Graham's sketch where he wrestles with himself, the film bits of the German shows (rarely seen stuff on the Olympics and a fairy story about Red Riding Hood), the songs - Terry Gilliam's 'I've Got Two Legs', Neil Innes' 'How Sweet To Be An Idiot' and more. The Lumberjack Song is there but no Dead Parrot (but it isn't missed).From pre-Python there is 'Four Yorkshiremen', which is funny whoever chooses to appear in it. For audience participation the best bit is the 'Philosopher's Song', which song-sheet to sing along to. However, I didn't enjoy this as much as the TV programmes and the films. It seemed too contrived and rather cynical at times, and also (particularly from Cleese) there is too much reliance on swearing to get laughs when there's no need. It's ok if you've already seen anything else - but avoid if you don't know Python already.