Life of Python

1990 · 55 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 218 VOTES · DIR. Mark Redhead, Mark Chapman

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Overview

This BBC documentary tells the history of the Python group, allowing a few glimpses at the works of its predecessors (At Last the 1948 Show, Do Not Adjust Your Sets etc.) and various interviews with the group's members and other associated artists.

DocumentaryComedy1990s

Dialogue Timeline — 1,345 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:04 The BBC would like to announce
00:02:46 They don't want us to notice they're here.
00:05:21 It wasn't necessarily oppressive.
00:07:39 He hadn't made the great odyssey across the atlantic.
00:10:21 and we're all sorry about it
00:12:45 how about that
00:15:41 of trying to make people laugh.
00:18:06 I beg your pardon?
00:20:12 'cause he's a man who has to maintain his control more
00:22:41 everybody had written over the last week or two weeks
00:25:05 And came on this one.
00:28:00 we were doing something different.
00:30:12 I could act better
00:32:17 And, uh, I-- certainly you can say
00:34:38 when you get two metaphors--
00:36:37 I thought, why can't we do it?
00:38:39 A Sauternes, perhaps?
00:40:53 And the fellas didn't know what to do.
00:42:48 I thought you were so rugged!
00:44:53 with a whiskey for pudding.
00:47:09 Um, it was late '73, really
00:49:11 On the way, there's all sorts of jokes
00:51:29 Clear off those bushes, go on!
00:54:06 and we all want the others to do well

Cast & Characters

Dan Aykroyd Self Dudley Moore Self Steve Martin Self Chevy Chase Self Terry Gilliam Self Terry Gilliam Various Roles John Cleese Self John Cleese Various Eric Idle Self Eric Idle Various Roles Terry Jones Self Terry Jones Various Roles

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,345
Dialogue density24.5 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line00:54:06

Production Record

DirectorMark Redhead, Mark Chapman
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes218