Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyers Cut) is a 2009 documentary that covers the members of the Monty Python comedy troupe from their birth to the present day. It highlights their childhood, schooling and university life, pre-Python work and includes interviews from modern day comedians and performers that cite the troupe as an influence--including Steve Coogan, Eddie Izzard, Russell Brand, and Bruce Dickinson. It is the first time in over twenty years that all five surviving Pythons (John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin) have come together for such a project. The film also includes archive footage of the late Graham Chapman.

Courtesy of the ever useful BBFC classifications website, we can see that just last week the upcoming, multi-part Monty Python doc Almost the Truth: The Lawyer’s Cut was granted a 15 cert. for DVD distribution. What’s more, they gave us a full break down of the series by episode, and also a complete listing of the bonus sketches, extra interviews and deleted scenes included.

Also noted is that the documentary has three directors, including Alan Parker who we already knew about, and Bill Jones and Ben Timlett, both of whom are news to me; and that Simon Pegg, Dan Aykroyd, Russell Brand, Tim Roth, Seth Green, Steve Coogan, Eddie Izzard and Jimmy Fallon will all be appearing.

I’ve tried to make sense of all of the extra info for you after the break.

Here are the episode titles of the six separate shows:

The Not So Interesting Beginnings
The Much Funnier Second Episode – Flying Circus Included
And Now the Sordid Personal Bits
The Ultimate Holy Grail Episode
Lust for Glory
Finally! The Last Episode Ever! (For Now)

Each of which runs between 51 and 58 minutes a piece.

The various deleted scenes, running a few minutes a piece, have the following entici.......
more

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyers Cut) is a 2009 documentary that covers the members of the Monty Python comedy troupe from their birth to the present day. It highlights their childhood, schooling and university life, pre-Python work and includes interviews from modern day comedians and performers that cite the troupe as an influence--including Steve Coogan, Eddie Izzard, Russell Brand, and Bruce Dickinson. It is the first time in over twenty years that all five surviving Pythons (John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin) have come together for such a project. The film also includes archive footage of the late Graham Chapman.

Courtesy of the ever useful BBFC classifications website, we can see that just last week the upcoming, multi-part Monty Python doc Almost the Truth: The Lawyer’s Cut was granted a 15 cert. for DVD distribution. What’s more, they gave us a full break down of the series by episode, and also a complete listing of the bonus sketches, extra interviews and deleted scenes included.

Also noted is that the documentary has three directors, including Alan Parker who we already knew about, and Bill Jones and Ben Timlett, both of whom are news to me; and that Simon Pegg, Dan Aykroyd, Russell Brand, Tim Roth, Seth Green, Steve Coogan, Eddie Izzard and Jimmy Fallon will all be appearing.

I’ve tried to make sense of all of the extra info for you after the break.

Here are the episode titles of the six separate shows:

The Not So Interesting Beginnings
The Much Funnier Second Episode – Flying Circus Included
And Now the Sordid Personal Bits
The Ultimate Holy Grail Episode
Lust for Glory
Finally! The Last Episode Ever! (For Now)

Each of which runs between 51 and 58 minutes a piece.

The various deleted scenes, running a few minutes a piece, have the following entici.......
more