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Actors: Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Chris Kattan, Val Kilmer
Actors: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews
Synopsis: Shrek and Fiona's (Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz, respectively) fairy-tale wedding has gone off without a hitch, yet just as the beaming newlyweds prepare to enjoy their blissful "happily ever after," the sudden death of King Harold (John Cleese) finds everyone's favorite ornery ogre being Read More
Actors: Harry Nilsson, Jimmy Webb, Micky Dolenz, Rick Jarrard, Doug Hoefer
Synopsis: "A family walks into a talent agent's office..." So begins "The Aristocrats," a joke kept mostly secret by stand-up comedians for decades. An intentionally "bad" joke, the laughs in The Aristocrats aren't in the punch-line (one of the only elements that's the same every time), but in the set-up Read More
Synopsis: Few television comedy programs have had the enduring success of the legendary Monty Python show. Now fans of the surrealist sketch comedy series can find all of Eric Idle's best moments from the influential series in one place thanks to this Python-approved release from A&E Home Entertainment. Read More
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Vivica A. Fox, Patrick Bergin, Steve Coogan, Jennifer Higham, Eric Idle
Synopsis: Adapted from author Gail Carson Levine's award-winning children's book of the same name, the Miramax-financed modern fantasy Ella Enchanted is directed by Tommy O'Haver and stars The Princess Diaries alumna Anne Hathaway. Ella (Hathaway) lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment Read More
Synopsis: Airplane stars Robert Hays and Leslie Nielsen are reunited in this animated fairytale about a bratty prince who learns a lesson about wishes. After carelessly handling some magical nuts, the prince turns everyone in the kingdom into toys. Now it's up the young prince to stop the nasty Mouseking Read More
Actors: Joe Brown, Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Sam Brown, Jeff Lynne, George Harrison
Synopsis: Both as a member of the Beatles and as a solo artist, George Harrison was one of the best loved and most influential musicians of his generation, and when he died November 29, 2001, after a long battle with cancer, it was a tremendous blow to the many great artists who were his friends and Read More
Actors: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lolita Davidovich
Synopsis: Further cementing 2003 as the year of Ron Shelton cop movies, the director continued his vacation from the sports genre with Hollywood Homicide, a police comedy that comes right on the heels of Shelton's Dark Blue, a decidedly grittier cop thriller. The film stars Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett Read More
Crew: Director
Actors: Eric Idle, Neil Innes, Rikki Fataar, John Halsey
Synopsis: Monty Python-alum Eric Idle directs and stars in this sequel to his 1978 mockumentary, The Rutles. It's decades later and the Rutles are embarking on their final reunion tour. Along for the ride is S.J. Krammerhead (Idle) who, just like in the first film, interviews several notable celebrities who Read More
Actors: Eric Idle, Kathy Najimy, Tommy Davidson, Mark Rendall, Kat Dennings
Synopsis: Originally titled The Soul Patrol, the made-for-cable The Scream Team was loosely based on a Disney internet game. After the death of their grandfather, young Ian and Claire Carlyle (Mark Rendall, Kat Dennings) discover that the tiny New England home town is something of a halfway house for Read More
Actors: Glenn Close, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Evans, Tim McInnerny, Ian Richardson, Gérard Depardieu
Synopsis: Glenn Close goes to the dogs once again in this sequel to 101 Dalmatians, Disney's 1996 live-action adaptation of their beloved animated classic. After three years in prison, Cruella De Vil (Close) is judged to have paid her debt to society and is set free, as she pledges to have nothing to do Read More
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alfred Molina, Eric Idle, Robert Prosky
Synopsis: After giving George of the Jungle human form, Brendan Fraser returns to cartoon-land with another live-action update of an animated TV classic. Set in the peaceful village of Semi-Happy Valley high in the Canadian Rockies, our story focuses on Dudley Do-Right (Fraser), a member of the Royal Read More
Actors: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes, Jesse Howell
Synopsis: The most tasteless third graders on television graduate to the big screen, as Trey Parker and Matt Stone expand their animated series with foul-mouthed humor that might breach the boundaries of basic cable. In the small Colorado town of South Park, good-natured Stan Marsh, slightly neurotic Kyle Read More
Synopsis: The history of one Monty Python's Flying Circus is examined in this release featuring interviews with the Pythons and friends, new sketches, "The Lost Python Mayday Special," and much more. An animated tribute from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone offers testament to Monty Python's Read More
Actors: John Goodman, Eric Idle, Bob Newhart, Debbie Reynolds, Richard Simmons
Synopsis: Bill Kowalchuk produced and directed this animated interpretation of the familiar Christmas fable about the eccentric reindeer, highlighted by nine musical numbers. Following the song's basic outline, dad Blitzen is embarrassed by the antics of cute yet offbeat Rudolph who has a glowing nose, gets Read More
Actors: Jessalyn Gilsig, Andrea Corr, Cary Elwes, Bryan White, Gary Oldman
Synopsis: For this feature-length foray into Arthurian animation, screenwriters Kirk DeMicco (A Day in November), William Schifrin (Townies), Jacqueline Feather (Dancing in the Dark), and David Seidler (Tucker, Dancing in the Dark) adapted The King's Damosel (1976) by British novelist Vera Chapman. The Read More
Actors: Harvey Korman, Peter MacNicol, Ralph Macchio, William H. Macy, Arthur Malet, Andrea Martin, Meshach Taylor, Dom DeLuise, Eric Idle, Andrew Ducote
Synopsis: In this direct-to-video sequel to Don Bluth's 1982 animated adventure The Secret of NIMH, Timmy (voice of Ralph Macchio) is the son of two courageous mice who helped save the day for the animals of Thorn Valley. While the wise Nicodemus has predicted that Timmy will some day be a great hero -- and Read More
Synopsis: This film features all the surviving members of Python, gathered together to perform at a comedy festival in Colorado. Many of the group's favorite skits are performed. Also featured are classic clips from the television program and interviews with the cast members who reminisce and engage in the Read More
Actors: Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D, Richard Jeni, Eric Idle
Synopsis: First, a little background: in 1955, the Director's Guild of America created the pseudonym Alan Smithee, which film directors are allowed to use if they feel their work has been tampered with to such a degree that they no longer want the credit. (For example, if you look at the credits of the Read More
Synopsis: With his nerves at the breaking point, Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) is in no mood for the rude behavior he encounters at every turn at the Café Nervosa. When one customer becomes particularly abusive, Frasier uncharacteristically administers an "etiquette lesson" with physical force. Word quickly Read More
Actors: Steve Coogan, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Antony Sher, Nicol Williamson
Synopsis: Former Monty Python members Terry Jones, Eric Idle, John Cleese, and Michael Palin were reunited by director Jones for this live-action adaptation of the 1908 children's fantasy classic by Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932). The actors have only slight physical changes to suggest animal characteristics Read More
Actors: Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, Malachi Pearson
Synopsis: Based on the popular cartoon character, this family-oriented "ghost story" is about a not-so-scary spirit who bonds with a little girl (Christina Ricci). The eternally irritable Ms. Carrigan (Cathy Moriarty) discovers that the only thing she's been left in her recently departed father's will is a Read More
Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter
Actors: Rick Moranis, Eric Idle, Barbara Hershey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cleese
Synopsis: Splitting Heirs is a dull mistaken identity comedy about a British Duke (Eric Idle) who is switched at birth when his parents accidentally left him behind in a restaurant, picking up the wrong baby by mistake. Idle is raised by Pakistanis and when he discovers his true identity, he begins plotting Read More
Actors: Teri Garr, Jeffrey Jones, Jon Lovitz, Wallace Shawn, Thalmus Rasulala
Synopsis: Just after the evil Emperor Spengo (Jon Lovitz) imprisons King Raff (Eric Idle), he spots a California housewife (Teri Garr) through his telescope. He decides to beam her up along with her husband (Jeffrey Jones), but isn't prepared to deal with the results when both become interplanetary freedom Read More
Actors: Robert Downey, Jr., Eric Idle, Andrea Martin, Jim Haynie, Laura Ernst
Synopsis: In this riotous British satire, a conniving Catholic priest convinces a dying tycoon into writing the church into his will by having him add the following proviso: the tycoon's children will only inherit the fortune if one of them can produce an heir within one year after his death. If they fail Read More
Actors: Eric Idle, Robert Wuhl, Lauren Hutton, Richard Belzer, Bob Gunton
Synopsis: In this comedy thriller two dopey pals try to solve a puzzling riddle. If they succeed, one of them will inherit a valuable artifact, an object desired by a number of suspicious characters willing to do just about anything to obtain it. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Crew: Screenwriter
Actors: Eric Idle, Robbie Coltrane, Camille Coduri, Janet Suzman, Doris Hare
Synopsis: Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane team up for this bad boy comic burlesque, directed by Jonathan Lynn. Idle and Coltrane play Brian Hope and Charlie McManus, a pair of two-bit hoods who want to go straight, repulsed by the increasing reliance on guns and violence in their line of work. In thrall to Read More
Synopsis: This 56-minute video celebrates 25 years' worth of inspired lunacy from Britain's Monty Python's Flying Circus. Loyal Pythonites John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam are interviewed, offering surprisingly sobersided insight as to what made their zany Read More
Actors: John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Uma Thurman, Oliver Reed, Charles McKeown, Sting, Robin Williams, Valentina Cortese
Synopsis: Director Terry Gilliam adroitly applies his Monty Python sensibilities upon the "career" of famed German prevaricator Baron von Munchausen. Played herein by John Neville, the baron is seen quelling a war that he himself started, flying into the stratosphere on the back of a cannonball, ballooning Read More
Synopsis: This is a retrospective of the British comedy troupe on their 20th anniversary. Hosted by comedian Steve Martin, many of the group's most famous routines are showcased. Included are such gems as the Spam diner, the lingerie-clad lumberjacks, and the officials from the Ministry of Silly Walks. Read More
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Eric Idle, Peter Ustinov, Julia Nickson
Synopsis: Pierce Brosnan stars as adventurer Phineas Fogg in this adaptation of Jules Verne's classic story, in which to win a wager he must travel around the globe in 80 days or less. However, Fogg has been blamed for the theft of a large amount of money, and a detective (Peter Ustinov) is hot on his trail Read More
Actors: Eric Idle
Synopsis: This adaptation of the Gilbert & Sullivan opera is set in England during the depression. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Leonard Nimoy, Robert Stack, Judd Nelson, Eric Idle, Orson Welles
Synopsis: In this theatrically released chapter of the 1984-1987 syndicated animated series, the struggle between the heroic Autobots and evil Decepticons is taken twenty years into the future as both sides must deal with a world-devouring being called Unicron (voiced by Orson Welles). Set in 2005, The Read More
Actors: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Jason Lively, Dana Hill, Eric Idle
Synopsis: Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold and his wife, Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) -- and their two generally repulsive children, Rusty (Jason Lively) and Audrey (Dana Hill) -- are off on a European vacation thanks to a winning stint on a quiz show. As the movie unfolds in brochures featuring London, Paris, and Read More
Actors: Peter Cook, Terry Jones
Synopsis: The Secret Policeman's Private Parts, the second of two concert films produced on behalf of Amnesty International, is better photographed than the first (The Secret Policeman's Other Ball) but not quite as enjoyable. As in the earlier film, the show is stolen by the Monty Python aggregation: John Cleese Read More
Crew: Composer (Music Score), Screenwriter
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Synopsis: The Meaning of Life is without a doubt the most tasteless of the Monty Python feature films; it also happens to be one of the funniest. Life's questions are "answered" in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a pre-credits sequence at a staid London insurance company which transforms Read More
Actors: Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Tommy Chong, Eric Idle, Peter Cook
Synopsis: This colorful spoof of pirate movies had all the makings of a classic farce and yet sank straight to Davy Jones' locker at the box-office, for despite it's all-star international cast of famous comedians, and despite the fact that it was largely co-written by "Monty Python"-veteran Graham Chapman Read More
Synopsis: Robert Browning's cautionary poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin is vividly brought to the 21-inch screen by director Nicholas Meyer. Monty Python regular Eric Idle stars as the enigmatic Piper, who agrees for a price to rid the town of Hamelin of its rat population. When the corrupt city elders refuse Read More
Synopsis: The Faerie Tale Theatre production of the classic fairy tale The Tale of the Frog Prince was adapted and directed by Monty Python alumnus Eric Idle and stars Robin Williams and Teri Garr. Williams plays a prince who is turned into a frog by a jilted fairy godmother. Garr is the princess who turns Read More
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Synopsis: Like The Secret Policeman's Other Ball, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl consists of "concert" footage of the nonsensical British Monty Python troupe. This 77-minute collection of skits and blackouts features stalwart Pythoners Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones Read More
Synopsis: Peter Noone of "Herman's Hermits" fame and Eric Idle of "Monty Python" renown appear in this episode as British rock-and-rollers London and Derek. In desperate need of a tax shelter, the two musicians propose marriage to a pair of gullible American girls--namely, Laverne (Penny Marshall) and Read More
Actors: John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm
Synopsis: A young boy joins a group of renegade dwarves on an unpredictable journey through time in this humorous fantasy. Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam mostly achieves a tricky balancing act in his second feature as sole director, creating a dark, irreverent comedy disguised as a family adventure. Read More
Actors: Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam
Synopsis: On a midnight clear 2,000 years ago, three wise men enter a manger where a babe is wrapped in swaddling clothes. It is an infant called Brian...and the three wise men are in the wrong manger. For the rest of his life, Brian (Graham Chapman) finds himself regarded as something of a messiah -- yet Read More
Actors: Eric Idle, Bob Dylan
Synopsis: This 1979 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Eric Idle and features an appearance by Father Guido Sarducci. The musical guest is Bob Dylan. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More
Crew: Director, Screenwriter
Actors: Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, Eric Idle, Neil Innes
Synopsis: A mockumentary of a Beatles-like singing group called the Rutles, The Rutles is a collaboration between Monty Python alumnus Eric Idle and Saturday Night Live filmmaker Gary Weis. The members of the "pre-Fab Four" are Nasty, Barry, Stig, and Dirk. There really isn't any plot, just a series of Read More
Actors: Eric Idle, Kate Bush
Synopsis: This 1978 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Eric Idle and features musical guest Kate Bush. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Max Wall, Deborah Fallender, John Le Mesurier, Annette Badland, Warren Mitchell
Synopsis: An innocent country farmer experiences a number of improbable misadventures that culminate in a battle against the titular beast in this broadly comic fantasy. The first solo outing of director Terry Gilliam, who served as animator and co-director on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, returns to the Read More
Actors: Eric Idle, Neil Innes
Synopsis: This 1977 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Eric Idle and features musical guest Neil Innes. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: This documentary is a filmed record of the preparations and rehearsals for a Monty Python group performance in conjunction with "Beyond the Fringe" comedian Peter Cook at Her Majesty's Theatre in London in 1976. Backstage sequences are also shown. The very serious work involved in creating funny Read More
Actors: Eric Idle, Joe Cocker
Synopsis: This 1976 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Eric Idle and features musical guests Joe Cocker and Stuff. One of the most memorable things in this particular episode is John Belushi's amazing impression of Joe Cocker singing "With A Little Help From My Friends." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Read More
Synopsis: From its opening multi-language titles (that sure looks like Swedish) to the closing arrest of the entire Dark Ages cast by modern-day bobbies, Monty Python and the Holy Grail helped to define "irreverence" and became an instant cult classic. This time the Pythonites savage the legend of Read More
Synopsis: In this episode, Chris Quinn enters a department store and demands to buy an ant named Marcus. When Chris goes home, his mum informs him that Michael Ellis -- for whom he has been repeatedly mistaken -- has been looking for him. On his own, Chris attends a poetry reading, in which Wordsworth Read More
Synopsis: In this episode, Alex Diamond runs over two singing tramps while en route to lumbago specialist Dr. Emile Koning. Next door to the doctor, Rear Admiral Humphrey DeVere recalls an incident in WW2, in which London was bombed by cabbage crates and attacked by troops bearing wands and wearing tutus. Read More
Synopsis: As they had done in the summer of 1972, the cast of Monty Python's Flying Circus appeared on a 50-minute special for German television in October of 1973. Highlights of "Monty Python Bloeden fur Deutschland" include a visit with Superbutcher!, a profile of famed mice and fish preserver Frank Read More
Synopsis: The fourth and final season of Monty Python's Flying Circus was launched on October 31, 1974, with the episode titled "The Golden Age of Ballooning." The Montgolfier Brothers develop a lighter-than-air craft with the reluctant assistance of Joseph Montgolfier's fiancée Antoinette, who makes a very Read More
Synopsis: Originally broadcast December 5, 1974, "Party Political Broadcast" was the final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus. The broadcast in question features the "Worst Family in Britain" finals, with the grotesque Garibaldis placing third despite strong support from the Liberal Party. An Icelandic Read More