Project Detail

A Liar's Autobiography

Synopsis

Subtitled 'The Untrue Story Of Monty Python's Graham Chapman.'
John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam pay tribute to their late Monty Python colleague Graham Chapman in this hilarious 3-D animated adaptation of Chapman's brazenly fictionalized life story.

Details

Year
2012
Type of film
Features
Running time
85 mins
Director
Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson, Ben Timlett 1st Feature
Producer
Bill Jones, Ben Timlett, Justin Weyers
Executive Producer
Mark Sandell, Meyer Shwarzstein
Editor
Bill Jones
Sound
André Jacquemin
Composer
John Greswell, Christopher Murphy Taylor
Principal cast
Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Bill and Ben Productions

20 Great Chapel Street
London
W1F 8FW
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7734 4933

Sales Company

SC Films International

3a Lower James Street
London
W1F 9EH
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7287 1900

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