And Now for Something Completely Different

And Now for Something Completely Different
Original US theatrical release poster
Directed byIan MacNaughton
Terry Gilliam (animated sequences)
Written byMonty Python
Based onMonty Python's Flying Circus
by Monty Python
Produced byPatricia Casey
Starring
CinematographyDavid Muir
Edited byThom Noble
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia-Warner Distributors[1]
Release date
  • 28 September 1971 (1971-09-28)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£80,000

And Now for Something Completely Different is a 1971 British sketch comedy film based on the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring sketches from the show's first two series.[2] The title was taken from a catchphrase used in the television show.

The film, released on 28 September 1971 in the United Kingdom and 22 August 1972 in the United States,[3][4] consists of 90 minutes of sketches and animation sequences seen in the first two series of the television show. All of the sketches were recreated for the film without an audience, and were intended for an American audience which had not yet seen the series. The announcer (John Cleese) appears briefly between some sketches to deliver the line "and now for something completely different", in situations such as being roasted on a spit and lying on top of a desk in a small pink bikini, as well as the Colonel (Graham Chapman) interrupting them and deeming them "too silly".

  1. ^ "And Now For Something Completely Different (1971)". BBFC. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ "And Now for Something Completely Different". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  3. ^ McCall, Douglas (12 November 2013). Monty Python: A Chronology, 1969-2012, 2d ed. p18. McFarland. ISBN 9780786478118.
  4. ^ "And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) – IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 26 September 2021.