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  Monty Python Live (mostly) - One Down Five to Go (2014)

  "Monty Python Live (mostly) - One Down Five to Go" 
  Director: Aubrey Powell
  Release Date: 1 November 2014
  Running Time: 2:40
  
  
  Filmed live on July 20th on the final night of the run of ten sold out performances at The O2 in London, "Monty Python Live (mostly) – One Down Five to Go" sees the five surviving members - John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin – together with Carol Cleveland, perform many of their classic sketches and much-loved songs.
  
  The show also encompasses film inserts from Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Terry Gilliam’s iconic animations, outrageous dance routines by an ensemble of twenty and a fantastic live orchestra. The show cements the Python’s reputation as the most influential comedy group of all time and, more importantly, still one of the funniest. "Monty Python Live (mostly) – One Down Five to Go" is the ultimate Monty Python show.
  
  Bonus Material
  
  - Behind the scenes "Sneak Peeks" of:
  - The Reunion - November 2013
  - The Announcement - November 2013
  - The Production - November 2013 to July 2014
  - Backstage At The O2 - July 2014
  - Highlights from the 10 Shows at London’s O2 Arena - July 2014
  - Plus exclusive footage of the Pythons as Pepperpots and Gumbys.
  
  See Also
  
  "Monty Python Live (mostly) – One Down Five to Go" – Live show.
  
  "Monty Python: The Meaning of Live" – A behind-the-scenes documentary about how the reunion show was mounted.
  
  
  
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  Reviews
  
  "If Python was a cult when it first appeared, it has since achieved the status of established religion for many fans; this first show sold out in 40 seconds, and plenty here are dressed up as favourite characters, calling out the lines of each sketch like a litany. If groundbreaking comedy relies on wrong-footing the audience with unexpected twists and unlikely juxtapositions – precisely as these sketches did when they were fresh – then this must be the opposite. But there's a different kind of enjoyment in the singalong delight of familiarity, and the Pythons serve that up with gusto." – Stephanie Merrirr, The Observer (2014)
  
  "The joyous reprise of skits like Four Yorkshiremen, Nudge Nudge and Spanish Inquisition made you grasp what all the fuss was about." – Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph (2104)
  
  "A blissfully profane mix of their most popular songs and sketches." – Variety (2014)
  
  "Five tuxedo'd old geezers, necks like tortoises, creaked and croaked through a patchy night of their greatest hits. The Monty Pythons were back, courtesy of their vitamin quacks and John Cleese's ex-wife's divorce lawyer." – Quentin Letts, The Daily Mail (2014)

More films from Monty Python

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)

Monty Python's And Now For Something Completely Different (1971)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)