Celebrating 40 years of Monty Python, Almost the Truth: The Lawyer’s Cut brings the six-part IFC documentary series to DVD with a host of extras.
Chronicling the hugely influential comedy troupe’s entire history, Almost the Truth spans decades of Pythonism, and features tributes from the likes of Russell Brand, Jimmy Fallon, Simon Pegg, Steve Coogan, Dan Aykroyd, and Seth Green. It’s rounded out by sketches, film clips, and revelations, such as the lengths George Harrison went to in order to fund The Life of Brian.
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When New York’s Ziegfeld Theater hosts an advance screening of IFC’s documentary Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut) on Thursday, everyone in the audience will have a favorite moment they hope is included, somewhere between the interview with Arthur “Two Sheds” Jackson from the first episode of the original BBC TV series to Mr. Creosote’s evening at the restaurant in The Meaning of Life. (For the rest of us, the documentary airs in six parts on IFC from Oct. 18-23.) At this point, however, the surviving members of the comedy troupe — who will be there to answer questions from the audience after the screening — have been apart much longer than they were together, and they’ve all done great projects on their own (or working in smaller clusters). Here are some of the highlights, presented in alphabetical order by Python. Read More »
