Underplayed Gems

The Pythons (1979)

The Pythons poster
Original title
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
50 min
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

This is a documentary about the Monty Python comedy group. It was filmed in Tunisia while they were making the movie Life of Brian. The film also looks back at the group's ten year career up to that point.

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What happens

The Pythons is a BBC documentary film about the Monty Python team which was shot in Tunisia in 1978 during the making of Monty Python's Life of Brian. As well as promoting their upcoming film, the documentary also serves as a tenth anniversary profile of the team, despite the original broadcast date of 20 June 1979 being some months ahead of both the tenth anniversary of their TV debut (in October) and the UK release of their new film (in November). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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