Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1980
Running Times: 77 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1 (negative ratio)     1.85:1 (intended ratio)
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Columbia Pictures Corporation / Handmade Films Ltd
Executive Producer: Denis O'Brien, George Harrison (uncredited)
Producer: Terry Hughes
Co-Producer: James Rich Jr
Production Manager: Steve Terry
Unit Manager: David R. Horne
Production Coordinator: Anne Henshaw
USA Coordinator: Nancy Lewis
Stage Manager: Mollie Kirkland

SCRIPT
Script: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Additional Material: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Marty Feldman, Angus James, David Lipscomb

DIRECTION
Concert Sequences Director: Terry Hughes
Film Sequences Director: Ian MacNaughton

PHOTOGRAPHY
Camera Operators: Dave Levisohn, Dave Hilmer, John Lee, Mike Keeler, Wayne Orr
Assistant Camera: Dan Andresen, John Mayon
Lighting Designer: William Klages
Video Tape Operator: Bill Conroy
Video Control: John B. Field, John Palacio
Technical Operations Supervisor: Steve Deaver
Technical Directors: Gary Matz, Jimmy B. Frazier, John B. Field, Ken Holland
Recorded By: Compact Video Systems Inc

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Post-Production Editor: Julian Doyle
Assistant Videotape Editors: Ken Laski, Mark Bernay
Concert Film Editor: Jimmy B. Frazier
Concert Film Assembler: Arden Rynew
Post-Production Supervisor: Sandra Pearson
Post-Production Director: Julian Doyle

MUSIC
Music: Ray Cooper, John Duprez; John Philip Sousa (Liberty Bell)
Songs: Neil Innes
Musical Production: André Jacquemin

SOUND
Sound: Stan Miller
Sound Recordist: Ed Green
Audio Re-Recording: Jerry Clemans
Assistant Sound: Chris Seidenglanz, Jeffrey Fecteau, Larry Stephens
Audio Utilities: Mike Wilson, Rich Brown

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Ve Neill, Maggie Weston
Wardrobe: Day Murch, Hazel Pethig

VISUAL EFFECTS
Opticals: C.D. Taylor
Rear Projection: Background Engineers Inc

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: John McGraw

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Sandra Pearson
Maintenance: Bert Weyl, Bill Feightner
Production Associate: Joanne Fish
Publicist: Patti Wright
Promotion: Clog Holdings, Larry Vallon
RTS Phonelines: Kenneth Nunn

LOCATIONS
Locations: The Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks To: Angus James; David Lipscomb; Marty Feldman; Tim Brooke-Taylor; Arista Records; Charisma Records Inc

CAST
Graham Chapman (various characters)
John Cleese (various characters)
Carol Cleveland (various characters)
Terry Gilliam (various characters)
Eric Idle (various characters)
Neil Innes (various characters)
Terry Jones (various characters)
Michael Palin (various characters)

PLOT SUMMARY

The Monty Python team reunite for a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, recreating many of their most famous and best loved sketches.

CAPSULE REVIEW

An excellent example of the Python team in full flight before an adoring audience. There’s little here that the devoted Python fan hadn't already seen before, but there are enough new wrinkles, unexpected ad libs and unplanned happenings to keep audiences on their toes. Wonderful.

AVAILABILITY

Brazil
Video Distributors: VTI Home Vídeo

UK
Video Distributors: Paramount Home Entertainment

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Columbia Pictures
Video Distributors: CIC Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Paramount (LV 12872)
DVD Distributors: A&E Home Video

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: K-8

Sweden
Rating: Btl

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: R

TIMELINE

1980
September
26: USA - filming begins
29: USA – filming ends

1982
June
25: USA – theatrical release

1983
April
29: Sweden – theatrical release

1985
January
11: Finland – theatrical release

March
8: West Germany – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Monty Python Hollywoodissa – Finnish title
Monty Python i Hollywood – Swedish title
Monty Python w Hollywood – Polish title

LINKS

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972)
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969 - 1974)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Life of Python (1990)
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen (1998)
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989)
Top Ten Comedy Records (2000)

SEE ALSO
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

American Cinematographer vol.64 no.1 (January 1983) pp.27-29, 97-99 (USA)
illustrated article (Imagevision meets Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl by Lee Gregory)

Hollywood Reporter vol.272 no.38 (19 July 1982) p.30 (USA)
credits, review

Motion Picture Product Digest vol.10 no.3 (14 July 1982) p.10 (USA)
review

Time Out no.673 (15 July 1983) p.40 (UK)
review

Variety 26 May 1982 p.17 (USA)
credits, review

KEYWORDS

albatrosses, birds, chocolate, concerts, game shows, the hollywood bowl, the last supper, lumberjacks, philosophy, the pope, sex, sketch comedy, vomiting

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009