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Terry Gilliam
Writer 85 years old

Terry Gilliam

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam (born November 22, 1940) is an American-British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Subsequent to his early work with the Pythons, Gilliam became known for directing fantasy and sci-fi films,... Read full bio →

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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Terry Gilliam 2018 2h 13m 5.5

Toby, a cynical advertising director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

Eric Idle, Aubrey Powell 2014 2h 18m 7.5

Celebrate the last night of the Pythons on the big screen! - With John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Terry Gilliam 2009 2h 3m 7.2

A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.

Tideland

Tideland

Terry Gilliam 2005 2h 7.1

Enter the magical world of Jeliza-Rose (Jodelle Ferland), an unusual child with an even more unusual story. Hers is a world where squirrels talk, where fireflies have names, and where the heads of dolls, long since separated from their bodies, are her closest friends.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Terry Gilliam 1998 1h 58m 8.1

An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychadelic escapades.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Terry Gilliam 1988 2h 6m 7.8

An aristocrat, his henchmen and a little girl try to save a town sieged by the Turks.

Brazil

Brazil

Terry Gilliam 1985 2h 23m 8.7

Brazil is a Terry Gilliam dystopic black comedy film that reflects the melancholy, dreamlike quality of a famous Brazilian song that’s been translated into English. The film parodies the mostly dysfunctional bureaucratic world we live in and takes us to a post-apocalyptic world in the future yet with our present day attitudes in mind.

The Meaning of Life

The Meaning of Life

Terry Jones 1983 1h 47m 8.3

Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor.

The Crimson Permanent Assurance

The Crimson Permanent Assurance

Terry Gilliam 1983 16m 8.0

A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Ian MacNaughton, Terry Hughes 1982 1h 20m 9.1

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl is a 1982 concert film in which the Monty Python team perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several pre-Python ones.

Time Bandits

Time Bandits

Terry Gilliam 1981 1h 56m 7.4

Time Bandits is a fantasy comedy from Great Britain in which a young boy begins an adventurous travel in time where he meets prominent people from history. The film came from the production company, Handmade Films, that also produced Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

Life of Brian

Life of Brian

Terry Jones 1979 1h 34m 8.5

A brilliant parody from the British comedy group Monty Python about the history of Jesus. A Terry Jones directed film from 1979 that has since gained cult status.

Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky

Terry Gilliam 1977 1h 45m 6.9

A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones 1975 1h 31m 8.9

The King Arthur and The Round Table saga about the search for the Holy Grail is portrayed a bit differently in his comedy from Monty Python. With a killer monster rabbit and many outrageous encounters this smart comedy has become a cult classic.

And Now for Something Completely Different

And Now for Something Completely Different

Ian MacNaughton 1971 1h 28m 8.0

And Now for Something Completely Different is a film spin-off from the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring favourite sketches from the first two seasons.

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