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Terry Jones
Writer 1942 - 2020

Terry Jones

Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK

Terence Graham Parry Jones was a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, children's author, popular historian, political commentator, and TV documentary host. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team. At the age of 4, the Jones family moved to... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

10 titles
Absolutely Anything

Absolutely Anything

Terry Jones 2015 1h 25m 6.6

Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

Eric Idle, Aubrey Powell 2014 2h 18m 8.0

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

The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

Terry Jones 1996 1h 28m 9.3

Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, who plan to build a dog food factory on the very meadow sold to them by Toad himself.

Erik the Viking

Erik the Viking

Terry Jones 1989 1h 47m 7.2

Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life.

Labyrinth

Labyrinth

Jim Henson 1986 1h 41m 8.1

Young Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) is left home alone by her parents and she has to babysit her little brother Toby. But the baby keeps crying and Sarah, while telling him a story to make him sleep, inadvertently conjures from a fantasy world the Goblin King (David Bowie) who steals the child and brings him to his castle in the middle of a labyrinth.

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.

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Ian MacNaughton, Terry Hughes 1982 1h 20m 9.0

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.

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.

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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