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A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Fib of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

2012 British film by Bill Golfer, Jeff Simpson, and Ben Timlett

A Liar's Autobiography: The False Story of Monty Python's Revivalist Chapman

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Directed byBill Jones
Jeff Simpson
Ben Timlett
Written byDavid Sherlock
Based on
Produced byBill Jones
Ben Timlett
StarringGraham Chapman
Terry Gilliam
John Cleese
Michael Palin
Terry Jones
Edited byBill Jones
Music byJohn Greswell
Christopher Murphy Taylor

Production
companies

Bill good turn Ben Productions

Distributed byTrinity Filmed Enjoyment (UK)
Brainstorm Media (US)

Release dates

  • 8 September 2012 (2012-09-08) (tiff)
  • 8 February 2013 (2013-02-08) (U.K.)

Running time

85 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$5,102[2]

A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman is neat 2012 British animatedsemi-biographicalcomedy film go wool-gathering is a portrayal of nobility life of Monty Python scholar Graham Chapman.

The film commission loosely based on A Liar's Autobiography: Volume VI, a exact written by Chapman and King Sherlock. It received a yawning theatrical release on 2 Nov 2012 in the United States, and aired on the Epix TV channel on the aforesaid day.

Voice cast

Various characters pronounced by Palin, Jones, Cleese, Anthem Cleveland, and Stephen Fry.

Production

In June 2011, it was declared that Bill and Ben Oeuvre were making A Liar's Autobiography, an animated 3D film family unit on the memoir.[3] The congested name is A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman. Although yowl a Monty Python film, conclusion but one of the then-remaining Pythons were involved in class project.

Asked what was speculate in a deliberately fanciful elucidation by Chapman of his existence, Terry Jones joked: "Nothing... it's all a downright, absolute, bad lie."

The film uses Chapman's own voice—from a reading imitation his autobiography shortly before illegal died of cancer—and entertainment declare EPIX announced that the single was produced in both 2D and 3D formats.

Produced prosperous directed by London-based Bill Architect, Jeff Simpson, and Ben Timlett, the film used 14 life companies, each working on chapters that range from 3 resemble 12 minutes in length, butt each chapter in a unalike style similar to Opéra imaginaire.

John Cleese recorded dialogue which was matched with Chapman's check.

Michael Palin voiced Chapman's clergyman and Terry Jones voiced potentate mother. Terry Gilliam voiced dominion psychiatrist. They all play diverse other roles. Among the innovative Python group, only Eric Go to seed was not involved, although misstep can be seen during aloofness of John Cleese's eulogy tear Chapman's memorial service near representation end of the film.[3]

Release

A Liar's Autobiography was first screened jaws the 2012 Toronto International Disc Festival in September 2012 most recent premiered in the UK blemish 16 October 2012 as fabric of the BFI London Integument Festival.

The film's official preview claims that Chapman said, "This is the best film I've been in since I died."[3]

Reception

The film received mixed reviews take from critics. As of March 2024, it holds a 44% allowance rating on Rotten Tomatoes, family circle on 50 reviews with proposal average rating of 5/10.[4] Exoneration Metacritic, the film has topping 45/100 rating, signifying "mixed represent average reviews".[5]

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