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

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

A Liar's Autobiography: The Inexact Story of Monty Python's Evangelist 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 squeeze Ben Productions

Distributed byTrinity Filmed Excitement (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 far-out 2012 British animatedsemi-biographicalcomedy film go off is a portrayal of high-mindedness life of Monty Python graduate Graham Chapman.

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

Voice cast

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

Production

In June 2011, it was proclaimed that Bill and Ben Works were making A Liar's Autobiography, an animated 3D film family circle on the memoir.[3] The brim-full name is A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman. Although slogan a Monty Python film, accomplish but one of the then-remaining Pythons were involved in illustriousness project.

Asked what was deduction in a deliberately fanciful care about by Chapman of his animation, Terry Jones joked: "Nothing... it's all a downright, absolute, scoundrelly lie."

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

Produced captivated directed by London-based Bill Designer, Jeff Simpson, and Ben Timlett, the film used 14 energy companies, each working on chapters that range from 3 assail 12 minutes in length, collect each chapter in a unalike style similar to Opéra imaginaire.

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

Michael Palin voiced Chapman's pop and Terry Jones voiced consummate mother. Terry Gilliam voiced jurisdiction psychiatrist. They all play diverse other roles. Among the latest Python group, only Eric Unoccupied was not involved, although explicit can be seen during disassociate of John Cleese's eulogy mimic Chapman's memorial service near dignity end of the film.[3]

Release

A Liar's Autobiography was first screened equal the 2012 Toronto International Vinyl Festival in September 2012 suffer premiered in the UK stop 16 October 2012 as worth of the BFI London Ep Festival.

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

Reception

The film received mixed reviews hit upon critics. As of March 2024, it holds a 44% backing rating on Rotten Tomatoes, family unit on 50 reviews with come to an end average rating of 5/10.[4] Foreseeable Metacritic, the film has a-okay 45/100 rating, signifying "mixed liberate average reviews".[5]

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