Holy Flying Circus

Oct 19, 2011

1h 29m

★ 6.3

And now for something completely untrue!

Overview

A fantastical re-imagining of the events of 1979, when Monty Python made Life of Brian and the debate about what is an acceptable subject for comedy was blown wide open.

Genres

TV Movie

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Talkback Thames

Hillbilly Television

Holy Flying Circus Trailers

Cast

God

Stephen Fry

John Cleese

Darren Boyd

Michael Palin

Charles Edwards

Terry Jones

Rufus Jones

Terry Gilliam

Phil Nichol

Graham Chapman / Tramp

Tom Fisher

Eric Idle

Steve Punt

Andrew Thorogood

Mark Heap

BBC Head of Rude Words

Alex Macqueen

Gareth Nice - Angry Viewer

David Birrell

US News Reporter - BBFC Representative- Montage Man

Robin Sebastian

Dog Walker /Petitioner /Man Whose Wife Malcolm Muggeridge Said Made a Lovely Breakfast

Geoffrey McGivern

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

6.5

The Shadow in the North

Sep 15, 2007

Sally Lockhart crosses paths with the nefarious industrialist Axel Bellman, the richest and most powerful man in Europe. She's determined to prove him guilty of corruption and fraud, whilst Bellman will stop at nothing to destroy her case.

0.0

Smaragden - Geschichte

Feb 25, 1956

A cunning jewel thief has been giving Scotland Yard Inspector Grey a hard time for a long time. Nobody suspects that the man keeping the police on their toes is the likeable Roger Edgeston, the son of the Duke of the same name. When the shrewd crook meets the enchanting Jennifer Lindsey on a cozy summer night, fate takes its course, as the charming young lady also engages in criminal activities in her spare time and acts as a blackmailer. In the course of the evening, the duke's son is forced to realize that love is not only blind, but also careless when it comes to his illegal activities.

0.0

The Robbed Robber

Sep 12, 2011

When his loot is mysteriously stolen, a small-time thief on the run hides out in a small village, posing as the local schoolteacher.

0.0

Facas e Anjos

Mar 14, 2000

In 1983, little João Amaral Severo asks his father to go to the circus. His father, and army captain who had been recently widowed, refuses to take him under the pretext that the circus would draw his attention away from his studies. Ten years later João is a student in the Military College, and is tired of the harsh discipline imposed by his father and decides to join a travelling circus that stops in his hometown, Alcochete. From then on João, alone and free to live his life the way he wants, finds a world of magic, the love of Dolores (a young trapeze artist) and the family he never really had. Until a twist of fate turns João into a father...

5.5

Desperation

May 23, 2006

When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives.

0.0

Ultra

Sep 1, 2006

Superhero Pearl Penalosa juggles the impossible combination of keeping up a social life, searching for love, and battling the forces of evil.

0.0

The Long March

Jan 1, 1980

A woman returns to Belfast after ten years in England and becomes involved in the Maze prison protest.

4.9

Daughter for Sale

May 23, 2017

When a runaway teenager is kidnapped by sex traffickers, her mother, a newly appointed judge, has to find and rescue her before they ship her overseas and sell her into sex slavery.

4.2

The Veteran

Jan 1, 2006

Thirty years on from Vietnam, a government official is trying to track down soldiers who went missing in action, in the hope that it may lead her to her father. Meanwhile, a war veteran is forced to relive painful memories of how he was left for dead by his own platoon, and the heinous crimes he once committed while in the line of duty.

7.2

The Ticket

Aug 6, 1997

Cee Cee and her family crash land in the middle of the wilderness while on the way to collect a $23 million lottery win, and must flee for their lives after being set upon by criminals eager to steal the money for themselves.

6.0

Nightingale

Jun 17, 2014

A dangerously unstable man addresses the unseen followers of his video log about his obsession with an old army buddy.

6.4

Jump In!

Jan 12, 2007

A young boxer, Izzy Daniels, trains to follow in his father's footsteps by winning the Golden Glove. But when his friend, Mary asks him to substitute for a team member in a Double Dutch tournament, the young man discovers a hidden passion for jump roping, all while finding love with Mary and navigating conflict with himself and his father about boxing.

6.3

Arn: The Knight Templar

Dec 25, 2007

Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

6.5

Anna Karenina

Nov 3, 1961

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

6.0

Mammoth Bone

Jan 1, 1979

The vagrants of a 15-year-old school dropout who's torn between jobs that do not suit him, and dreams of having music career.

7.4

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Jun 25, 1982

Monty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days.

4.3

The Bridge

Jun 20, 2008

A group of German boys is ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of enthusiasm for the "blood and honor" Nazi ideology, stay to defend the useless bridge.

7.1

Les Misérables

Dec 27, 1978

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

7.2

And Now for Something Completely Different

Sep 28, 1971

A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.