Simon Thompson takes a look at the fantastical career of Terry Gilliam…Terry Gilliam is a brilliant fantasist, whose work often returns to the theme of juxtaposing the soul crushing mundanity of everyday life with the surrealistic dreamscapes of one’s own imagination. In a Hollywood of bean counters and abacus pushers, Gilliam is a true auteur […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 50th Anniversary Edition (1975)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 1975.Directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. Starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.SYNOPSIS:Monty Python and the Holy Grail is celebrating its 50th anniversary with this handsome Steelbook (the Pythons would have a field day with that description) featuring a remastered version […]
Ten Unmade Film Masterpieces
Simon Thompson looks at the story behind ten great unmade films…“What if…?” scenarios are something which truly gnaw at the human psyche, in almost every context. Socially, romantically, and professionally human beings constantly mull over things that they didn’t do or say, and how they would play it if they had a second chance at […]
Terry Gilliam wants Johnny Depp as Satan for dark comedy Carnival at the End of Days
Terry Gilliam and Johnny Depp are a duo that made magic in the past with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and they’ll look to recapture that glory soon.The filmmaker recently appeared at the Red Sea Film Festival for retro screenings of the documentaries Lost in La Mancha and He Dreams of Giants, which follow his […]
4K Ultra HD review – 12 Monkeys (1995)
12 Monkeys, 1995.Directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Plummer.SYNOPSIS:Arrow has issued 12 Monkeys on disc again. This time it’s a 4K Ultra HD release that ups the image quality from their 2018 Blu-ray, albeit in ways that are likely only noticeable to people watching on a high-end setup. […]
Terry Gilliam provides an update on The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Having wrapped production this summer, Terry Gilliam has been chatting to The New York Times about his long-gestating passion project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, with the filmmaker revealing that he’s completed a rough cut which has been garnering a very positive response from those who have seen it. “We’ve almost finished the cut,” […]
A Terry Gilliam Christmas
Tom Jolliffe looks back at Brazil and 12 Monkeys, released in December 1985 and 1995 respectively…Former Python animation specialist, Terry Gilliam turned his hand to film direction and became known for creating films absolutely loaded with visual whimsy and outlandishly creative ideas. The limits of budget never stifled Gilliam’s own limits despite some frustrations, and […]
Lisa Kudrow cast in Taika Waititi’s adaptation of Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits
Lisa Kudrow is making yet another comeback to TV, and this one will be her strangest yet as the Friends and Comeback actress will lead the cast of Taika Waititi’s Time Bandits for Apple TV+.Per Deadline, joining Kudrow as series regulars on the series adaptation of the 1981 Terry Gilliam movie. are Kal-El Tuck (Unseeing […]
Movie Review – He Dreams of Giants (2019)
He Dreams of Giants, 2021.Directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe. Starring Terry Gilliam.SYNOPSIS:15 years after Lost in La Mancha, Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe come back to follow Terry Gilliam’s new (successful) attempt at filming The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.Back in 2002, filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe released Lost in La Mancha, […]
Variety shocks Terry Gilliam fans with false obituary
Variety has terrified Monty Python fans by announcing the death of actor and director Terry Gilliam (The Zero Theorem), before correcting their mistake hours later.SEE ALSO: Funko announces Monty Python and the Holy Grail Pop! Vinyl figures for NovemberThe mistake was swiftly noticed on Twitter, with journalist Sean Fitzgerald asking whether someone pressed “the publish […]
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