And Now for Something Completely Different is a film spin-off from the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring favorite sketches from the first two seasons. The title was used as a catchphrase in the television show. The film, released in 1971, consists of 90 minutes of the best sketches seen in the first two series of the television show. The sketches were remade on film without an audience, and were intended for an American audience which had not yet seen the series. The announcer uses the phrase "and now for something completely different" several times during the... film, in situations such as being roasted on a spit and lying on top of the desk in a small, pink bikini. This was the Pythons' first feature film, composed of some of the best sketches from the first two series of the Flying Circus, re-shot on an extremely low budget for cinema release. Some famous sketches included are: the "Dead Parrot" sketch, "The Lumberjack Song", "Upperclass Twits", "Hell's Grannies", and the "Nudge Nudge" sketch.
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| Release date: | September 28, 1971 |
| Directed by: | Ian MacNaughton, Terry Gilliam |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 85 Minutes |
| Producer: | Patricia Casey, Victor Lownes |
| Editor: | Thom Noble |
| Music by: | Douglas Gamley, Fred Tomlinson, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Douglas Gamley |
| Cinematography: | David Muir |
| Screenplay by: | Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin |
| Estimated budget: | $100,000 |
| Adapted from: | Monty Python's Flying Circus |
| Genre: | Comedy |