Monty Python Stars Reunite

Monty Python stars will be honored by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) on Oct. 15 at New York's Ziegfeld Theatre in Manhattan. The reunion event will be co-hosted by the Independent Film Channel. The presentation will take place on the 40-year anniversary of the BBC first broadcast edition of "Monty Python's Flying Circus." Five of the six remaining members haven't been reunited since the opening of the hit Broadway musical, "Spamalot."

John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and, somehow, the late Graham Chapman will be presented with the screening of "Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)." The film will feature interviews with all the surviving members and archived footage of Graham Chapman before his death in 1989. It will also include interviews with guests Steve Coogan, Bruce Dickinson, Jeff Bridges, Eddie Izzard, Stephen Merchant, Dan Aykroyd, Tim Roth and Hugh Hefner. After, the Pythons will take part in a Q&A session before receiving the award at the end of the evening.

"Monty Python's Flying Circus" was an influential British television show that first aired in 1969 and ran until 1974. They went on to make timeless movies including "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "Monty Python's Life of Brian."

A version of the documentary will premiere on IFC on Oct. 18.

Source: Reuters