Editing Monty Python (section)

====''And Now for Something Completely Different'' (1971)====
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The Pythons' first feature film was directed by [[Ian MacNaughton]], reprising his role from the television series. It consisted of sketches from the first two seasons of the ''Flying Circus'', reshot on a low budget (and often slightly edited) for cinema release. Material selected for the film includes: "Dead Parrot", "The Lumberjack Song", "Upper Class Twit of the Year", "Hell's Grannies"<!-- DON'T WIKILINK – It's JUST A REDIRECT TO THE MP TELEVISION SHOW -->, "Self-Defence Class", "[[How Not to Be Seen]]", and "Nudge Nudge".<ref name="Five films">{{cite news |title=Monty Python films: rank them from best to worst |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/jun/04/monty-python-films-movies-best-to-worst-cleese-jones-gilliam-idle |access-date=19 August 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Financed by ''[[Playboy]]''{{'}}s UK executive [[Victor Lownes]], it was intended as a way of breaking Monty Python into America, and although it was ultimately unsuccessful in this,<ref name="Collin">{{cite news |last1=Collin |first1=Robbie |title=Monty Python reunion: no one else has the nerve to do what Python do |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/comedy/comedy-news/10459076/Monty-Python-reunion-no-one-else-has-the-nerve-to-do-what-Python-do.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/comedy/comedy-news/10459076/Monty-Python-reunion-no-one-else-has-the-nerve-to-do-what-Python-do.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=19 August 2019 |work=The Telegraph |date=21 November 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> the film did good business in the UK, and later in the US on the "[[Midnight movie]]" circuit after their breakthrough television and film success, this being in the era before home video would make the original material much more accessible. The group did not consider the film a success.