Biography: Eric Idle |
The "matinee idol" of the motley Monty Python crew, Eric Idle attended Cambridge University, where he served as president of the Footlights Revue. Idle's fellow college troupers included future Pythonites John Cleese and Graham Chapman. After getting... more
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The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2003)
Cast: Tom Hanks
Tags: Reunion Films Mockumentary Comedy Rock Musical
Length: 56min
Monty Python-alum Eric Idle directs and stars in this sequel to his 1978 mockumentary, The Rutles. It's decades later and the Rutles are embarking on their final reunion tour. Along for the ride is S.J. Krammerhead (Idle) who, just like in the first...
Tags: Comedy Romantic Fantasy Fantasy Teen Movie Fantasy Comedy
Length: 101min
Adapted from author Gail Carson Levine's award-winning children's book of the same name, the Miramax-financed modern fantasy Ella Enchanted is directed by Tommy O'Haver and stars The Princess Diaries alumna Anne Hathaway. Ella (Hathaway) lives in a...
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Originally titled The Soul Patrol, the made-for-cable The Scream Team was loosely based on a Disney internet game. After the death of their grandfather, young Ian and Claire Carlyle (Mark Rendall, Kat Dennings) discover that the tiny New England home...
The Secret of NIMH II: Timmy to the Rescue (1998)
Cast: Harvey Korman William H. Macy
Tags: Family Family-Oriented Adventure
Length: 90min
In this direct-to-video sequel to Don Bluth's 1982 animated adventure The Secret of NIMH, Timmy (voice of Ralph Macchio) is the son of two courageous mice who helped save the day for the animals of Thorn Valley. While the wise Nicodemus has predicted...
Cast: Sylvester Stallone Ryan O'Neal Harvey Weinstein
Tags: Showbiz Comedy Comedy Parody/Spoof
Length: 86min
First, a little background: in 1955, the Director's Guild of America created the pseudonym Alan Smithee, which film directors are allowed to use if they feel their work has been tampered with to such a degree that they no longer want the credit. (For...
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1998)
Cast: John Goodman Bob Newhart Debbie Reynolds
Tags: Animated Musical Family
Length: 83min
Bill Kowalchuk produced and directed this animated interpretation of the familiar Christmas fable about the eccentric reindeer, highlighted by nine musical numbers. Following the song's basic outline, dad Blitzen is embarrassed by the antics of cute...
Cast: Alfred Molina Sarah Jessica Parker Robert Prosky
Tags: Slapstick Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy
Length: 77min
After giving George of the Jungle human form, Brendan Fraser returns to cartoon-land with another live-action update of an animated TV classic. Set in the peaceful village of Semi-Happy Valley high in the Canadian Rockies, our story focuses on Dudley...
Cast: Terry Jones
Tags: Slapstick Children's Fantasy Comedy Family
Length: 90min
Former Monty Python members Terry Jones, Eric Idle, John Cleese, and Michael Palin were reunited by director Jones for this live-action adaptation of the 1908 children's fantasy classic by Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932). The actors have only slight...
Cast: Mel Gibson Clint Eastwood Christina Ricci Steven Spielberg
Tags: Children's Fantasy Fantasy Comedy Haunted House Film Fantasy Family Family-Oriented Comedy
Length: 100min
Based on the popular cartoon character, this family-oriented "ghost story" is about a not-so-scary spirit who bonds with a little girl (Christina Ricci). The eternally irritable Ms. Carrigan (Cathy Moriarty) discovers that the only thing she's been...
Cast: John Cleese Barbara Hershey Catherine Zeta-Jones
Tags: Comedy of Errors Comedy
Length: 87min
Splitting Heirs is a dull mistaken identity comedy about a British Duke (Eric Idle) who is switched at birth when his parents accidentally left him behind in a restaurant, picking up the wrong baby by mistake. Idle is raised by Pakistanis and when he...
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