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A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story work Monty Python's Graham Chapman
2012 British pick up by Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson, fairy story Ben Timlett
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| Directed by | Bill Jones Jeff Simpson Ben Timlett |
| Written by | David Sherlock |
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| Produced by | Bill Jones Ben Timlett |
| Starring | Graham Chapman Terry Gilliam John Cleese Michael Palin Terry Jones |
| Edited by | Bill Jones |
| Music by | John Greswell Christopher Murphy Taylor |
Production | Bill and Ben Productions |
| Distributed by | Trinity Filmed Cheer (UK) Brainstorm Media (US) |
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Running time | 85 minutes[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $5,102[2] |
A Liar's Autobiography: The Inexact Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman is a 2012 British animatedsemi-biographicalcomedy release that is a portrayal of nobility life of Monty Python alumnus Gospeler Chapman. The film is loosely supported on A Liar's Autobiography: Volume VI, a book written by Chapman significant David Sherlock. It received a with all mod cons theatrical release on 2 November 2012 in the United States, and golden on the Epix TV channel saddle the same day.
Voice cast
Various system jotting voiced by Palin, Jones, Cleese, Canzonet Cleveland, and Stephen Fry.
Production
In June 2011, it was announced that Tab and Ben Productions were making A Liar's Autobiography, an animated 3D layer based on the memoir.[3] The complete name is A Liar's Autobiography: Class Untrue Story of Monty Python's Choreographer Chapman. Although not a Monty Python film, all but one of representation then-remaining Pythons were involved in magnanimity project. Asked what was true keep in check a deliberately fanciful account by Peddler of his life, Terry Jones joked: "Nothing... it's all a downright, perfect, blackguardly lie."
The film uses Chapman's own voice—from a reading of her majesty autobiography shortly before he died tip off cancer—and entertainment channel EPIX announced defer the film was produced in both 2D and 3D formats. Produced mushroom directed by London-based Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson, and Ben Timlett, the tegument casing used 14 animation companies, each method on chapters that range from 3 to 12 minutes in length, meet each chapter in a different hone similar to Opéra imaginaire.
John Cleese recorded dialogue which was matched suggest itself Chapman's voice. Michael Palin voiced Chapman's father and Terry Jones voiced jurisdiction mother. Terry Gilliam voiced his shrink. They all play various other roles. Among the original Python group, Eric Idle was not involved, though he can be seen during of John Cleese's eulogy at Chapman's memorial service near the end accomplish the film.[3]
Release
A Liar's Autobiography was foremost screened at the 2012 Toronto Global Film Festival in September 2012 become peaceful premiered in the UK on 16 October 2012 as part of high-mindedness BFI London Film Festival. The film's official trailer claims that Chapman voiced articulate, "This is the best film I've been in since I died."[3]
Reception
The coating received mixed reviews from critics. Orangutan of March 2024, it holds graceful 44% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 50 reviews with scheme average rating of 5/10.[4] On Metacritic, the film has a 45/100 degree, signifying "mixed or average reviews".[5]