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Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday: My Life W/Brian by Kim Howard Johnson HC VG
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- Yes
- Book Series
- Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday
- Original Language
- English
- Inscribed
- Yes
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
- No
- Pages
- 335
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Novel
- Unit Type
- Unit
- Publication Date
- 2008-11
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Ex-Library, Illustrated
- ISBN
- 9780312533793
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312533799
ISBN-13
9780312533793
eBay Product ID (ePID)
65908909
Product Key Features
Book Title
Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday : My Life with Brian
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Entertainment & Performing Arts, Television / Genres / Comedy
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
24.5 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-024759
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
791.43/72
Synopsis
"One of the finest and most accurate records of the making of the film that I have ever read. I just wished I could remember what actually went on then."--Terry Jones "If anyone can remember more about making the "Life of Brian" than me, it's Kim 'Howard' Johnson. He came, he saw, he got into costume. While the rest of us were fighting to upstage each other, Howard had a notebook hidden in his toga."--Michael Palin "Since I've forgotten everything, it will be great to read what was actually going on in Tunisia. Just as long as I'm the most quoted, the most vital to the shooting, and the most interesting. You don't have to mention my stunning good looks if you don't want to."--Terry Gilliam "Of all the books that I am planning to read in my dotage, there is none I am more looking forward to than "Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday." . . . Not only does 'Howard' Johnson know more about Python than anyone outside of the IRS, he was in Tunisia for most of the filming of "Life of Brian," and is the only person who captured every thoughtless remark, heated exchange, embarrassing detail, petty insult, and spiteful act of indifference."--John Cleese "Kim 'Howard' Johnson was invented by Graham Chapman during an idle moment on the set of "The Life of Brian." 'Let's invent a person, ' he said. 'An American fan from the Midwest, ' chimed in Michael Palin, 'who keeps a daily diary of Python filming. And then doesn't publish it for years and years.' How we laughed, and each day we'd make up stuff this 'person' would write about us."--Eric Idle In 1978, Kim "Howard" Johnson ran away to join the circus---Monty Python's Flying Circus, that is. The Pythons converged on Tunisia to film their timeless classic, "Life of Brian, " and Howard found himself in the thick of it, doubling for nearly all the Pythons, playing more roles in the film than John Cleese, and managing to ruin only one shot. He became the unit journalist, substitute still photographer, Roman soldier, peasant, Biggus Dickus's double, near-stalker, and, ultimately, friend and confidant of the comedy legends. He also kept a detailed journal of what he saw and heard, on set and off, throughout those six weeks. The result is a unique eyewitness account that reveals the Pythons at work and at play in a way that nothing else written about them could do. Now, for the first time ever, the inside story of the making of the film is revealed through the fly-on-the-castle-wall perspective. Even the most diehard fans will get a fresh take on the comedy greats through some never-before-revealed nuggets of Python brilliance: what John Cleese offered to exchange for suntan lotion; Terry Jones directing in drag; Michael Palin's secret to playing revolutionaries and peasants; Graham Chapman gets naked; Terry Gilliam gets filthy; Eric Idle haggles; the secret of the Thespo-Squat; Mrs. Pilate; talk of George Harrison; the cake-flinging that jeopardized the production; badminton, impromptu cricket, and erotic frescoes; and the first-ever presentation of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life." Here, uncensored, are the legendary Pythons in their prime. It was a period of comedy history that will never be duplicated, and "Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday" captures the wit, the genius, and the sheer silliness of the six men that comprised Python.
LC Classification Number
PN1997.L575J64 2008
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