A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
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| Directed by | Bill Jones Jeff Simpson Ben Timlett |
| Produced by | Bill Jones Ben Timlett |
| Written by | David Sherlock |
| Based on | A Liar's Autobiography: Volume VI by Graham Chapman and David Sherlock |
| Starring | Graham Chapman Terry Gilliam John Cleese Michael Palin Terry Jones |
| Music by | John Greswell Christopher Murphy Taylor |
| Edited by | Bill Jones |
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Bill and Ben Productions
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| Distributed by | Trinity Filmed Entertainment (UK) Brainstorm Media (US) |
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85 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $5,102 |
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman is a 2012 British adult animated comedy film that is a completely inaccurate portrayal of the life of Monty Python alumnus Graham Chapman. The film is loosely based on A Liar's Autobiography, a book written by Chapman and David Sherlock. It received a limited theatrical release on 2 November 2012 in the United States, and aired on the Epix TV channel on the same day.
Various characters voiced by Palin, Jones, Cleese, Carol Cleveland, Stephen Fry.
In June 2011, it was announced that Bill and Ben Productions were making A Liar's Autobiography, an animated 3D film based on the memoir. The full name is A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman. Although not a Monty Python film, all but one of the remaining Pythons are involved in the project. Asked what was true in a deliberately fanciful account by Chapman of his life, Terry Jones joked: "Nothing… it’s all a downright, absolute, blackguardly lie."
The film uses Chapman's own voice—from a reading of his autobiography shortly before he died of cancer—and entertainment channel EPIX has announced that the film is in both 2D and 3D formats. Produced and directed by London-based Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson, and Ben Timlett, the film used 14 animation companies, each working on chapters that range from 3 to 12 minutes in length, with each chapter in a different style similar to Opéra imaginaire.
John Cleese recorded dialogue which was matched with Chapman’s voice. Michael Palin voiced Chapman’s father and Terry Jones voiced his mother. Terry Gilliam voiced Graham's psychiatrist. They all play various other roles. Among the original Python group, only Eric Idle was not involved.
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