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Eric Idle

Eric Idle

Date of Birth: Mar 29, 1943

Country: UK

Total Credits at Criticker: 51 (Actor), 3 (Director), 11 (Writer)

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    Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)
    An intimate look into the life and work of the revered master comedian and actor, Robin Williams. (imdb)
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    Absolutely Anything (2015)
    A group of eccentric aliens confer a human being with the power to do absolutely anything, as an experiment. (imdb)
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    The Beatles: The Night That Changed America (2014)
    A tribute to the Beatles celebrating their appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" 50 years ago.
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    Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014)
    The surviving members of Monty Python reunite for a final performance of their most popular sketches and songs.
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    Monty Python: The Meaning of Live (2014)
    Follows the stars of Monty Python as they reform and stage ten shows at The O2 in London. This portrait reveals the humour, chaos and passion that went into bringing "Monty Python Live (Mostly)" to the stage. (CraveTV)
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    Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy (2013)
    Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy examines the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical. The film showcases the work of legends such as Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim. (imdb)
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    Mr Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO (2012)
    As the creative force behind Electric Light Orchestra and a singularly accomplished singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer, Jeff Lynne is one of rock's most iconic--yet mysterious--figures. (imdb)
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    Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy (2010)
    A comic oratorio inspired by Life of Brian (1979) filmed at its only European performance at the Royal Albert Hall in October 2009 to celebrate forty years of Monty Python. (imdb)
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    Monty Python: Almost the Truth - Lawyers Cut (2009)
    Documentary that covers the members of the Monty Python comedy troupe from their birth to the present day. It highlights their childhood, schooling and university life, pre-Python work and includes interviews from modern day comedians and performers that cite the troupe as an influence, all five surviving Pythons (John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin) and archive footage of the late Graham Chapman. (FilmAffinity)
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    Delgo (2008)
    Delgo, an adventurous but naive teenager, must rally his group of friends to protect their world from conflict between the Lockni and Nohrin people.
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    The Seventh Python (2008)
    The accidental career of Neil Innes, encompassing the Bonzo Dog Band, Magical Mystery Tour, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Saturday Night Live, The Rutles and beyond. (imdb)
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    Shrek the Third (2007)
    When his new father-in-law, King Harold falls ill, Shrek is looked at as the heir to the land of Far, Far Away. Not one to give up his beloved swamp, Shrek recruits his friends Donkey and Puss in Boots to install the rebellious Artie as the new king.
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    The Aristocrats (2005)
    Comedy veterans and co-creators Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza capitalize on their insider status and invite over 100 of their closet friends (who happen to be some of the biggest names in entertainment, from George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Carey to Gilbert Gottfried, Bob Saget, Paul Reiser and Sarah Silverman) to reminisce, analyze, deconstruct and deliver their own versions of the world's dirtiest joke, an old burlesque routine, too extreme to be performed in public, called "The Aristocrats." (ThinkFilm)
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    Ella Enchanted (2004)
    A fairy Godmother granted Ella (Hathaway) the gift -- and curse -- of obedience at her birth. As a result of this unfortunate circumstance, Ella cannot refuse any command, and is often left at the mercy of unscrupulous personalities. In a bid to regain control of her life, Ella goes on a quest to free herself from this mysterious curse. (Miramax)
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    Concert for George (2003)
    A memorial concert for George Harrison at Albert Hall.
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    Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003)
    Though Eddie's fired right at Christmastime, his boss sends him and his family on a South Pacific vacation, hoping Eddie won't sue him after being bitten by a lab monkey. When the Tuttle family winds up trapped on a tropical island, however, Eddie manages to provide for everyone and prove himself a real man. (imdb)
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    Education Tips No. 41: Choosing a Really Expensive School (2003)
    We are taken on a Travelogue-style tour of St. Titarse's, eh, St. Titus's Academy by the well known Monty Python team, back for this totally new sketch. (imdb)
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    The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2002)
    After sitting on a shelf at Warner Brothers for over a year, the much anticipated sequel to Eric Idle and Gerard Corvin's 1978 mockumentary, is finally on release, revealing the final exploits of The Rutles as they do a reunion tour of America.
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    The Scream Team (2002)
    After the death of their grandfather, young Ian and Claire Carlyle discover that the tiny New England home town is something of a halfway house for restless ghosts, who cannot enter Heaven until they have redeemed themselves on Earth. Among the spectral clients of the "Soul Retrieval Center" are Coffin Ed, a disgraced Revolutionary War soldier, and self-described "beautiful bossy ghost" Maria. Naturally, the Carlyle kids end up as reluctant "case workers" for these and other rueful wraiths. (all movie guide)
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    102 Dalmatians (2000)
    Just when it seemed safe to come out of the kennel, Cruella De Vil is back and this time she's not alone.
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    Dudley Do-Right (1999)
    Follows the hilarious exploits of the dedicated but hapless young Canadian Mountie (Frasier). (Universal Pictures)
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    South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1999)
    South Park is a quiet and peaceful place until the latest Terrance and Philip movie comes out. Once all the kids see it, all hell breaks loose, as the parents try to find a way to stop their kids from saying all the naughty words coming out of their mouths. The parents blame Terrance and Philip, place them under Citizen's Arrest, and declare war on their home country, Canada.
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    Pirates: 3D Show (1999)
    Captain Lucky and his crew of no good pirates venture to an exotic island to find the customary treasure. Unfortunately a young boy with a vengeance has other ideas! (IMDB Comments)
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    Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999)
    It consists of three segments that would later serve as episodes from the television series, branched together by additional original animation. In particular, it shows an adolescent Hercules's enrollment and the beginning of his adventures at the Prometheus Academy, a school for gods and mortals, which Hercules supposedly attended during the time when he was training to be a hero with his mentor, the satyr Philoctetes. (wikipedia)
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    Quest for Camelot (1998)
    An adventurous girl, a young blind hermit and a goofy two headed dragon race to find the lost sword Excalibur to save King Arthur and Camelot. (imdb)
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    The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998)
    Timmy is summoned to Thorn Valley to learn his destiny among the rats of NIMH, as he has an honored place as the son of Jonathan Brisby. Young and impetuous, he has much to learn about thinking things through. When word comes that NIMH still has some of the mice and rats of NIMH who were thought lost, the rats of NIMH opt not to rescue them. When Timmy hears his brother Martin was captured and is being held by NIMH as well, Timmy sets off to rescue him.
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    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998)
    When Rudolph is born with a red nose he is bullied through out his younger years, but when Stormella closes her bridge of to the public and threaten to put Santa out of business for good this starts a chain of events that brings Rudolph from zero to hero. (rottentomatoes)
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    An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)
    Director Alan Smithee comes to Hollywood to make a movie. Due to a variety of factors, he decides to disown it and direct it under a pseudonym. Unfortunately, the Director's Guild requires that if a director disowns a movie in this fashion, he *must* use the official Director's Guild pseudonym...which happens to be Alan Smithee. Ironic because the actual director of this movie chose the pseudonym as well. (imdb)
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    The Wind in the Willows (1996)
    Mole's underground home is bought by the Weasels from wealthy landowner Mr.Toad and Mole is thrown out. He and Rat start to fight to get his home back from evil Weasels. (imdb)
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    Casper (1995)
    A paranormal expert and his daughter bunk in an abandoned house populated by 3 mischievous ghosts and one friendly one. (imdb)
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    Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (1994)
    Wayne Szalinski is receiving the Inventor of the Year Award for his shrink ray. When attempting to demonstrate it, it goes haywire and ends up shrinking you, the audience, instead.
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    Splitting Heirs (1993)
    A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and then found again. An Englishman who thinks he is an Indian comes to believe that he is actually the heir. He comes to hate the American who is his boss, his friend, and the man who has stolen the woman after whom he lusts. (imdb)
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    Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
    Emperor Spengo sees Marge Nelson and using a giant magnet, kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make Marge his before blowing up the Earth... (imdb)
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    Missing Pieces (1992)
    As sole heir to a relative's estate, Wendel is surprised to learn that the only thing he's been left is a riddle. However, he and his musician friend, Lou, are soon thrust into a comic chase, as an assortment of unsavoury characters, underworld figures, and even private investigators, are after them for the inheritance - and they don't know what it is! (imdb)
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    Nuns on the Run (1990)
    Brian and Charlie (B & C) work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave", he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. (imdb)
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    Too Much Sun (1990)
    A multimillionaire, whose son is gay and daughter a lesbian, leaves a will with one clause: His children will inherit his money only if at least one of them produces him a grandchild within a year of his death. (imdb)
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    Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
    Michael Palin has taken on the task of duplicating Phileas Fogg's feat by attempting to circumnavigate the globe, beginning and ending at the Reform Club in London, in eighty days, using no air travel. He meets Python fans in Greece, eats snake in China, and generally goes from one adventure to another, all the while fighting to make his deadline. (imdb)
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    Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
    Phileas Fogg accepts a wager to prove his contention that a man can go around the world in 80 days. After betting his entire fortune, he takes his new butler (a man hoping for a quite life) on a tour of the world. However, just before the time he leaves, the Bank of England is robbed and a Detective believes that Fogg is the guilty party and he sets out after him. (imdb)
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    Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989)
    Sketches from Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) presented by Steve Martin.
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    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
    An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits. (imdb)
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    The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
    The Autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who is after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. (imdb)
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    European Vacation (1985)
    The Griswalds win a vacation tour across Europe where the usual havoc ensues. (imdb)
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    The Meaning of Life (1983)
    The comedy team takes a look at life in all its stages in their own uniquely silly way. (imdb)
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    Yellowbeard (1983)
    Yellowbeard, a pirate's pirate, is allowed to escape from prison to lead the authorities to his treasure... (imdb)
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    Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
    A collection of skits that made the Python troup famous, performed live at the Hollywood Bowl. Included are the singing philosophers, lumberjacks, the pope, and a suspiciously-male looking seabird vendor. (imdb)
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    Life of Brian (1979)
    Brian is born on the original Christmas, in the stable next door. He spends his life being mistaken for a messiah (imdb)
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    The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
    Charts the adventures of the prefab four, possibly the most famous band of all time (imdb)
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    Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
    King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many very silly obstacles (imdb)
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    And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
    An anthology of Monty Python's best sketches from their 1st & 2nd seasons of their original TV show. (imdb)
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    Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1971)
    The two episodes of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" that were made for German TV.
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