Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55291 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-06-13
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 101 minutes

Synopsis
Explores the career of Graham Chapman, one of the founding members of Monty Python. Features a compilation of footage including never-before-seen exclusive material.

Customer Reviews

I Only Gave if 5 Stars 'Cause You Can't Do 6!
Goodness gracious me--what a treat! This is absolutely one of the funniest DVDs I have seen in some time. A must for Python diehards, a treat for the casual fan and a real surprise for all others. I could complain about the vision quality, but I won't because it doesn't really matter, here the humor is the thing. It's the late Graham Chapman live, discussing his life and his friends in 1988. This isn't really stand-up, and it is not Python sketches, it's more a casual chat amongst friends. Feels that way, anyway. It's splendid to be able to spend a bit more time with Graham. Thanks to all who put this together!

A Feeble Attempt to 'Cash In'
When a person of great fame and genius suddenly dies before his time, opportunists everywhere attempt to 'Cash In' on that tragedy.

They re-release all of his work, repackage it as 'Memorial Tributes,' and most disgustingly of all, try to pawn off the substandard and mediocre rubbish that he would never have agreed to publish whilst he was alive.

Monet, Renoir, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, even Spike Milligan; it seems to happen whenever a great artist dies. So in the end, I should really have known better when I decided to buy this DVD.

In summary, it is a collection of American University appearances, recorded on a substandard 1980's video camera; basically consisting of Mr Chapman sitting on stage and talking to a room full of 'Monty Python' fans. And like a book of posthumously published scripts which I borrowed from the library, it was definitely not his best work.

In short then, the opportunists would try to sell an artist's shopping lists if they thought that it might turn a quick buck. Graham Chapman was the life, the soul and the very spirit of 'Monty Python.' And ignoring this rubbish, we honour his memory by remembering him as such.

A warning about the format
I haven't actually watched this programme yet, but: be aware that, although listed on Amazon as a PAL disc, this is actually a region 0 NTSC disc (which makes sense, when you consider that the footage was shot in North America).