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Legendary British comedy troupe Monty
Python’s final performance in its sell-out
series of live shows is to be released on DVD
and Blu-ray on November 13. Monty Python
Live (mostly) - One Down Five to Go was filmed
in High Definition on July 20 at The O2 in London
and will be available as both a standard DVD
and BD edition, plus a deluxe set, which will
include both versions, plus a double CD
audio and a 60 page hardback book of
exclusive photographs.
Although it is likely to be the last time the
team will perform together live as Monty
Python, the British comedy legends have
reunited for the comedy Absolute Anything,
which is due to be released next year. Directed
by Terry Jones, it stars Simon Pegg who gets
mixed up with some aliens from outer space,
voiced by Jones and his fellow Python pals
John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin
and Terry Gilliam.
So what else can we can look forward to
from the Python gang? At press-time, we’re
still waiting on a local release date for Gilliam’s
latest directorial effort, the sci-fi fantasy The
Zero Theorem, which stars Christoph Waltz,
Matt Damon and Tilda Swinton. Gilliam also
has a cameo in the upcoming Jupiter Ascending
and is also reportedly looking again at a
screen version of Don Quixote.
Meanwhile, Palin and Cleese have been
working on live shows based on their recent
memoirs. Palin has just wrapped up a one-man
stage show adapted from the third volume of his
diaries, while Cleese will soon be embarking on
a similar autobiographical tour that ties in with
his his latest book So, Anyway. No word yet
whether any of the performances will be filmed
for later DVD release.
Bumper box sets, exclusive reissues and collectors editions.
EXTRAS NEWS
Californication
The final installment in Peter Jackson’s
epic Tolkien odyssey is due to hit cinemas
next month with the release of The Hobbit:
The Battle of Five Armies, with Bilbo Baggins
(Martin Freeman), Thorin Oakenshield
(Richard Armitage) and his company of
wolves now having to face both Smaug and
Gandalf’s greatest enemy Sauron.
To get you in the mood for the final film
in the trilogy, this month also sees the
release of the extended edition of The
Desolation Of Smaug , which includes 25
minutes of extra footage. The extended
editions – available on both 2D and 3D Blu-
ray and DVD – also feature more than nine
hours of new bonus features, including
commentaries from Jackson and co-writer/
producer Philippa Boyens, plus extensive
behind-the-scenes documentaries. As well
as the second parts of New Zealand: Home
Of Middle-Earth and Into The Wilderland:
The Chronicles of The Hobbit, there is
also The Journey To Erebor, a multi part
documentary focusing on the work that
Weta Workshop and Weta Digital undertook
to create the new characters and creatures
of The Desolation of Smaug.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is out on
DVD and Blu-ray on November 5.
Screened earlier this year on Prime, New Zealand FromAbove
takes viewers on an aerial journey over New Zealand, from the
alpine glories of the South Island to the tip of the North. It is out
on November 13 on Blu-ray and DVD.
The Hobbit: Battle OfThe Five Armies
The Zero
Theorem
what’s next
from the
pythons?
HOBBIT-GEDDON?