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Graham Chapman, probably best remembered as 'the dead one from Monty Python', writes and stars in the animated movie of his own life story, A Liar's Autobiography. He was born, he went to Cambridge and met John Cleese, he smoked a pipe, he became a doctor, he became a Python, he decided he was gay (well, 70/30, according to a survey he did on himself), he got drunk a lot, he stopped being drunk, he made some films, he had some sex (actually, a lot), and moved to Los Angeles. Finally, he was whisked up into space by aliens (although that might have been in a film).
Although Chapman selfishly dropped dead in 1989, he had taken the trouble to record himself reading his book, A Liar's Autobiography - and those recordings have now ingeniously been used to provide Chapman's voice for the 3D animated feature of the same name. Fellow Pythons John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam also turn up, playing themselves and other characters, along with a few surprise guests.
Not a documentary, not a Monty Python film, A Liar's Autobiography is Chapman's own take on his bizarre life and his search for self-knowledge. Incredible, yes. Surreal, certainly. True, who knows? At his memorial service, John Cleese called Chapman "a freeloading bastard". Now, as the film re-unites Chapman with Cleese, Jones, Palin, and Gilliam for the first time in 23 years, he is set to earn a new title - the most prolific corpse since Elvis.
Original Release
09/08/2012
US Release
11/02/2012
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Graham Chapman | Graham Chapman / Narrator / Self (voice) |
John Cleese | John Cleese / Exploding Don / David Frost / Various (voice) |
Terry Jones | Terry Jones / Graham's Mother / Biggles / Anatomy Don / Enormous Peter |
Michael Palin | Michael Palin / Graham's Father / Interview Don #1 / Hibbern / Queen Mother / Various (voice) |
Terry Gilliam | Interview Don #2 / Dr One Across / Pilot / Aleister Crowley / Jose / Various (voice) |
Carol Cleveland | Masseuse / Singing Telegram / Stewardess / Various (voice) |
Philip Bulcock | David Sherlock (voice) / David Sherlock |
Rob Buckman | (voice) |
Jamielisa Jacquemin | (voice) |
Diana Kent | (voice) |
Directors
Jeff Simpson, Ben Timlett, Bill Jones
Writers
Graham Chapman, David Sherlock
Cast
Name | Character |
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Graham Chapman | Graham Chapman / Narrator / Self (voice) |
John Cleese | John Cleese / Exploding Don / David Frost / Various (voice) |
Terry Jones | Terry Jones / Graham's Mother / Biggles / Anatomy Don / Enormous Peter |
Michael Palin | Michael Palin / Graham's Father / Interview Don #1 / Hibbern / Queen Mother / Various (voice) |
Terry Gilliam | Interview Don #2 / Dr One Across / Pilot / Aleister Crowley / Jose / Various (voice) |
Carol Cleveland | Masseuse / Singing Telegram / Stewardess / Various (voice) |
Philip Bulcock | David Sherlock (voice) / David Sherlock |
Rob Buckman | (voice) |
Jamielisa Jacquemin | (voice) |
Diana Kent | (voice) |
Lloyd Kaufman | Uncle Lloyd (voice) / Uncle Lloyd |
Tom Hollander | Recording Engineer (voice) / Recording Engineer |
Peter Dickson | (voice) |
Margarita Doyle | Vomiting Sylvia Krystel / (voice) |
Cameron Diaz | Seigmund Freud / Seigmund Freud (voice) |
Ronnie Corbett | Thompson |
David Frost | Self |
Eric Idle | Self |
André Jacquemin | Self |
Justin McDonald | Young David Sherlock |
Producers
Name | Role |
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James Greenslade | Executive Producer |
Hanspeter Jaberg | Executive Producer |
Mark Sandell | Executive Producer |
Meyer Shwarzstein | Executive Producer |
Margarita Doyle | Producer |
Ben Timlett | Producer |
Bill Jones | Producer |
Justin Weyers | Producer |