The best Eric Idle’s documentary movies

Eric Idle

Eric Idle

29/03/1943 (81 años)
Today we present the best Eric Idle’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Eric Idle’s movies.
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The Aristocrats

The Aristocrats
6.4/10
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

George Harrison: Living in the Material World
8.1/10
Director Martin Scorsese profiles former Beatle George Harrison in this reverent portrait that mixes interviews and archival footage, featuring commentary from the likes of Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and Yoko Ono.

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
7.9/10
A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014.

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
7.6/10
With unprecedented access, this program reveals the humour, chaos and passion that went into bringing the Flying Circus to the stage cumulating in the legendary One Down, Five To Go.

Before the Flying Circus

Before the Flying Circus
7.3/10
Discover how six seemingly ordinary but supremely talented men became Monty Python, sketch comedy's inspired group of lunatics who turned such unlikely sources of inspiration as Spam, dead parrots and the Inquisition into enduring punch lines. This entertaining documentary includes interviews with members of the troupe, as well as home movies, photos and rare recordings from Monty Python's early years.

Peter Cook At a Slight Angle to the Universe

Peter Cook At a Slight Angle to the Universe
TV documentary tracing the life of the comedian and satirist from his school days, through the Cambridge Footlights, to Beyond the Fringe and his partnership with Dudley Moore. With contributions from Cook's school friends Peter Rabey and Jonathan Harlow; Cook's first wife Wendy Cook; Cambridge University friends Tim Harrold and Roger Law; Adrian Slade (ex-president of Cambridge Footlights); Jonathan Miller; Sir David Frost; Ned Sherrin; John Bassett (creator, Beyond The Fringe); Willie Donaldson (producer, Beyond The Fringe); John Cleese; Eric Idle; Michael Parkinson; Brenda Vaccaro; John Fortune; Nicholas Luard (co-owner with Cook of The Establishment club); actress Gaye Brown; Christopher Booker; Ian Hislop; Victor Lownes and Michael Bawtree (friends of Cook); Joe McGrath; Dick Clement; Mel Smith; Clive Anderson; tv producer and executive Paul Jackson; Harry Enfield, radio presenter Clive Bull, and archival interview footage of both Cook and Dudley Moore. (Synopsis BFI)

The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch

The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDocumentary
  • Release: 01/01/2002
  • Character: Narrator / Dirk McQuickly / Lady Beth Mouse-Peddler
Twenty-three years after the release of the original Beatles mockumentary, 'The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash', famous artists, actors and musicians speak out on how The Rutles influenced them.

Monty Python Conquers America

Monty Python Conquers America
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/01/2008
  • Character: Himself
This documentary follows the evolution of the British sketch comedy troupe that redefined humor and shaped an entire generation of American comics, focusing especially on their conquest of the American comedy scene,

The Meaning of Monty Python

The Meaning of Monty Python
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 08/10/2013
  • Character: Himself
A discussion between John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones about their film The Meaning of Life

The Secret Life of Brian

The Secret Life of Brian
7.6/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/01/2007
  • Character: Himself
A documentary about the making of the controversial Life of Brian and the surrounding accusations of blasphemy.

Group Madness

Group Madness
8.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 11/06/1983
  • Character: Self
A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard

Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails

Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
From ‘something completely different’ to icons of comedy and national treasures, this is a collection of rarely-seen Monty Python moments from the BBC archives, following the group’s encounters with ‘Auntie’ over the past 50 years.

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 20/02/2005
  • Character: Self
A retrospective of the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live.

An Accidental Studio

An Accidental Studio
7.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 12/07/2019
  • Character: Himself (archive footage)
Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George Harrison.

The Life of Python

The Life of Python
Celebrating their 30th anniversary, Monty Python presents exclusive new material and so-called classic bits.

Terry Pratchett: Back in Black

Terry Pratchett: Back in Black
8.3/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 11/02/2017
  • Character: Himself
A poignant and humorous film telling the life story of the hugely popular author of the discworld series of books, in his own words.

Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO

Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
7.3/10
Documentary which gets to the heart of who Jeff Lynne is and how he has had such a tremendous musical influence on our world. The story is told by the British artist himself and such distinguished collaborators and friends of Jeff as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh, Olivia and Dhani Harrison, Barbara Orbison and Eric Idle. The film reveals that Lynne is a true man of music, for whom the recording studio is his greatest instrument. With access to Lynne in his studio above LA, this is an intimate account of a great British pop classicist who has ploughed a unique furrow since starting out on the Birmingham Beat scene in the early 60s, moving from the Idle Race to the multi-million selling ELO in the 70s and then, with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and George Harrison, as a key member of the Traveling Wilburys.

The Entire Universe

The Entire Universe
6.5/10
Eric Idle persuades Professor Brian Cox to present a lecture on the birth of the entire universe. Brian soon realises Eric is actually hosting a comedy and musical extravaganza.

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
  • Genre: ComedyDocumentary
  • Release: 05/06/2021
  • Character: Uncredited (Archive footage)
Monty Python’s influence on comedy has been compared to the Beatles’ influence on music, a pivotal moment in the evolution of television humor. Celebrating the cultural legacy and influence of the troupe, this special pairs their original material with new and entertaining commentary from celebrities who consider Monty Python hugely significant, both personally and to the history of screen satire. Celebrity humorists discuss, laugh, and reminisce about various Python segments and bring a fresh perspective to the material, connecting Monty Python’s work to today’s most successful television humor. In a time when a few moments of escape and laughter couldn’t be more sought after, this special reminds viewers of Python’s cultural impact, and that PBS introduced them to American viewers.

The Monty Python Story

The Monty Python Story
The story behind how the comedy sketch group Monty Python formed in 1969, and lead to four very series, and four very funny films that are still has funny today as when they were released.

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