Terry Gilliam : ce qu'il faut savoir

Swansea co-founder Paul O'Connor's Sol Cinema — built from a 1972 caravan that once housed chickens Terry Gilliam s'impose comme l'un des sujets qui mobilisent l'attention en Italy ce jeudi.

Les faits

• Swansea co-founder Paul O'Connor's Sol Cinema — built from a 1972 caravan that once housed chickens — heads to Colwyn Bay this Saturday to screen exclusive Terry Jones films at a Monty Python statue unveiling.
• A statue commemorating actor and writer Terry Jones has been unveiled in his birthplace.
• Fellow Python Terry Gilliam also attended the unveiling of the statue on Saturday, which overlooked Colwyn Bay beach in north Wales.
• Mike and I were here last year and we talked to the designer and we captured the real Terry," said Gilliam.
• A statue commemorating actor and writer Terry Jones, depicting him in the nude, has been unveiled in his birthplace.

L'essentiel

Dans le détail, a statue commemorating actor and writer Terry Jones has been unveiled in his birthplace.

Sur le fond, Fellow Python Terry Gilliam also attended the unveiling of the statue on Saturday, which overlooked Colwyn Bay beach in north Wales.

Concrètement, Mike and I were here last year and we talked to the designer and we captured the real Terry," said Gilliam.

Au-delà de ce constat, a statue commemorating actor and writer Terry Jones, depicting him in the nude, has been unveiled in his birthplace.

Reste à préciser que it will be gifted to Conwy County Borough Council to sit permanently on the promenade, and will be unveiled by Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam — Jones’s surviving Python colleagues.

Les chiffres

À noter par ailleurs : the Sol Cinema, co-founded by Paul O’Connor from Swansea, has been engaged to screen exclusive films made by Terry Jones alongside behind-the-scenes footage from his Monty Python days, as part of the unveiling of a bronze statue of Jones in Colwyn Bay on Saturday April 25.

Plus précisément, Jones, best known for his part in the British comedy troupe Monty Python, died in 2020 aged 77 from a rare form of dementia.

Dans la foulée, Emma Thompson, Steve Coogan and Suzy Eddie Izzard were among the other celebrities who promoted the fundraising campaign, which attracted donations from around the world and hit its £120,000 target within six months.

À ce stade, I've done literally 15-hour days for nearly a year and a half now, so I'm hoping that people love him.

Le contexte

Reste à préciser que Sir Michael Palin says his fellow Python star Jones would have found the statue "very funny indeed".

À noter par ailleurs : I know it's a bit silly to have a statue of a comedian, but knowing it's something Terry would like, a subversive statue, I'm quite pleased about that.

Plus précisément, Terry died at the start of Covid and didn't get the recognition he deserved... so now is a chance for people to catch up and say what they thought about Terry and what they liked about Terry.

Dans la foulée, the organ merges into Terry's writing desk, loaded with nods to his multi-faceted career.

À ce stade, He co-directed The Holy Grail with Gilliam and also co-wrote the series Ripping Yarns with Palin, who he first met at Oxford University.

Recherches associées

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À retenir

• A statue commemorating actor and writer Terry Jones has been unveiled in his birthplace.
• A statue commemorating actor and writer Terry Jones, depicting him in the nude, has been unveiled in his birthplace.
• It will be gifted to Conwy County Borough Council to sit permanently on the promenade, and will be unveiled by Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam — Jones’s surviving Python colleagues.
• Recherches qui explosent : "Ça, je ne l'ai jamais toléré" : il y a 13 ans, Mélanie Thierry a vécu son tournage le plus difficile avec une légende du cinéma, “L’Imaginarium du docteur Parnassus” : pour la première fois, Terry Gilliam se répète, Jabberwocky - Terry Gilliam - critique - aVoir, « Le Cinéma de Terry Gilliam » : le parcours d’un Don Quichotte à Hollywood.