Dark Knights & Holy Fools: The Art and Films of Terry Gilliam

Bob McCabe; Terry Gilliam [Designer]

ISBN 10: 0752818279 / ISBN 13: 9780752818276

Published by Orion, 1999

Seller Inventory # 0752818279-3-27509367

Synopsis:

Covering all of Gilliam's work from Monty Python's Flying Circus to the 1998 big screen version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The book is fabulously illustrated featuring many previously unseen photographs, storyboards and drawing from Gilliam's private archive. Each chapter features an interview with Gilliam which gets his take on the work. Chapters include Early Years: childhood and early collaborations with John Cleese and Woody Allan; Monty Python - for the first time Gilliam talks about the creation of the cultiest of cult TV shows; Python and the Holy Grail first attempt at directing includes interviews with John Cleese and Terry Jones; Jabberwocky, includes interviews with Michael Palin; Time Bandits; Brazil including the inside story of the infamous ad war with Universal, interview with co-writer Tom Stoppard; The Budget fiasco which was Baron Munchausen; Fisher King includes interview with Robin Williams; Twelve Monkeys includes an interview with Bruce Willis; Fear and Loathing Hunter S. Thompson talks about Gilliam's adaptation. Also includes the abandoned projects A tale of Two Cities with Mel Gibson and Defective Detective with Nicholas Cage, as well as work in progress on Time Bandits II.

About the Author: Bob McCabe broadcasts on film for Radio 1 and is associate editor of Film Guide. He contributes to Empire, and Q Magazines and has also contributed to Premier, Film Review, Evening Standard Daily Mirror The Express and was film editor of Vox. He is the author of the forthcoming BFI book on The Exorcist.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dark Knights & Holy Fools: The Art and Films...
Publisher: Orion
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Good