Holy Flying Circus
Holy Flying Circus 2011 is a 90minute BBC television comedy film first broadcast in 2011, written by Tony Roche and directed by Owen Harris.
At a meeting in the offices of their film distributor they discuss allowing the film to be released in America first because of the Americas first amendment. Cleese voices his support for the idea, and says that he loves Americans. We then see American reporters at a screening of the movie where a near riot is taking place due to the alleged blasphemous nature of the film. The Pythons review a disheartening statement made by a religious leader, implying that the film causes violence. Cleese misinterprets this possibly deliberately and goes off on a tangent about little kids carrying out copycat crucifixions on their friends. Their distributor, Barry, suggests a low profile approach for the UK release so as not to cause too much upset. Lets not project an advert onto the side of Westminster Abbey or make Life of Brian Christmas crackers.Much of the film is taken up with preparations for a debate on the BBC2 chat show Friday Night, Saturday Morning. Initially, the Pythons are reluctant to take part but decided that John Cleese and Michael Palin should represent the team on the programme. Palins wife is depicted with a remarkable resemblance to Terry Jones Rufus Jones plays both parts. The production team of the BBC chat show eventually manage to gain a commitment from Malcolm Muggeridge and Mervyn Stockwood, the then Bishop of Southwark, to oppose the two Pythons. Portions of this televised discussion are recreated towards the end of the film. ........
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