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A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

2012 · 85 min

A playful, patchwork animated romp through a life story that keeps winking at its own tall tales, more silly than profound but affectionate throughout.

Directed by: Ben Timlett, Bill Jones
Genres: Animation, Comedy
Starring: Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese

Tagline: Still Dead, And Now in 3D
Overview: John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam pay tribute to their late Monty Python colleague Graham Chapman in this hilarious, 3-D animated adaptation of Chapman's brazenly fictionalized life story.

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Directed by: Ben Timlett, Bill Jones
Genres: Animation, Comedy
Starring: Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
memory
art
sexuality
death
Places: big city
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: animated
nonlinear
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Complexity	6
Emotional weight	4

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