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  • Cleese to hang up the silly walks - 15 June 2006
    Comedy institution John Cleese has announced that he is to quit while he is ahead in the funny stakes, pledging to nurture the comedic talents of the future instead. - -The 66-year-old, whose comedy CV is bursting with classics like Monty Python and Fawlty Towers, a

John Cleese - what members say


  • Monty Python's Life Of Brian
  • Monty Python's Life Of Brian review by from Tilshead, Salisbury
    Rated - 3 stars A fitting tribute to Graham Chapman 29 May 2005
    ...lm itself. Eric Idle had already developed his transatlantic twang by then but John Cleese still had a sense of humour. ...  
  • Fawlty Towers - Series 1 Complete
  • Fawlty Towers - Series 1 Complete review by A customer from Glasgow
    Rated - 5 stars They don't make em like this anymore! 2 March 2009
    .....what can I say that hasn't already been said about this work of sheer class? John Cleese is outstanding, as are the rest of the cast....no one character is better than ...  
  • Fawlty Towers - Series 2 Complete
  • Fawlty Towers - Series 2 Complete review by TrevorBevan from STROUD
    Rated - 5 stars Commic Classic 12 November 2003
    ...t more can I add to the already established genius of wit and humour written by John Cleese and Connie. The series will go down in history as the most memorable comedy ...  

John Cleese - filmography


  • The Pink Panther 2 on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Steve Martin,  Jean Reno,  Emily Mortimer
    Director: Harald Zwart
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Insp. Jacques Clouseau teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is. Their mission: Stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts.
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  • Igor on DVD (2008)
    Starring: John Cusack,  Steve Buscemi,  John Cleese
    Director: Anthony Leondis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In a land of mad scientists and diabolical inventions, what do you do when you¹re born with a hunch on your back? You become an Igor. A twist on the classic monster movie, that tells the story of one Igor--who's sick of being a lowly lab assistant with a "Yes Master's" degree--and dreams of ..read more »
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  • Man About Town on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Rebecca Romijn,  John Cleese
    Director: Mike Binder
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    With a marriage in shambles and a shaky client roster, slick Hollywood agent Jack Giamoro (Ben Affleck) has lost his killer instinct. To make matters worse, his personal journal has been stolen by a reporter threatening to write a career-ending expose. Now with everything on the line, Jack is ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 401 members
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  • Valiant on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  tim curry (voice),  John Hurt
    Director: Gary Chapman
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    High-flying comedy adventure about a little pigeon whose biggest dream is to join the Royal Homing Pigeon Service and serving crown and country during World War II.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 34,892 members
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  • Scorched on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook,  Paulo Constanzo,  Woody Harrelson
    Director: Gavin Grazer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    In this fun crime caper movie, a small-town bank robbery is botched in the most ironic of ways three of the bank's employees have their own separate plans to steal the dough.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 3,455 members
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  • Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Drew Barrymore,  Cameron Diaz,  Lucy Liu
    Director: Joseph McGinty
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE reunites Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu as they once again wage battle against some formidable opponents. This time around the three angels are on a mission to track down two stolen rings that contain encrypted information relating to the Witness ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 17,959 members
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  • Stupidity (2003)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Noam Chomsky,  Salma Hayek
    Director: Albert Nerenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Stupidity sets out to determine whether our culture is hooked on deliberate ignorance as a strategy for success. From Adam Sandler to George W. Bush, from the IQ test to TV programming, to the origins of the word moron, Stupidity examines the "dumbing down" of contemporary culture. Stupidity ..read more »
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  • Die Another Day on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Colin Salmon,  Halle Berry
    Director: Lee Tamahori
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In DIE ANOTHER DAY, the 20th James Bond adventure, 007 (Pierce Brosnan) gets off to a rough start when he's captured and subsequently tortured during an assignment in North Korea. When the suave secret agent is eventually liberated, he embarks on a dangerous mission that involves tracking a ..read more »
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  • Rat Race on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Rowan Atkinson,  John Cleese,  Whoopi Goldberg
    Director: Jerry Zucker
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An all-star cast proves just how far people will go for the chance to win $2 million in Jerry Zucker's RAT RACE. In the tradition of Zucker's AIRPLANE and NAKED GUN 2-1/2: THE SMELL OF FEAR, this film features wild chase scenes, slapstick comedy, sight gags, impossible situations, and zany ..read more »
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  • BBC Great Comedy Moments on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Jason,  Ronnie Barker,  Ronnie Corbett
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This compilation DVD brings together nearly two hours of the funniest comedy scenes from the many classic BBC programmes. Includes clips from the likes of Blackadder, Morecambe and Wise, Only Fools And Horses, Porridge, Some Mother's Do 'Ave 'Em, Steptoe and Son and more.
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  • The Magic Pudding (2000)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Geoffrey Rush,  Sam Neill
    Director: Karl Zwicky
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Meet Albert (John Cleese) a magnificent puddin' who can turn himself into just about any puddin' you can imagine. Only problem is that everyone is trying to steal him and he has the annoying habit of running away at every possible opportunity! It's up to his three friends to look after Albert, ..read more »
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  • The World Is Not Enough on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Sophie Marceau,  Judi Dench
    Director: Michael Apted
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Complete with ski chases, casino hijinks, high-tech gadgetry, and sultry women, the 19th installment in the James Bond franchise features the increasingly at ease Pierce Brosnan in his third appearance as 007, in a race to save the world's oil supply. Sophie Marceau (BRAVEHEART) stars as Elektra ..read more »
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  • In The Wild - Lemurs With John Cleese on DVD (1998)
    Starring: John Cleese
    Director: Justine Kershaw
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    This programme takes you along on actor John Cleese's journey into the rainforests of Madagascar. Watch as Cleese tracks the progress of five black-and-white-ruffed lemurs that were born in captivity and released into the rainforest. The hope is that they will survive and eventually mate with the ..read more »
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  • The Swan Princess on DVD (1994)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Jack Palance,  Steven Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This animated feature based on the classic "Swan Lake" follows the travails of Prince Derek and his pals, a frog, a turtle and a puffin, as they try to save Princess Odette from the evil wizard Rothbart. Features the voices of Jack Palance, John Cleese, Sandy Duncan, Steven Wright and others.
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  • The Jungle Book on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Jason Scott Lee,  Sam Neill,  Lena Headey
    Director: Stephen Sommers
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A faithful adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's tale of Mowgli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves after being lost when a tiger attacked an encampment and killed his father. Years later he finds himself re-united with his childhood love Kitty and back in the "civilisation" of Colonial India which he ..read more »
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  • Erik The Viking on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Terry Jones,  John Cleese,  Tim Robbins
    Director: Terry Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Tim Robbins stars as Erik the Viking, a thoughtful man in a violent time who does not enjoy killing and raping like the rest of his people. When he accidentally kills a woman while defending her, he reevaluates his life and goes off in search of the Horn Resounding, which has the power to bring him ..read more »
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  • Secret Policeman's Ball, The - The Compl... (3 discs) on DVD (1989)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Neil Innes,  terry jones
    Director: Roger Graef
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A box set featuring all the Secret Policeman's Balls. 'Pleasure At Her Majesty's (1976)', 'Mermaid Frolics (1977)', 'The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979)', 'The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1981)', 'The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (1987)', and 'The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball (1989)
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  • Silverado - BLU-RAY Version (1985)
    Starring: Kevin Kline,  Scott Glenn,  Linda Hunt
    Director: Lawrence Kasdan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    As the result of a chance meeting, four cowboys on horseback are drawn together to defeat a corrupt frontier sheriff and his vicious posse. An enjoyable high-spirited western. Starring Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, Brain Dennehy and Rosanna Arquette, and written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan (THE ..read more »
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  • Silverado on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Kevin Kline,  Scott Glenn,  Linda Hunt
    Director: Lawrence Kasdan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    As the result of a chance meeting, four cowboys on horseback are drawn together to defeat a corrupt frontier sheriff and his vicious posse. An enjoyable high-spirited western. Starring Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, Brain Dennehy and Rosanna Arquette, and written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan (THE ..read more »
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  • Yellowbeard on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Graham Chapman,  Peter Boyle,  Peter Cook
    Director: Mel Damski
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The comic saga of an infamous pirate who has just been released from the prison where he spent the last 15 years. He soon makes up for lost time.
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  • Time Bandits on DVD (1980)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Sean Connery,  Shelley Duvall
    Director: Terry Gilliam
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Plunging headfirst into history, director Terry Gilliam fearlessly brings the logic of children's fairy tales to bear as he navigates through myth and legend in a bizarre, ingenious retelling of THE WIZARD OF OZ. A boy and six good-natured little persons careen through time-twisting interactions ..read more »
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  • Monty Python's Life Of Brian on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Graham Chapman,  John Cleese,  Terry Gilliam
    Director: Terry Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Monty Python delivers a scathing, anarchic satire of both religion and Hollywood's depiction of all things biblical with their second--and tightest--full-length film. The setting is the Holy Land in 33 A.D., a time of poverty and chaos, with no shortage of messiahs, followers willing to believe in ..read more »
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  • How To Irritate People on DVD (1968)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Michael Palin,  Graham Chapman
    Director: Ian Fordyce
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    HOW TO IRRITATE PEOPLE is a mockumentary in which host John Cleese illustrates various different types of irritation, and shows that the best way to irritate people is to make it look unintentional. Parents irritate their children, old ladies irritate people in a movie theater, and airline pilots ..read more »
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  • Sez Les
    Starring: Les Dawson,  Kenneth Connor,  Roy Barraclough
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. A British comedy sketch show from the 60s/70s starring Les Dawson.
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  • The Best Comedy DVD In The World on DVD
    Starring: Peter Kay,  Tommy Cooper,  Eddie Izzard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Provides a compilation of some of the greatest comedy moments from Stand Up, Television and Film. Includes clips from: 'Bo Selecta', 'Little Britain', 'The Office', 'Monty Python', 'Only Fools And Horses', 'Carry On' and much much more. All profits from the sale of this video will be donated to the ..read more »
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  • The Taming Of The Shrew on DVD
    Starring: John Cleese,  Anthony Pedley,  Joan Hickson
    Director: Johathan Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Baptista, a ..read more »
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  • Shrek Totally Tangled Tales Game on DVD
    Starring: John Cleese
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Join Shrek & Princess Fiona in an all new adventure to rescue King Harold the frog from the effects of Fairy Godmother's magic wand! Tangled tales, zany live-action scenes with John Cleese and all-new storybook animations will keep the whole family laughing and entertained!
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John Cleese - watch online


  • Man About Town to Watch Now (2006)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Rebecca Romijn,  John Cleese
    Director: Mike Binder
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 95 minutes
    With a marriage in shambles and a shaky client roster, slick Hollywood agent Jack Giamoro (Ben Affleck) has lost his killer instinct. To make matters worse, his personal journal has been stolen by a reporter threatening to write a career-ending exposé. Now with everything on the line, Jack is ..read more »
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  • Scorched to Watch Now (2002)
    Starring: Alicia Silverstone,  Rachael Leigh Cook,  Paulo Constanzo
    Director: Gavin Grazer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 89 minutes
    In this fun crime caper movie, a small-town bank robbery is botched in the most ironic of ways three of the bank's employees have their own separate plans to steal the dough.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 15 members
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