Python (Monty) Pictures ended at the end of 1980 (a unique arrangement at the time). As revealed in "The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen" (included on the bonus DVD of the 20th Anniversary Edition of Python member Terry Gilliam's 1988 film "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"), Python Pictures was to originally bring in part of the funding for "Munchausen" but eventually the deal didn't come to fruition. Python (Monty) Pictures Python (Monty) Pictures Limited is composed of the five surviving members of the main Monty Python team, who now serve as the directors. Python (Monty) Pictures which was incorporated in 1973 and now
Monty Python performers collaborated with their stunts to perform a combined set of acts. Differing, somewhat confusing accounts are given of the origins of the Python name, although the members agree that its only "significance" was that they thought it sounded funny. In the 1998 documentary "Live at Aspen" during the US Comedy Arts Festival, where the troupe was awarded the AFI Star Award by the American Film Institute, the group implied that "Monty" was selected (Eric Idle's idea) as a gently mocking tribute to Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, a legendary British general of World War II; requiring a "slippery-sounding" surname, they