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 The name "Monty Python's Flying Circus" appears in the opening animation for season four, but in the end credits, the show is listed as simply "Monty Python". Although Cleese left the show, he was credited as a writer for three of the six episodes, largely concentrated in the "Michael Ellis" episode, which had begun life as one of the many drafts of the "Holy Grail" motion picture. When a new direction for "Grail" was decided upon, the subplot of Arthur and his knights wandering around a strange department store in modern times was lifted out and recycled as the aforementioned