Ahem: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Gets American Distribution

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 8:20 AM on August 14, 2009

On the heels of its wacko new trailer, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has finally secured American distribution with Sony Pictures Classics. ...  read more

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Most of Monty Python Reunite For 40th Anniversary Stage Show

By Caroline Klibanoff at 5:00 PM on July 8, 2009

Forty years after the debut of Monty Python's Flying Circus rocked British television, the comedy crew is (mostly) reuniting for a musical version of their famous 1979 film, Life of Brian. The stage adaptation, Not The Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy), premiered in Toronto in 2007 and will make a few U.S. stops this summer before the cast appears on stage together in London....  read more

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Gilliam Touts Heath Ledger for Second Posthumous Oscar

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 3:35 PM on May 19, 2009

Terry Gilliam, last Summer, on the Oscar campaign for Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight: “They'll do anything to publicize their film. That’s just what they do, and you can’t get upset, because it’s bullshit. They’re like a great white shark which devours whatever it can.” ...  read more

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Cannes 2009 Lineup Set, Includes New Michel Gondry Film

By Sean Gandert at 10:00 AM on April 24, 2009

Cannes, the premier worldwide film festival, has finally announced the lineup for its 2009 event. Before we begin analyzing the choices, let's take a look at this year's selections:...  read more

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Gilliam's Doctor Parnassus might not show in the U.S.

By Muriel Vega at 10:41 AM on March 5, 2009

Heath Ledger's last performance has proven to be a marketing nightmare (and you'd think winning an Oscar would make everything easier). The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Terry Giliam's film about a traveling magician who lets customers go beyond reality through a devil-powered mirror, has hit yet another roadblock, as the movie continues without a U.S. distributor....  read more

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Terry Gilliam traveling back to La Mancha?

By Sean Gandert at 7:44 PM on January 9, 2008

In the middle of his busy shooting schedule for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (which, honestly, looks like it will be a lot better than its name might imply), Terry Gilliam spoke to Empire about his upcoming projects, and it looks like he's going back to finish some of the films he's been forced to abandon in the past. The first of these is The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, the failure of which was documented in Lost in La Mancha. "[Producer] Jeremy Thomas is very close to getting all the pieces of paper signed from all the people who...  read more

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