Not for nothing does John Cleese compare him to Steve Martin and Charlie Chaplin. It’s no coincidence that Terry Jones likens him to Paul Simon. It’s bizarre that Eric Idle and Michael Palin say he reminds them of Belgians—but they all say it in The Seventh Python.
Paul McCartney produced Neil's first (and, alas, last) hit single; he appeared in The Beatle's Magical Mystery Tour; he performed with The Pythons on television, on tour, in films-- and in The Concert for George tribute to his friend George Harrison (in which he was seen baring his arse onstage at the Royal Albert Hall); he belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as Rutle Ron Nasty; he plays a mean ukulele; and he's even got a songwriting credit on a tune by Oasis, who acknowledged “appropriating" his classic, How Sweet To Be An Idiot; and did we mention he likes to wear a duck on his head?
Yes, Neil Innes wears a duck on his head and he refuses to be famous. And it is his stubborn, brave resistance to celebrity culture and consumerism that is at the heart of this film that one early reviewer has called “touching, hilarious and inventive!â€
The Seventh Python is filled with concert performances from Neil Innes’ brave trip to Hollywood, the heart of celebrity culture, and includes appearances by many friends and associates, from the aforementioned Monty Pythons to music star Aimee Mann, Simpsons creator Matt Groening and a Rutle or two.
The Seventh Python premieres on June 26th at Martin Lewis’ Mods & Rockers Film Festival at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The film is directed by Burt Kearns and written and produced by Burt Kearns and Brett Hudson, the Frozen Pictures team whose recent productions include the 2006 nonfiction film, Basketball Man, the Bravo miniseries, All The Presidents' Movies narrated by Martin Sheen, the Court TV's The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll with Gene Simmons and Adults Only: The Secret History of The Other Hollywood with Legs McNeil, the Showtime docudrama series My First Time, and Cloud 9, the 20th Century Fox motion picture comedy starring Burt Reynolds, DL Hughley, Angie Everhart and Gary Busey.
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