The 7th Python – A Twat's Tale
Mark Forstater
If you want to know what a tooth and claw legal battle is like – If you want to discover something revealing about Monty Python and see their darker side – If you want to know how to make a movie without giving the financiers all the rights and keep creative control in every known … Continue reading Lights, Camera, Lawyers
Ever since their experience on And Now for Something Completely Different, the Pythons had thought about making a second film themselves. Both Terrys were interested in directing, and they wanted to have greater artistic control over the new film. A first draft script was written, and their manager at the time – John Gledhill – … Continue reading An extract from the book – Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mark Forstater, producer of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, won an estimated £220,000 at the High Court. A film producer who claimed to be the “the seventh Python” won a royalty battle with the comedy team yesterday – but said his victory was tinged with sadness. Mark Forstater, who produced the 1975 film Monty … Continue reading ‘Seventh Python’ has the last laugh with victory in battle over Spamalot royalties
The “seventh Python”, who won a seven-year battle for full royalties after the success of Monty Python’s Spamalot, has revealed that the battle left him out of pocket and terrified about bringing “disaster on myself and my family”. In his new book, The 7th Python: A Twat’s Tale, film producer Mark Forstater, who helped produce … Continue reading Monty Python legal battle left me living in a bedsit, says ‘seventh Python’
Michael Palin has dismissed a suggestion that a film producer was a seventh member of the Monty Python comedy team. Palin – one of six stars of the Monty Python television series – told a high court trial on Thursday that the idea Mark Forstater was a “seventh Python” would not have been accepted. Forstater, … Continue reading Holy Grail producer was not ‘7th Python’, says Michael Palin
An article published in the Telegraph. By Rosa Silverman. 2:45PM GMT 05 Dec 2012 The idea of there being a seventh member of the Monty Python comedy group was out of the question, Michael Palin told a court today during a legal battle over the Spamalot musical. Mark Forstater, who produced Monty Python and the Holy … Continue reading There was no seventh Python, Michael Palin tells court
A film producer has won a High Court case against the surviving members of Monty Python over royalty rights to the hit stage show, Spamalot. Mark Forstater, who produced the 1975 film Monty Python And The Holy Grail, claimed he was underpaid royalties since the musical’s launch in 2005. He estimated he was entitled to … Continue reading Monty Python lose Spamalot court battle
