

Watch comedy legends lose their minds making cinema's greatest heist farce.
Acting
Cleese's barely contained exasperation directing his own script.
Direction
Charles Crichton, 77, teaching young punks how it's done.
Writing
The sacred torture of rewriting the perfect joke.
Director
Iain Johnstone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title's 'Farewell' was premature—Cleese returned for Fierce Creatures in 1997, though he later disowned that film.
This captures the moment British comedy royalty (Python, Ealing veterans) collided with rising American stars right before global stardom consumed everything.
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