John Cleese wants you to know he's not dead yet. He appeared in multiple James Bond, Harry Potter and Shrek films and co-wrote and co-starred in the hit 1988 heist comedy “A Fish Called Wanda.” But he ...

Few movies have had such a lasting impact on comedy as “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” Even after 50 years, its jokes remain ingrained in pop culture, quoted by fans and referenced across media.

Fifty years ago, six mostly-British humorists fresh from injecting dead parrots and Spam into sketch comedy launched their first attempt at movie-making, jumping into cinema with a budget so low they ...