An Evening with Terry Gilliam @ Alex Theatre Glendale

Ever heard of Monty Python? If you've been in this group very long you know that I am. Just loved their Eric Idle and John Cleese talk at the Alex last year. Well I'm stoked to get to hear from the crazy American cousin of this troupe; the creator of the giant cartoon foot landing on everything. Live Talks LA is hosting this event at the Alex Theatre and I can't miss it! THE SHOW IS AT 8PM.

The only seats left are general admission but that'as just fine with me. DO NOT RSVP UNTIL YOU'VE PURCHASED YOUR TICKET. $30 incl. Eventbrite fees. Terry is hawking his new book--a Preposthumous Memoir "Gilliamesque"

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-terry-gilliam-tickets-17991866156)

MEET AT THE BAR AT LA BELLA CUCINA AT 7PM, 2 DOORS SOUTH OF THE THEATRE THEN WE'LL GET IN LINE AT 7:15:

204 1/2 N Brand Ave | Glendale CA, 91203

TAKE MY NUMBER DOWN. I'M DRIVING FROM NEAR LAX AND IF I HIT BAD TRAFFIC IT COULD BE A PROBLEM.

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From Live Talks LA:

Terry Gilliam is a screenwriter, director, animator, actor, and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. He is well-known for directing many film cult-classics, including Brazil (1985), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), The Fisher King (1991), 12 Monkeys (1995), and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). Many of his films have been nominated for Academy and Golden Globe awards, and in 2009 he was given the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award for his contribution to motion picture arts. The only “Python” not born in Britain, he took British Citizenship in 1968. His latest film The Zero Theorem was released on August 19, 2014, and stars two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz, David Thewlis, Matt Damon, and Tilda Swinton. Visit his website. (http://terrygilliamweb.com/)

In Gilliamesque, his “pre-posthumous memoir,” he offers an intimate glimpse into his world in this fascinating book illustrated with hand-drawn sketches, notes, and memorabilia from his personal archive.

From his no-frills childhood in the icy wastes of Minnesota, to some of the hottest water Hollywood had to offer, via the cutting edge of 1960s and ’70s counter-culture in New York, L.A. and London, Terry Gilliam’s life has been as vivid, entertaining and unorthodox as one of his films.

Packed with never-before-seen artwork, photographs and commentary, Gilliamesque blends the visual and the verbal with scabrous wit and fascinating insight. Gilliam’s memoir also features a cast of amazing supporting characters—George Harrison, Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Uma Thurman, Johnny Depp, Heath Ledger and all of the fellow Pythons—as well as cameo appearances from some of the heaviest cultural hitters of modern times, from Woody Allen to Frank Zappa, Gloria Steinem to Robert Crumb, Richard Nixon to Hunter S. Thompson. Gilliam’s encounters with the great and the not-so-good are revealing, funny, and hugely entertaining.

It’s an honor to host Terry Gilliam for the launch event of his book and a wonderful follow up to our event last Fall with fellow Pythons John Cleese interviewed by Eric Idle. Watch that video here. (https://youtu.be/KnpY46lOTX4) The book is an unrestrained look into a unique creative mind and an incomparable portrait of late twentieth-century popular culture.

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