Showing posts with label Monty Python. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monty Python. Show all posts

Saturday, January 10, 2009

The Phantom Tollbooth fantasy cast list

I was thinking of doing a movie of the book the phantom toll booth which is actually an educational book and a political statement all at once. all the roles would be played by either the pythons or the Muppet performers. It would have to be done however in a time when Graham Chapman and Jim Henson were still alive.
Milo would be played by an unknown
Muppets: Jim Henson King Azaz, Tock
Frank Oz The Humbug
Jerry Nelson The Spelling Bee, Gorgon of Hate Lethargarian, Dodecahedron,
Richard Hunt the Awful Din, Lethargarian, Gorgon of Malice Gelatin Giant Alec Bings
David Golez the Everpresent wordsnatcher, Lethargarian
Steve Whitmire: Lethargarian 58% of A child,
Fran Brill Rhyme
Martin P. Robinson the demon of Insincerity,Lethargarian
Pythons John Cleese Mathamgician, The Terrible Trivium, Duke of definition
Graham Chapman Chroma, Earl of essence
Eric Idle Senses Taker Minister of Meaning
Michael Plain Giant/Midget/thin Man/Fat Man, Undersecretary of Understanding
Terry Jones Count of connotation, Officer Shrift
Terry Gilliam Dr Kakofnus A Discord Whether Man secretary
Carol Cleveland Reason, Faintly Macabre

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Alice in wonderland fantasy cast

I was thinking about a cast for an imaginary Alice in Wonderland film made in 1973 and Through The Looking glass the following Year (don't look for this film it's just fantasy). It would stick to the book Pretty Much To the letter because I think the Original story is plenty exciting in and of itself. I tried to Pick comedians for most of the roles because serious actors would make it fall under the heading a dream or a Nightmare as most versions do.

Jodie foster plays Alice because although Alice is Innocent she also is either tough enough to survive the wonderland or imaginative enough to dream it up. Jodie Foster also proved to be a great dramatic actor later which is important in the role of Alice especially since the other actors are comedians. She could make her sympathetic enough that we care about her but not so sympathetic that we're too worried about her to enjoy the movie. She is American but she could do a British accent even then and she actually can sing. If you don't believe me YouTube Jodie Foster Sing

Here is a sample of The Alice In Wonderland Cast:
In the Mad Tea Party Peter Cook is the Mad Hatter, Peter Sellers is the March Hare, and Dudley Moore Is the Dormouse. In the scene with the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle the Gryphon is Spike Milligan and the Mock Turtle is Ringo Starr. The Cheshire Cat is Tim Curry before he was a star. Peter Sellers also Plays The Queen of Hearts along With Mollie Sugdeon as the Duchess. The Knave of hearts is David Jason and Father William is Donald Adams.

Here is a sample of the Through the Looking Glass cast
Ronnie Corbet and Arte Johnson are Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum because they look so alike, and both look just like those characters. Mollie Sugden is the white Queen and Judi Dench Is the Red Queen. John Young is The Aged Man, Woody Allen appears near the end as the Pudding and the Voice Announcing Queen Alice is John Ferrante

The pythons and Muppet Performers also appear in both made up films
The Pythons: John Cleese is The Red Knight the Frog Footman and The King of Hearts
Ghrahm Chapman Is the The White Rabbit The White King The White Knight and Louis Carroll
Eric Idle is The Ace of Spades the Cook
Michael Palin is the Door the Father and the seven
Terry Jones as The Five and The pigeon
Terry Gilliam as the Fish Footman The baby and The Red King
Connie booth as Alice's Sister

The Muppets: Jim Henson is the Carpenter the Lizard Chimney sweep The sun and The panther
Frank Oz is The Walrus The dodo and Humpty Dumpty The moon and The Lobster
Put Jerry Nelson as The Lion the Owl and One of the Oyster Ghosts the Jabberwock
Richard Hunt as The Unicorn the sheep the Eldest Oyster The frog and The mutton Leg
Fran Brill as the Other Oyster Ghost and The Snail