Eric Idle

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Eric Idle (born March 29, 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer who wrote and performed as a member of the popular British comedy group Monty Python.

Most Popular Eric Idle Trailers

Total trailers found: 108

Shrek the Third Trailer (2007)

17 May 2007

The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, they set off to bring him back to rule the kingdom.

The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles Trailer (2014)

09 February 2014

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, this magnificent star-studded tribute salutes the Fab Four.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie Trailer (1998)

16 October 1998

Young Rudolph suffers a childhood accident that sees his nose turn from the publicly accepted norm of black to a glowing red colour.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail Trailer (1975)

14 March 1975

King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure.

Yellowbeard Trailer (1983)

24 June 1983

For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts.

The Crimson Permanent Assurance Trailer (1983)

31 March 1983

A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.

Monty Python Live (Mostly) Trailer (2014)

20 July 2014

Celebrate the last night of the Pythons on the big screen! - With John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.

Life of Brian Trailer (1979)

17 August 1979

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah.

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live Trailer (2005)

20 February 2005

A retrospective of the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live.

Hercules: Zero to Hero Trailer (1999)

17 August 1999

The film briefly gives Hercules' history after defeating Hades for good, in which he marries Meg and revisits his teenage years.

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash Trailer (1978)

22 March 1978

The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.

The Aristocrats Trailer (2005)

29 July 2005

One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.

The Movie Life of George Trailer (1989)

10 February 1989

When EMI refused to produce Monty Python's Life of Brian, George Harrison founded Handmade Pictures so that he could see the film.

Delgo Trailer (2008)

12 December 2008

In a divided land, it takes a rebellious boy and his clandestine love for a Princess of an opposing race to stop a war orchestrated by a power hungry villain.

The Wind in the Willows Trailer (1996)

16 October 1996

Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, who plan to build a dog food factory on the very meadow sold to them by Toad himself.

Casper Trailer (1995)

26 May 1995

Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat.

Life of Python Trailer (1990)

16 March 1990

This BBC documentary tells the history of the Python group, allowing a few glimpses at the works of its predecessors (At Last the 1948 Show, Do Not Adjust Your Sets etc.

The Secret Life of Brian Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

A documentary about the making of the controversial Life of Brian and the surrounding accusations of blasphemy.

The Secret Policeman's Ball Trailer (2012)

04 March 2012

A live stand-up comedy and music gig to celebrate Amnesty International's 50th Anniversary.

Splitting Heirs Trailer (1993)

02 April 1993

A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and then found again.

The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen Trailer (2008)

08 April 2008

This is an all new feature length documentary, with interviews from almost everyone involved with the production of the film.

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy Trailer (2014)

24 May 2014

Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two.

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind Trailer (2018)

19 January 2018

A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words.

State of Fear Trailer (1997)

01 January 1997

Seven hundred and seventy one words from Orwell, Chomsky, Shakespeare and others. Seven hundred and seventy one people off the street.

Dudley Do-Right Trailer (1999)

27 August 1999

Royal Canadian Mountie Dudley Do-right is busy keeping the peace in his small mountain town when his old rival, Snidely Whiplash, comes up with a plot to buy all the property in town, then start a phony gold rush by seeding the river with gold nuggets.

Monty Python: Live at Aspen Trailer (1998)

21 March 1998

In March 1998 in Aspen, Colorado, the surviving members of the Monty Python team – John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin – shared a stage together for the first time in 18 years.

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut Trailer (1999)

30 June 1999

In this feature film based on the hit animated series, the third graders of South Park sneak into an R-rated film by ultra-vulgar Canadian television personalities Terrance and Phillip, and emerge with expanded vocabularies that leave their parents and teachers scandalized.

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl Trailer (1982)

25 June 1982

Monty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days.

Monty Python's Flying Circus - Graham Chapman's Personal Best Trailer (2006)

22 February 2006

The LORDS of LAUGHTER--The SAINTS of SATIRE--The HIGH PRIESTS of LOW COMEDY--have sold out once again.

The Boxtrolls Trailer (2014)

10 September 2014

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.

Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar Trailer (2014)

29 June 2014

Alan Yentob meets the five surviving members of Monty Python - John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle - as they prepare to reunite on stage.

Bobcat Goldthwait Comedy Central "Pulp Comics" Trailer (1996)

04 December 1996

Woah dude! It's the Bobcat! Very 90s Stand-Up & Sketch Comedy. Lots of fun.

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live Trailer (2014)

13 November 2014

With unprecedented access, this program reveals the humour, chaos and passion that went into bringing the Flying Circus to the stage cumulating in the legendary One Down, Five To Go.

102 Dalmatians Trailer (2000)

07 October 2000

Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely alliance, the outrageous Waddlesworth - a parrot who thinks he's a Rottweiler - teams up with Oddball - an un-marked Dalmatian puppy eager to earn her spots! Together they embark on a laugh-packed quest to outwit the ever-scheming Cruella De Vil.

The Life of Python Trailer (2000)

31 October 2000

Celebrating their 30th anniversary, Monty Python presents exclusive new material and so-called classic bits.

The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch Trailer (2003)

16 August 2003

Twenty-three years after the release of the original Beatles mockumentary, 'The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash', famous artists, actors and musicians speak out on how The Rutles influenced them.

Euroshow '71: May Day Special Trailer (1971)

01 May 1971

German made-for-TV musical extravaganza starring Monty Python.

Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO Trailer (2012)

05 October 2012

Documentary which gets to the heart of who Jeff Lynne is and how he has had such a tremendous musical influence on our world.

Quest for Camelot Trailer (1998)

15 May 1998

During the times of King Arthur, Kayley is a brave girl who dreams of following her late father as a Knight of the Round Table.

The Transformers: The Movie Trailer (1986)

08 August 1986

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership.

Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus Trailer (2008)

01 July 2008

Discover how six seemingly ordinary but supremely talented men became Monty Python, sketch comedy's inspired group of lunatics who turned such unlikely sources of inspiration as Spam, dead parrots and the Inquisition into enduring punch lines.

National Lampoon's European Vacation Trailer (1985)

25 July 1985

The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists.

The Entire Universe Trailer (2016)

26 December 2016

Eric Idle persuades Professor Brian Cox to present a lecture on the birth of the entire universe. Brian soon realises Eric is actually hosting a comedy and musical extravaganza.

Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches Trailer (1999)

08 October 1999

The Sketches produced by the surviving Pythons for the BBC's celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the first showing of Monty Python on 5 October 1969.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Trailer (1988)

07 December 1988

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

Alice in Wonderland Trailer (1966)

28 December 1966

Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

Absolutely Anything Trailer (2015)

13 February 2015

Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.

The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 Trailer (1979)

20 June 1979

Ten years ago exactly, more or less, give or take a day or two, six young men sat down, or maybe stood, or perhaps some of them just lounged, and wrote the first episode of a new series called Owl Stretching Time.

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever Trailer (1981)

25 November 1981

Steve Martin's fourth NBC special was in the spirit of his previous association with Saturday Night Live.

The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971 Trailer (1971)

31 December 1971

One of the least-known Monty Python rarities is “The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch of 1971,” a short advertising film that was made for the Birds Eye company’s internal use.

The Tale of the Frog Prince Trailer (1982)

11 September 1982

A spoiled, selfish princess's fate becomes entwined with a zany and witty frog with a secret past.

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life Trailer (1983)

31 March 1983

Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship.

The Seventh Python Trailer (2008)

26 June 2008

Sean Connors Films, Ltd. Presents a Frozen Pictures production of The Seventh Python, a nonfiction musical feature film based on the life, work and unplanned career of musical satirist Neil Innes.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin Trailer (1985)

05 April 1985

The town of Hamelin pays the ultimate price after reneging on their promise to the pied piper. Based on the poem by Robert Browning.

Ella Enchanted Trailer (2004)

09 April 2004

Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother.

London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music Trailer (2012)

12 August 2012

The closing ceremony of the games of the XXXth Olympiad.

The Roots of Monty Python Trailer (2005)

26 November 2005

A look back at the origins of the ground breaking BBC comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Hollywood Homicide Trailer (2003)

09 June 2003

Joe Gavilan and his new partner K. C. Calden, are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor moonlighting as a yoga instructor.

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World Trailer (1966)

02 January 1966

The outrageous life of the American dancer of the 1920s, Isadora Duncan, whom Ken Russell described as "part genius and part charlatan".

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python Trailer (1989)

18 November 1989

Steve Martin presents selected sketches from "Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)". It's the well known sketches, though the parrot sketch is not included.