There are moments when television systems are young and haven't formed properly, and there's room for lots of original stuff. Then things become more and more top-heavy with executives who are trying to guarantee the success of things.

In a September 2006 interview with Uncut Damon Albarn was reported saying ". Other projects Gilliam has been trying to get off the ground since the 1990s are an adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities (starring Mel Gibson) an adaptation of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (which has been adapted into movies several times before) and a script titled The Defective Detective that Gilliam has co-authored with Richard LaGravenese (who wrote Gilliam's The FiTerry Gilliamr King before). Terence Vance "Terry" Gilliam (pron.

The only "Python" not born in Britain he became a naturalized British citizen in 1968. : /ˈɡɪliəm/; born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British screenwriter film director animator actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.