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John Cleese based the character of Basil Fawlty on Donald Sinclair, an eccentric hotel owner who’d accommodated Monty Python. Sinclair threw Eric Idle’s briefcase out of a window because he mistook it for a bomb, and criticised Terry Gilliam’s table manners because he was American.

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Monty Python member Terry Gilliam was author J.K Rowling's first choice to direct the first Harry Potter movie, but was rejected for Chris Columbus. inan interview he said "I was the perfect guy to do Harry Potter... I mean, Chris Columbus' versions are terrible. Just dull. Pedestrian"

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1. When studio execs refused to release Brazil, Terry Gilliam took out a full-page ad in Variety, urging them to release it. He also conducted private screenings without their knowledge. They only released it after Brazil was awarded “Best Picture” by the LA Critics association.

2. Terry Gilliam's movie version of Watchmen was going to end with Doctor Manhattan going back in time to save himself from becoming Doctor Manhattan. Causing Rorschach, Nite Owl, and Silk Spectre to be transported to an alternate universe where The Watchmen only exist in comic form

3. Terry Gilliam's 'Trilogy of Imagination,' (Time Bandits, Brazil and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen) are about the "craziness of our awkwardly ordered society and the desire to escape it through whatever means possible" shown through the eyes of a child, a man in his 30's and an elderly man.

4. When introducing the character Agamemnon in "Time Bandits", Terry Gilliam's script read "The Greek warrior removes his helmet, revealing himself to be none other than Sean Connery, or an actor of equal but cheaper stature." He wrote it as a joke never expecting Connery to be in the movie.

5. Terry Gilliam (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 12 Monkeys, Brazil) was author JK Rowling's first choice to direct a movie adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2000, but Warner Bros went with Chris Columbus instead

6. Before Zach Snyder was chosen to direct Watchmen (2009), directors Terry Gilliam, David Hayter, Darren Aronofsky, and Paul Greengrass were all signed on to the project at one point or another as the film had been in development since 1986

7. Brazil was one of River Phoenix's favorite films, so his Dark Blood co-star (and Brazil's protagonist too) Jonathan Pryce, arranged an appointment for him with its director Terry Gilliam on november 1, 1993. The meeting was never held. Phoenix died the day before.

8. Trey Parker and Matt Stone were inspired by Terry Gilliam's Monty Python animations for South Park. They Later appeared on a BBC tribute to MP with a Dead Friend Sketch.

9. The art style for Nickelodeon's "Blue's Clues" was inspired by the Terry Gilliam cut-out skits in Monty Python.