Ian MacNaughton

Ian MacNaughton Trailers

Ghost Chase TrailerEin fröhliches Dasein TrailerLawrence of Arabia Trailer

Edward Ian Macnaughton (30 December 1925 – 10 December 2002) was a Scottish former actor-turned-television producer/director, best known for his work with the Monty Python team. He was born and brought up in Glasgow, educated at Strathallan School, and died in a car accident in Munich. Serving as both director and producer of Monty Python's Flying Circus, MacNaughton also directed the team's first film, And Now For Something Completely Different and their German special, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus. In 1979, he made the short movie Le Pétomane about farting artist Joseph Pujol, starring Leonard Rossiter. He also was the producer of Spike Milligan's Q, which was a big influence on the Monty Python team.

Most Popular Ian MacNaughton Trailers

Total trailers found: 14

Lawrence of Arabia Trailer (1962)

11 December 1962

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.

The Silent Enemy Trailer (1958)

04 March 1958

The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours.

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.

Out of the Trees Trailer (1976)

10 January 1976

Sketch comedy pilot from Douglas Adams and Graham Chapman.

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.

The Bridal Path Trailer (1959)

05 August 1959

Based on a novel by Nigel Tranter, The Bridal Path is a light-hearted look at the somewhat unfortunate results that can come of the continued marrying of fairly close cousins in a restricted and remote community.

Laxdale Hall Trailer (1953)

01 April 1953

A starchy parliamentary delegation is sent to a remote Scottish Highlands community, where the residents are protesting the poor condition of their road by withholding their taxes, and spend a few days among the locals.

X: The Unknown Trailer (1956)

21 September 1956

Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village.

The Safecracker Trailer (1958)

05 March 1958

Safe cracker, Colley Dawson, is recruited to steal a list of Nazi agents from a safe in a Nazi occupied chateau in Belgium.

And Now for Something Completely Different Trailer (1971)

28 September 1971

A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.

Ghost Chase Trailer (1987)

25 June 1987

In an old Hollywood mansion, the spirit of an old family retainer inhabits an old grandfather clock. When a movie company uses the mansion for a film, the spirit inhabits the body of an alien and persuades the two filmmakers to track down an old house that will resolve a family scandal.

Ein fröhliches Dasein Trailer (1974)

19 October 1974

Grete, the daughter of the widowed Cologne dog tax inspector Joseph Völz, once married a British occupying soldier and followed him to the Scottish provinces.

A Wily Couple Trailer (1976)

15 August 1976

An elderly couple try to decide if a young woman who has come to visit would make a suitable wife for their son.

Le Petomane Trailer (1979)

31 December 1979

The incredibly true story of the legendary French entertainer Joseph Pujol, who performed impersonations with his self-described 'elastic anus' and a surfeit of wind.