50 Greatest Comedy Films

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name = The 50 Greatest Comedy Films


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director = Sarah Fanthorpe
producer = Sean Doherty (executive)
Sarah Stockton
Mark Turnbull
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narrator = Stephen Fry
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editing = Mark Heasman
Alex Muggleton
distributor = Channel 4 Television Corporation (UK)
released = 1 January 2006
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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imdb_id = 776708The 50 Greatest Comedy Movies was a documentary conducted by Channel 4 as part of its long running 100 Greatest strand. The show asked viewers of the Channel 4 website to vote for their all time comedy movies. The show contained clips from the movies as well as interviews with celebrities giving monologues on their own movies and giving their opinions on other movies. Among the contributors were Monty Python members Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, Leslie Nielsen, Bobby Farrelly, Jeff Daniels, John Landis, David Zucker, Gene Wilder and Richard Curtis. The show was first broadcast in December 2006 and was narrated by Stephen Fry .

The Results

#"Monty Python's Life of Brian"
#"Airplane!"
#"Shaun of the Dead"
#""
#""
#"Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
#"American Pie"
#"Blazing Saddles"
#"There's Something About Mary"
#"This is Spinal Tap"
#"Annie Hall"
#"The Blues Brothers"
#"Groundhog Day"
#"The Naked Gun"
#"Wayne's World"
#"Some Like It Hot"
#"Dumb and Dumber"
#"Meet The Parents"
#"Clerks"
#"Young Frankenstein"
#"Withnail & I"
#"MASH"
#"A Fish Called Wanda"
#"Ghostbusters"
#"Gregory's Girl"
#"Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
#"The Jerk"
#"When Harry Met Sally"
#""
#"Best In Show"
#"School of Rock"
#"The Full Monty"
#"Planes, Trains & Automobiles"
#"The Odd Couple"
#"Trading Places"
#"Four Weddings and a Funeral"
#"Stir Crazy"
#"A Shot in the Dark"
#""
#"Duck Soup"
#"Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"
#"Police Academy"
#"The Ladykillers"
#"Beverly Hills Cop"
#"Kingpin"
#"The Princess Bride"
#"National Lampoon's Animal House"
#"Bridget Jones' Diary"
#"Carry On Screaming!"
#"The Producers"