Comedy fans in Burnham-On-Sea will have the chance to see a new behind-the-scenes documentary about Monty Python legend John Cleese when it hits the town\u2019s cinema this November.<\/p>\n
The 90-minute feature, titled John Cleese Packs It In, will be shown at the Ritz Cinema in Burnham-On-Sea from Thursday, November 13th, as part of a nationwide release across more than 350 UK cinemas.<\/p>\n
The documentary follows the 85-year-old comedian on a whirlwind six-week tour across 16 European cities, performing 23 shows while navigating travel chaos, health woes, and his own refusal to retire.<\/p>\n
Described as \u201can unfiltered Cleese,\u201d the film offers a candid and humorous look at life on the road, with Cleese himself joking: \u201cYou will see with your own eyes what it\u2019s really like for a moribund 85-year-old to struggle through a 23-city European tour\u2026 This hatchet job is not just shocking, it\u2019s also hilarious, as audiences everywhere laugh, not with me, but at me.\u201d<\/p>\n