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Terry Gilliam reveals Monty Python’s iconic stampede foot was cut from the National Gallery

This foot, which touches the ground twice during the opening credits of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, is probably the most famous foot in modern screen history. It has now been revealed that his inspiration was a 16th-century painting in the National Gallery. “In the late sixties I would come to the gallery to steal ideas,… Read More »