After Monty Python split up in 1974 they all went on to their own projects but for Graham Chapman it was to go it alone and take the lead in The Odd Job with David Jason.
Chapman starred as a neurotic husband who, when his wife leaves him, hires an “odd job man” (David Jason) to kill him, but when she returns, he discovers that he is unable to cancel his contract with his would-be assassin. Read our disc review here
Graham Chapman co-produced the film with Mark Forstater who had also produced ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ and we got to chat to him about what went on behind the scenes. So he told us about the loss of the original director at the last moment, the effect of Chapman’s drinking and the intention to cast The Who’s Keith Moon!
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Rake a look here as ‘The Odd Job’ producer Mark Forstater takes us behind the scenes…..
