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As the title suggests, the secret policemans third ball was preceded by two other amnesty international benefit shows coordinated by john cleese, with several more to follow. Like the secret policeman s other ball, monty python live at the hollywood bowl consists of concert footage of the nonsensical british monty python troupe. The secret policemans third ball 1987 movie moviefone. The goodies, barry humphreys australian contribution, monty pythons crew, rowan atkinson and john cleese to name a few. A benefit for human rights watch group amnesty international. Tonight, channel 4 screens the secret policemans ball 2012, recorded at new yorks radio city music hall on sunday, and the lineup of musical and comic talent is equally impressive. When the british amnesty shows finally resumed in 1987 after a sixyear hiatus, the show format was retooled in an effort to take advantage of the growing number of rock musicians supporting amnesty. The secret policemans ball is the collective name informally used to describe the longrunning series of benefit shows staged in england to raise funds for the human rights organisation amnesty international. Eric clapton, jeff beck, monty python, pete townshend, billy connolly, sting. The story of the secret policemans other balls radio times. Those looking for a visually interesting cinematic experience can just go ahead and look elsewhere this lowtech film is definitely of the point. S unday afternoon, radio city music hall, and rehearsals for the secret policemans ball were in full flow.
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