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Monty Python And The Holy Grail Details

1974 Certificate 15
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This classic Monty Python comedy, directed by Pythons Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, is a hilarious send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, .. Read more

Starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle
Director Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Genres Comedy

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Monty Python And The Holy Grail

This classic Monty Python comedy, directed by Pythons Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, is a hilarious send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, they face a wide array of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, a cadre of shrubbery-challenged knights, the perilous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, a house of virgins, and a handful of rude Frenchmen.
In addition to the set pieces, the film also includes the same kind of surreal animation that Gilliam contributed to the television series. Throughout the irreverent adventures, the Python crew eschews realism in favor of anachronistic social satire, a recipe it later returned to in the 1979 biblical farce MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN. Melding the ridiculous with the sublime, the film quickly inspired a cult following, generated a host of quotes, and even inspired a computer game 20 years after its release. The numerous songs and hysterical vignettes are sidesplittingly unforgettable.

Starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland
Director Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Studio COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 26 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 26 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Collections 100 must-see movies
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Released DVD: 04 Mar 2002
Blu-ray: not available
Production year: 1974
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Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1974)

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  • Critics' reviews (4) of Monty Python And The Holy Grail

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  • 4 stars out of 5

    Complete with some inspired digressions and shorn of some of the weaker sketches, the soundtrack album of the Pythons' first story-based feature is even funnier than the film itself. Yet this remains a wonderfully inventive comedy that brilliantly debunks the Dark Ages and legends of chivalry through King Arthur's encounters with an anarcho-syndicalist commune, the Black Knight, God (courtesy of Terry Gilliam) and the “knights who say ni”. The Camelot and Sir Robin songs also get beneath the visor, but the highlights are the trial of Connie Booth's witch and the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch sequence. Shame about the ending, though.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006
  • 3 stars out of 4

    Hellzapoppin-like series of linked sketches on a medieval theme; some slow bits, but often uproariously funny and with a remarkable visual sense of the Middle Ages.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 17 out of 17 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Still funny

    OK, so the Pythons are all grey now and doing TV commercials that they shouldn't, but this is probably the best introduction to Python you can get.

    I showed my girlfriend this as a first taste of Python (she grew up on Mars ...) and we were both in stitches -- so many funny parts to this I won't even try to pick a favourite -- actually, I will, the 'Bring out your dead' bit is hilarious.

    Bit of a weak ending though, just like this review...

      • A customer from Notting Hill, London
      • Posted 17 Sep 2003 03:21

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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Funny

    Funny - just a lot. Some small minded people took it too seriously on release - it is supposed to be funny with a black humorous look at life and it succeeds very well.

      • gleng from Wombwell
      • Posted 14 Feb 2005 20:18

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    Knights of the Round Table

    Python classic coincides with new musical

    • 03 Oct 2006

    Comedy classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail is to be issued as an "Extraordinary Deluxe Edition" DVD package next week. The film, which has been voted as the best British movie of all time, will be packaged in a three-disc set, with bonus features relating to the new musical based on the story. Spamalot, written by Python star Eric Idle, launches at the Palace Theatre in London this month. The movie, which was said to make Ben Hur look like an epic, sees King Arthur, played by... Read more

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