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The complete Python troupe is cast in this parody of the legend of the Holy Grail. The Knights of the Round Table battle dismembering foes and killer rabbits on their perilous quest.

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ProducerTerry Jones, Mark Forstater

EAN5050629416411

eBay Product ID (ePID)65671024

Product Key Features

ActorTerry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Carol Cleveland, John Cleese

Film/TV TitleMonty Python and the Holy Grail

DirectorTerry Gilliam, Terry Jones

LanguageEnglish

Run Time86 Mins

Aspect Ratio2.40 HD Widescreen

Release Year2012

FormatBlu-ray

FranchiseMonty Python

FeaturesWidescreen

GenreGeneral, Comedy

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

ComposerNeil Innes

Production DesignerRoy Smith

Additional InformationThis 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.<BR>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.

ReviewsNew York Times - ...A marvelously particular kind of lunatic endeavor....The gags are nonstop...

ScreenwriterGraham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, John Cleese

CinematographerTerry Bedford

Sound sourcePCM 5.1

EditorJohn Hackney

Movie/TV TitleMonty Python And The Holy Grail

Consumer AdviceContains mild language, sex and violence