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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.
Product Identifiers
ProducerTerry Jones, Mark Forstater
EAN5035822416437
eBay Product ID (ePID)3948363
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 Ratio1.85 Wide Screen
Release Year2002
FormatDVD
FranchiseMonty Python
FeaturesWidescreen, One Feature Commentary By Directors Terry Jones And Terry Gilliam\One Feature Commentary By Michael And John Cleese And Eric Idle\A Killer Rabbit Feature\Shakespearian Subtitles\Full On Screen Screenplay\Trailers\Three Mindless Singalongs\Documentary Entitled The Quest For The Holy Grail Locations\How To Use Your Coconuts Feature\Monty Python And The Holy Grail In Japanese With Not Quite English Subtitles\A Classic Scene From The Film Animated In Lego\An On Location Documentary From The 1970s
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