Initial release date: April 3, 1975
Studios: EMI Films/Python (Monty) Pictures
Plot: A comedic 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 Frenchman.
Cast
Graham Chapman - King Arthur/Voice of God/Middle Head
John Cleese - Second Swallow-Savvy Guard/The Black Knight/Sir Launcelot the Brave/Taunting French Guard
Eric Idle - Dead Collector/Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir-Launcelot/Concorde
Terry Gilliam - Patsy/Green Knight/Sir Bors/Old Man From Scene 24 (Bridgekeeper)
Terry Jones - Sir Bedevere/Prince Herbert
Michael Palin - Dennis/Dir Galahad the Pure/Narrator/King of Swamp Castle
Connie Booth - The Witch
Carol Cleveland - Zoot/Dingo
Writer(s): Graham Chapman/John Cleese/Eric Idle/Terry Gilliam/Teryr Jones/Michael Palin
Director(s): Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones
Rated PG (91 minutes)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is, without a doubt, one of the best comedies EVER MADE! There are so many memorable bits in this movie that will really have you bust a gut laughing. Just from the opening scene forward, there's no way in hell you won't be able to get through this movie without laughing.
This is the kind of comedy that only comedians like Monty Python could pull off. In fact, I honestly don't see anyone else pulling something like this off. Even after being released decades ago, Holy Grail will never get old. There's also so many quotable scenes in this movie that you'll remember for years to come.
All the gags that Monty Python puts in the movie are great and I still burst out with laughter when I see them using the coconuts for the galloping horses that aren't really there. With all the countless humorous scenes in this movie, I really can't think of which scene is funnier (or even the funniest).
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Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd and Genesis all contributed to this movie's budget.
Funds earned by Pink Floyd's album, The Dark Side of the Moon, went towards funding this movie. The band were such fans of Monty Python, they would halt recording sessions just to watch Monty Python's Flying Circus.
The famous depiction of galloping horses by using coconut shells (a traditional radio show sound effect) came about from the purely practical reason that the production simply couldn't afford real horses.
'God' is a photograph of the famous 19th century English cricketer W.G. Grace.
During the witch hunt, you can see Eric Idle baring his teeth and bites down on the blade of the scythe he's holding. This wasn't scripted; Idle was actually about to burst out laughing and bit his scythe to stifle himself so as not to spoil the take. Michael Palin can be seen hiding laughter at the same time as well, while earlier in the scene, Cleese quickly turns his head to one side just before the shot cuts, though not quickly enough to hide that he has broken character and is grinning broadly.
This movie's abrupt ending came about because it didn't have the budget for a large scale battle sequence.
The theatrical release contains 527 jokes, including 42 in the opening credits, for an average of one joke every 10.5 seconds.
The movie was adapted as a Broadway musical in 2006 called Spamalot.
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.
In January 1973, the Monty Python troupe wrote the first draft of the screenplay. Half of the material was set in the Middle Ages and half was set in the present day. The group decided to focus on the Middle Ages, focusing on the legend of the Holy Grail.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail had its theatrical debut in the UK on April 3, 1975, followed by a US release on April 27, 1975 at the Century Plaza Cinemas in LA. It earned rentals in the US and Canada of $5.17 million.
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