Monty Python and the Holy Grail (40th Anniversary Edition) (Blu-ray) PG
And now! At Last! Another film completely different from some of the other films which aren't quite the same as this one is.
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- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 32 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 27, 2015
- Originally Released: 1975
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Monty Python | |
Performer: | Connie Booth, Carol Cleveland, Bee Duffell, John Young, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle & John Cleese | |
Directed by | Terry Gilliam | |
Edited by | John Hackney | |
Screenwriting by | Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones & Michael Palin | |
Composition by | Neil Innes | |
Cinematography by | Terry Bedford | |
Produced by | Mark Forstater & Terry Jones |
Entertainment Reviews:
[A] strong showcase for the Pythons' versatility as performers....Rich in laughs and lunatic invention
Sight and Sound
Here is Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which is neither as sparkling as it is said to be nor as bad as it seems to be at the start. But it's pretty good.
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The New Republic
Rating: 5/5 --
The material is superb, Neil Innes' music is tremendous and Gilliam's animations are timelessly brilliant.
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Guardian
Rating: 5/5 --
So unnecessarily gorgeous, there are moments where it feels like Tarkovsky with drag and farting.
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Time Out
...A marvelously particular kind of lunatic endeavor....The gags are nonstop...
New York Times
Monty Python's Flying Circus, the British comedy group which gained fame via BBC-TV, send-up Arthurian legend, performed in whimsical fashion with Graham Chapman an effective straight man as King Arthur.
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Variety
[A]mid all the silliness...the dialogue is often surprisingly erudite.
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Product Description:
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.
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.
Keywords:
British
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Medieval
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Spoof
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Witches And Wizards
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On-The-Road
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Animals
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Classic Fight Scenes
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Recommended
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Poverty
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Satire
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Legends
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Theatrical Release
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Essential Cinema
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Funny,funny,funny
Movie Lover: Gerald Weir from
LAKEWOOD, CA US -- October, 28, 2015
Seat back and relax as you will lose yourself to laughter and more laughter. This is definitely one of the very best funny movie of all time.