Monty Python And The Holy Grail (DVD)

...the madcap comedians from the Monty Python team can. When you think of Monty Python films, the one that springs most readily to most people’s minds is the “Life of Brian” (1979), which retells the Gospel story of Jesus in its own very unique fashion. But it was this first movie that finally made enough money for the Python team to give them the independence to truly explore the limits of their unique comedy talent. It was made ...
...winning new converts to the Monty Python style of comedy among young people who weren’t even born when it was shot. I rented it out on video last week, and watched it along with my eleven-year-old daughter, who had never seen any of the Monty python comedies before. She was spell bound for the whole film, and even a week later is still talking about it, and quoting some of the lines. That such an old film, and made on such a tiny budget, ...

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...Most people know the Monty Python style and whether you like it or not, you have to admit that it's real comedy genius. With a cast of actors like this the film couldn't fail to be hilarious: Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gillium, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, ..plus Connie Booth and others. Michael Pallin is Sir Galahad the pure who goes to Castle Anthrax for shelter. There are 150 yound blondes and redheads cloistered here. Sir Galahad ...
...but his is rescued by Sir Lancelot the brave. Palin's facial expressions are hilarious. It doesn't take long before King Arthur has his trusty band of knights: Sir Belvedere, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Galahad the Pure, Sir Robin the not quite so pure and not very brave either The Knights of the Round Table actually carry around a round table. They meet God who tells them to search for the Grail. This film is the story of their quest. Their battle ...

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...about this (and indeed any) Monty Python movie that one hardly knows where to begin. Nothing is left out of the mix--history, religion, politics, personal relationships, prejudices, intellectual prowess (and lack thereof). The title, of course, comes from an early scene in with Arthur approaches a castle, inexplicably occupied by French k-nigits, who claim to already have a grail. I did a paper once for symbolic logic which I was told ten years ...
...something so unconventional as this Monty Python movie in the references (I couldn't see why that wouldn't be much more common, and indeed, hope it is today--I use Life of Brian in homilies, so why not this film in logic). The particular logical incident (or rather, illogical incident) involves the trial of a woman accused of being a witch. Through 'logic' it is demonstrated that she would be a witch if she could float, for then she would be made ...

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Well, what can I say? Pure genius. If you haven't seen this film, you're sure to have seen it's influence. One major example is the Peperami adverts ("come here a finish me off") - pure Black Knight. The basic plot... ( you mean there's a plot? -yes of course there's a plot! nobody ever told me about there being a plot -get on with it --yes! get on with it!! ) As I was saying, the basic plot of the film revolves around one King Arthur searching ...
...by God himself (who gets a bit miffed when people start bowing and scraping before him). And then he goes off to find the grail. Along the way, Arthur and his Knights get into many scrapes. Some of these include. Being taunted by the French ("your mother smelled of elderberries") Having a cow thrown at them by the French Getting holed up at Castle Anthrax with a truck load of nymphomaniac nurses. ("a spanking! a spanking!") Ruining a wedding ...

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After recently reviewing Monty Python's The Life of Brian, I thought id give a review on their other great classic, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Released in 1975 and weighing in with a running time of 98 minutes this film fits in perfectly with their weird and wacky off the wall humour which they have made a success of ever since their television show; Monty Python's Flying Circus. Monty Python and the Holy Grail follows the path of King Arthur ...
...genius. Each of the main Monty Python characters plays a number of different roles and each are so distinguishable from the rest that you will very easily forget that it is only one person. As with all the Monty Python films, it is the same cast of characters as is used in every film with the main ones being John Cleese (who plays, among others, Sir Lancelot), Eric Idle (Sir Robin), Michael Palin (Sir Galahad), Terry Gilliam (Patsy), Terry Jones ...

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Monty Python, how do you come up with such funny comedy's. Even though your film making is dead, you can still make people laugh with your hilarous HOLY GRAIL. Monty Python just has to be the funnest team in history.With their three major films, Monty Pyphon and the holy grail, the meaning of life and the life of Brian every one knows their just the best. Now if you haven't seen the film yet what the hell are you doing reading this? Go get the ...
...about a night who seeks people to be in his army when he has quite a lot of people god comes from the heavens to tell them their quest. Their quest is to find THE HOLY GRAIL.On their way the meat dangers,like the night's who say ni and the man eating rabbit.The film is not what it seems you may not get what I mean when I say this but if I tell you it will give the whole story line away. If you really won't to know what it is e-mail me.My e-mail ...

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Makes Ben Hur look like an Epic. They said it. King Arthur and his knights embark on their God given quest to find a big golden cup. The knights should the land and are confronted by such foes as a man eating rabbit, the Black Knight, a big scary monster and the promise of oral sex. Ground breaking special effects, a huge cast and a production budget to rival any toilet cleaner ad, make this a must see. The only down side to this film is that the ...

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A foggy hill. The sound of horseshoes hitting the ground. Suddenly, you see the horse. Or rather, you see everything but the horse. King Arthur and his follower appear, the first waves his arm in front of him , as if he were running a lead, the second carries a big bag, and holds 2 halves of a coconut, which imitate the sound of a horse. At the very begining of the film, you get incredibly surprised, and you can't but laugh. Actually, you already ...
...are some sentences, under the actors'names which are funny. You learn for instance that cariboos have sharp teeth :-) Arthur's quest is to gather knights, and then to get the Holy Grail. It is a common, usula, casual story, but in fact it is very inventive. Arthur is in trouble, it is quite hard to find some knights, they don't want to follow him to Camelot. One of them is too interested in coconuts and birds, an other doesn't want to leave his ...

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What is the air speed velocity of an un-laden swallow? This is just one of many life changing questions that are answered in this rediculously funny film. Does it make any sense, whatsoever? well, no, but neither does anything that the pythons have done. Written and performed by the pythons way back in 1975, this is a take on camelot, and the knights of the round table. If they need introducing, the pythons are Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry ...
...happen to be some of the funniest men ever to have graced the earth. The plot can only be described loosely, as there isn't really one. But i'll do my best. Arthur, king of the britains, is visited by god, who sends him on a quest, to find the holy grail. On the way, arthur rounds up some knights to help him. he meets up with Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Galahad the Pure (also called "the Chaste"), and Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot. ...

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...is yet another amazingly funny Monty Python film. The Holy Grail retells the famous story. King Arthur collects several knights and joins up to go and search for the Holy Grail. However they face many perils along the way including a killer rabbit, knights who say 'ni', taunting Frenchman and many other adventures. Highlights are the two songs about the knights and not so brave Sir Robin. Non stop comedy from credits to end, no joke is left out and ...

christopherj84 13.11.2000 · Read full review
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This is one of those films that you watch again and again, learn eavery line and irritate people at dinner partys with by repeating it verbotem. This is a film to be placed permanently in FRONT of your video recorder so that every time you use your VCR you consider watching this first before anything else. It was the Pythons first proper film after the Flying Circus TV series and is essentially just a collection of sketches set in the Middle Ages ...
...Knights of the Round Table (great song about them in the film, "They dance whenever they are able") search for the Holy Grail. The late, great Graham Chapman is King Arthur (amongst other roles) and all the other Pythons play a wild variety of roles throughout. Terry Gilliam (now famous for directing 12 Monkeys, The Fisher King etc etc) even acts a bit as well as co-directing(alongside Terry Jones). If you haven't seen it, go and watch it NOW, ...

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...have been adicted to the monty python trilogy. This has to be one of the funniest films I have ever watched and I thouroughly recomend it to anyone who has the oppourtunity to watch it. The comedy never lets up and the usual monty python hmour is ever present all the way through the film. The film includes several of the legendary knights of the round table such as Lancelot the brave sir Gallahad the pure and in true monty python style it includes ...
...or as pure as sir robin and the kinght who pissed his pants at the battle of bosworth. The film is never meant to be taken seriously and includes moments where french knights insult the brave questing knights, king arthur encounters the knights of kni and the brilliant magnificent sorcerer known only as Tim. However for me the funniest moment of the film comes near to the end where they believe that they have located the grail, the knights have recuited ...

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Monty Python are one of the classic comedy teams in this country's history. In the days of their TV series they brought ground-breaking humour, quickly gathering a cult following due to their status as one of the funniest shows of the time. Irreverent, witty, sometimes silly, but very, very funny. Even today their sketches are still quoted parrot-fashion up and down the country, to the delight of other fans and the bemusement of others :) "The Search ...
...the Monty Python team. Operating on a low budget (the actors bang coconut halves together in place of horses, and this is actually developed into one of the film running gags :), the film follows King Arthur as he gathers knights to his cause, having a bunch of adventures en route in the quest for the Holy Grail. Pure comic genius. As with most of their work, Monty Python deliver a wonderful variety of sillyness, sarcasm, humour and gags. Featuring ...

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A marvellous film that will have anyone with a slightly silly disposition fall in love with. Its typical Python from the the TV series, with rapid irreverent clips interlacing the rather scatty story of Arthur looking for the Holy Grail. Of course a lot of criticism was directed at the apparently limp & sudden ending, with perhaps audiences expecting a punchline to appear shortly after but was never forthcoming. Its true that the ending was a little ...
...and a lack of ideas as to how to really end the film. Holy Grail looks pale compared to the latter "Life of Brian" movie which enjoyed a larger budget from a bigger studio. But Grail had the virginal charm that perhaps wasn't very apparent with Brian; everything seemed very adhoc, adlibbed & incidental which gave the movie a sparkling & refreshing charm about it. There are many scenes where the attempt at humour falls on deaf ears, but this is ...

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...know what to expect from Monty Python. Surreal animations, some jokes that will have you splitting your sides, and some that will just leave you cold. That's pretty much what you can expect from the Holy Grail. There isn't that much plot to speak of. King Arthur has been charged by God to find the Holy Grail (this much, at least, matches the more traditional tellings of the King Arthur tales). But this is Python, so there are a number of amusing ...
...The budget of the film wouldn't stretch to proper horses, so they decided to cut them out completely. Instead, the knights are accompanied by pages who use coconut shells to make the correct sound effect. Quite surreal, but it leads to many of the films best jokes. The animations are not my favourite part of the film; I've never been that big a fan of them, so I'm probably judging them a little harshly anyway. Let's just say that they're at their ...

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