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.
Product Identifiers
EAN
5050629416428
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15048558455
Product Key Features
Film/TV Title
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Actor
Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, John Cleese
Director
Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Format
Blu-ray
Release Year
2015
Language
English
Features
Steel book\Lost animation, commentary, outtakes, photo gallery and extended scenes\How to Use Your Coconuts (an educational film)
Franchise
Monty Python
Genre
General, Comedy
Run Time
90 mins
Additional Product Features
Reviews
Radio Times - This remains a wonderfully inventive comedy that brilliantly debunks the Dark Ages and legends of chivalry., Total Film - The Python team's surreal take on the legend of Camelot bursts with inspired lunacy., Time Magazine - Grail is as funny as a movie can get, but it is also a tough-minded picture -- as outraged about the human propensity for violence as it is outrageous in its attack on that propensity.
Certificate
12A/12
Number of Discs
1
Consumer Advice
Contains moderate sex references and comic violence
Movie/TV Title
Monty Python And The Holy Grail
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Screenwriter
Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, John Cleese