We saw it last week, and it is our very deep, very personal privilege to report that, during the entire length of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the audience were either laughing or getting ready to laugh. It has an amazing 97% "Fresh" rating from Rotten Tomatoes film critics.īut don't take it from us take it from The New Yorker: It's considered to be one of the funniest films of all time, ranking consistently in the top five best comedies in polls and reviews from the likes of Total Film and ABC. Graham Chapman takes the lead as King Arthur who's followed by Lancelot (John Cleese), Bedevere (Terry Jones), Galahad (Michael Palin, who plays a whopping ten roles), Robin (Eric Idle), and Patsy (Terry Gilliam) on his journey through a very odd version of the Middle Ages, where knights bang coconuts instead of riding horses and people seem weirdly preoccupied with the airspeed velocity of swallows.ĭespite the low budget and the fact that the Pythons and the two directors, Jones and Gilliam, had never done a feature length film (and admitted to basically figuring it out as they went), the film was a smashing success. The Pythons themselves played all of the main characters-and then some. They made do with a measly $400,000 production budget (measly for Hollywood, that is), and they shot the entire film in twenty-eight days. The movie was produced by Monty (Python) Pictures and was written and directed by the Monty Python crew, the insanely funny absurdist comedy troupe made famous by their TV sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus. Apparently it's a killer combination, since it's held up for more than four decades-unlike a lot of things we could list from 1975 (cough, polyester, cough) Monty Python and the Holy Grail is where fantasy and adventure meet flat-out ridiculousness. They'll perform heroic feats of daring and cunning that will leave you breathless. Welcome to the age-old tale of Arthur, the legendary king of the Britons, and his valiant Knights of the Round Table. Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle Writers: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin Monty Python and the Holy Grail Introduction
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