Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Studio Columbia TriStar
Movie Release Date 1975
Country UK
Language English
Audience Rating PG (Parental Guidance)
Running Time 91 mins
Format DVD
Color Color
IMDb Rating 8.3
Cast
Graham Chapman King Arthur/Voice of God/Middle Head/Hiccoughing Guard
John Cleese Second Swallow-Savvy Guard/The Black Knight/Peasant 3/Sir Lancelot the Brave/Taunting French Guard/T
Eric Idle Dead Collector/Peasant 1/Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot/First Swamp Castle Guard/
Terry Gilliam Patsy/Green Knight/Old Man from Scene 24/Sir Bors/Animator/Gorrilla Hand
Terry Jones Dennis's Mother/Sir Bedevere/Left Head/Prince Herbert/Cartoon Scribe
Michael Palin First Swallow-Savvy Guard/Dennis/Peasant 2/Right Head/Sir Galahad the Pure/Narrator/King of Swamp Ca
Connie Booth The Witch
Carol Cleveland Zoot/Dingo
Neil Innes First Monk/Singing Minstrel/Page Crushed by the Rabbit/Peasant #4
Bee Duffell Old Crone
Crew
Director Terry Gilliam
Director Terry Jones
Writer Terry Gilliam
Writer Terry Jones
Producer Mark Forstater
Producer Michael White
Cinematography Terry Bedford
Tagline
You can do worse than see it.
Plot
The movie starts out with Arthur, King of the Britons, looking for knights to sit with him at Camelot. He finds many knights including Sir Galahad the pure, Sir Lancelot the brave, the quiet Sir Bedevere, and Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Lancelot. They do not travel on horses, but pretend they do and have their servants bang coconuts to make the sound of horse's hooves. Through satire of certain events in history (witch trials, the black plague) they find Camelot, but after literally a quick song and dance they decide that they do not want to go there. While walking away, God (who seems to be grumpy) come to them from a cloud and tells them to find the Holy Grail. They agree and begin their search. While they search for the Grail, scenes of the knight's tales appear and why they have the name they have. Throughout their search they meet interesting people and knights along the way. Most of the characters die; some through a killer rabbit (which they defeat with the holy hand grenade), others from not answering a question right from the bridge of Death, or die some other ridiculous way. In the end, King Arthur and Sir Bedevere are left and find the Castle Arrrghhh where the Holy Grail is. They are met by some French soldiers who taunted them earlier in the film, so they were not able to get into the castle.
Special Features
Disc 01: Audio Commentary
Featurette(s)
Screenplay
Disc 02: Cast & Crew Bios
Documentaries
Featurette(s)
Gallery (Photo / Art)
Sing-A-Long
Theatrical Trailer(s)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, in Lego and in Japanese
Personal Details
Rating
Seen It Yes
Collection Status In Collection
Links Movie Collector Connect
IMDB
TheMovieDb.org
Edition Details
Distributor Sony Pictures
Edition Special Edition
Format DVD
Region Region 1
No. of Disks/Tapes 2
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
Release Date 23-10-2001