Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many very silly obstacles.

Directors:

Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones

Writers:

Graham Chapman, John Cleese,

Stars:

Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle

Top 250 #87 | 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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 / Tim the Enchanter
Eric Idle	...	Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard / Concorde / Roger the Shrubber / Brother Maynard
Terry Gilliam	...	Patsy / Green Knight / Old Man from Scene 24 (Bridgekeeper) / Sir Bors / Animator / Gorrilla Hand
Terry Jones	...	Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert / Cartoon Scribe (voice)
Michael Palin	...	First Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / Peasant 2 / Right Head / Sir Galahad the Pure / Narrator / King of Swamp Castle / Brother Maynard's Brother / Leader of The Knights Who Say NI!
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
John Young	...	Dead Body / Historian Frank
Rita Davies	...	Historian's Wife
Avril Stewart	...	Dr. Piglet
Sally Kinghorn	...	Dr. Winston
Mark Zycon	...	Prisoner

Storyline

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 ...

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Plot Keywords:

knight | holy grail | king arthur | castle | lancelot | 

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Taglines:

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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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English French Latin

Release Date:

25 May 1975 (UK)

Also Known As:

Los caballeros de la mesa cuadrada

Filming Locations:

Appin, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£229,575 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$45,487 (USA) (15 June 2001)

Gross:

$1,229,197 (USA) (25 May 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Michael White Productions, National Film Trustee Company, Python (Monty) Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (2001 re-release) Mono (original release)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Additional cat abuse includes a cat being stepped on during the Knights of Camelot Dance scene.

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Goofs

Near the end of the Monks' head pounding scene, the monk in the foreground appears to hit himself so hard that he stumbles.

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Quotes

[first lines]
King Arthur: Whoa, there!

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Crazy Credits

Møøse trained by YUTTE HERMSGERVØRDENBRØTBØRDA

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Connections

Referenced in Life of Python (1990)

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Soundtracks

"Knights of Ni"
Written by Neil Innes
Published by De Wolfe Music Ltd.

User Reviews

Best Comedy Of All Time

I am the type of person who finds fault with every film I see. If I were on the X factor I would be Simon Cowell. But every couple of years I see a movie which I cannot find fault with. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is perfect I have only ever given 5 films 10/10. This is one of them. The subtle blend of satire and wit with slapstick and ridiculous animations makes me laugh my arse off! Nowadays films like this with memorable quotes, mild language and no nudity come out. Monty Python and the Holy Grail punches The Inbetweeners Movie in the face very hard! (I hate the Inbetweeners but my friends love them) In my opinion it should be much higher in the top 250. This was the beginning of a comedy trilogy about as completely unconnected with each other as 2 completely unconnected things. My highly esteemed rating for Monty Python and the Holy Grail 10/10!