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Overview

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Writers:

Graham Chapman (written by) &
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Release Date:

10 May 1975 (USA) more

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy more

Tagline:

Makes Ben Hur look like an Epic more

Plot:

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

Awards:

2 nominations more

User Comments:

The King of Comedies! more (564 total)


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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Mønti Pythøn ik den Høli Gräilen (International: English title) (subtitle)
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Runtime:

91 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | French | Latin

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

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

Certification:

Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (re-rating) (2001) | Canada:PG (Ontario) (original rating) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Portugal:M/12 | UK:15 (video rating: 1988) | Brazil:18 | Argentina:Atp | UK:12 (re-rating) (2006) | UK:A (original rating) (cut) | New Zealand:M | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-16 | Iceland:L | Ireland:15 | Norway:16 (original rating) | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:12


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Trivia:

During one of the first screenings of the film in front of a live audience, director Terry Jones noticed that when music was played during the jokes, there was a marked reduction of laughter from the audience. He went back and edited the music out whenever a punchline was delivered. At subsequent screenings he noticed a dramatic increase in the audiences' positive reactions to the jokes. From that point on, whenever he directed, he remembered to stop the music for the funny parts. more

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In some shots when the rabbit attacks the knights you can see the string that the rabbit is moving across. more

Quotes:

[first lines]
King Arthur: Whoa, there!
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Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1998) (VG) more

Soundtrack:

Starlet in the Starlight more


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79 out of 99 people found the following comment useful.
The King of Comedies!, 18 May 2003
10/10
Author: lambiepie-2 from Los Angeles, CA

The first time I saw this was on CBS at 11:30 on a Friday night. I was about 16 years old. I had seen a few Monty Python shows on PBS, so I knew who they were, and I was very interested in seeing this.

This film shows you just what all around comedy is all about.

It starts during the opening credits and ends in a way you don't see coming. The songs are....memorable. The drawings/animation are imaginative for its time and the Monty Python troupe was at its shining best playing a host of characters from the days of King Arthur. If you don't laugh at this today, you have no funny bone! Many other reviewers here hit this film on the nose, there isn't much more to add to how brilliant this piece of work it.

This is one of my all time favorites and is one of the top 10 films of all time.

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