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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

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

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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 ... Written by Zucco

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And now! At Last! Another film completely different from some of the other films which aren't quite the same as this one is. See more »


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Release Date:

25 May 1975 (UK)  »

Also Known As:

Los caballeros de la mesa cuadrada  »

Box Office

Budget:

£229,575 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

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

Gross:

$1,229,197 (USA) (25 May 2012)
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(2001 re-release)| (original release)

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1.66 : 1
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Trivia

The gorilla hand turning the pages was director Terry Gilliam's. The hand turning pages before that is that of Gilliam's wife. See more »

Goofs

During the second attack of the killer rabbit, the rabbit attacks the neck of the knight who is wearing Sir Lancelot's armor. At the end of the battle, Sir Lancelot has made it out with the rest of the knights and is still alive. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
King Arthur: Whoa, there!
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Crazy Credits

See the løveli lakes See more »

Connections

Referenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Space Children (1998) See more »

Soundtracks

"Flying Messenger"
(uncredited)
Written by Oliver Armstrong (pseudonym of Graham Whettam)
Published by De Wolfe Music Ltd.
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Ingenious
19 July 2001 | by (Sydney, Australia) – See all my reviews

Monty Python have long been a source of amusement ...and from the opening scenes of this film with the never tiring *gallop gallop* of the two coconuts substituting horses it is so very easy to see why Monty Python and the Holy Grail will forever be classic that any aspiring comedian should view for FLAWLESS comedy...this film has everything one could wish for, 5 of the best comedians performing superb sketches in a feature length film..the one liners are memorable and the locations even more so...the rabbit is my favourite....arggggggggh!


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