Monty Python And The Holy Grail

Columbia TriStar (1975)

Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
 /   / Color / 91 mins
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In Collection
#371
8.4

Plot

The King Arthur and The Round Table saga about the search for the Holy Grail is portrayed a bit differently in his comedy from Monty Python. With a killer monster rabbit and many outrageous encounters this smart comedy has become a cult classic.

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
John Young Dead Body/Historian Frank
Rita Davies Historian's Wife
Avril Stewart Dr. Piglet
Sally Kinghorn Dr. Winston
Mark Zycon Prisoner

Crew

Director
Terry Gilliam
Terry Jones
Producer Mark Forstater , Michael White
Writer Terry Gilliam , Terry Jones
Cinematography Terry Bedford

Trailer

Discs

Disc 01

Disc 02

Edition Details

Edition Collector's Edition
Release Date 04/03/2003
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.85:1)
Subtitles English; Portuguese; English (Closed Captioned)
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features

Disc 01 Disc 1: Subtitles for people who don't like the film (taken from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part II ). On-screen screenplay. Audio commentary by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. Audio commentary by John Cleese, Eric Idle and Michael Palin. Extraordinary animated menus with very loud surround sound! 'Follow The Killer Rabbit' feature. Disc 2: Three mindless karaoke sing-alongs. 'The Quest For The Holy Grail Locations' documentary. 'How To Use Your Coconuts' (an educational film). Monty Python And The Holy Grail in Lego. 'On Location With The Pythons' (18 min) 1974 location report from BBC Film Night. Interactive cast directory. Terry Gilliam's original artwork and sketches. Behind-the-scenes photo gallery. Unsued locations. Unused ideas. Theatrical trailers. Weblinks. A Load Of Rubbish - a surprise package of mystery items specially included for the mentally challenged.

Images

Poster
Backdrop