Directed by Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam
Written by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin
1975/UK
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Repeat viewing/Amazon Prime rental
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
French Soldier: I don’t want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
If you like Monty Python’s mixture of silliness and cheek, you will love this.
There is not exactly a plot. There is a premise. The story takes place in 900 A.D. England. King Arthur is recruiting knights for his Round Table at Camelot. After several adventures the appropriate number are found and Camelot is almost reached. Then God pops in to send them on a quest for the Holy Grail.
Arthur and his knights face one comic and surreal obstruction after another en route to their goal. With Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones in multiple roles.
Monty Python’s first feature film is a ton of fun and anarchy. I had forgot the killer bunny! I wasn’t a huge fan of Monty Python’s brand of humor back in the day but they have grown on me and I thoroughly enjoyed watching this. The gags come so fast that if one doesn’t work the next one will crack you up the next minute.
The missing theme song, (and It’s an Australian band tooooo) a classic – official clip seemingly has bass at 12/10, ruins it completely sadly
I love that song and the band! Thanks for turning me on to it. The singer’s voice reminds me a little of Mick Jagger.
Bring on 1979 then!
Will do!
This is an all-time favorite of mine. I first saw Monty Python as a young teen and I never had seen comedy that made me laugh like this before. I also like how despite all the silliness they still managed to capture a medieval atmosphere. I went through a phase where every day I came home from high school and watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I watched it last year for the first time in a long time, and I still have a lot of dialogue memorized.
I think their low budget allowed for lots of authentic grunge.
I’m a life-long fan, so of course I love this.
You have had life-long good taste!
Now go away or I shall taunt you a second-timer!
That whole tirade is one of the funniest in the movie, if you ask me.
The bunny is awesome!
I wonder if any of them got the idea from The Night of the Lepus! They certainly took it up a notch by using one life-size bunny.
I recently introduced my son to Monty python, and this movie in particular and it still works, even in that generation.
Forgetting your favourite colour can be very dangerous indeed.
Blue is always a safe favorite color. LOL. I can see why your son enjoys it, combining as it does the droll with the silly.
We recently revisited HOLY GRAIL. A perfect antidote to the current plague.
We also enjoyed watching a couple of documentaries about the Pythons, as well as their late-in-life live performance, “Monty Python Live (Mostly), 2014. Love them or leave them, their cultural impact was significant.
I’m going to see if they have Spamalot streaming anywhere.
Loved Spamalot. Saw it in Cincinnati.
Lucky you! Wonder when we’ll be back in the theatre.
My favorite movie from the 1970s! I’ve seen it a bunch of times. We used to listen to the album of the soundtrack of the trailer of the film over and over again, the deluxe edition with the introduction by Sir Kenneth Clark. It was a very nice record.
My mom took us to see it at the midnight movies!
My dad had a copy. He never laughed. He would sit there with a huge goofy grin on his face the whole time.
Years later I read Malory’s La Mort D’Arthur. I was surprised to find that Monty Python and the Holy Grail is not the least faithful adaptation!
It seems like you had the most awesome Mom ever!
Every once in a while we start bagging on That Touch of Mink. Great cast, so much potential, so fascinating to watch … and so bad!
So nice when you have someone who understands your jokes!