Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition) (2-DVD) PG
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 29 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 23, 2001
- Originally Released: 1975
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Monty Python | |
Performer: | Connie Booth, Carol Cleveland, Bee Duffell, John Young, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle & John Cleese | |
Directed by | Terry Gilliam | |
Edited by | John Hackney | |
Screenwriting by | Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones & Michael Palin | |
Composition by | Neil Innes | |
Cinematography by | Terry Bedford | |
Produced by | Mark Forstater & Terry Jones |
Entertainment Reviews:
[A]mid all the silliness...the dialogue is often surprisingly erudite.
Premiere
Grail is as funny as a movie can get, but it is also a tough-minded picture -- as outraged about the human propensity for violence as it is outrageous in its attack on that propensity.
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TIME Magazine
...One of the funniest films ever made...
Entertainment Weekly
[A] strong showcase for the Pythons' versatility as performers....Rich in laughs and lunatic invention
Sight and Sound
Silly, sophomoric, and slapped together -- but would you want it any other way?
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 9/10 --
A fresh look at the ultimate mock epic, after the Python method has been assimilated into the cultural DNA, reveals the subversive spirit of this bloody and cynical Arthurian deconstruction.
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PopMatters
Rating: 4.5/5 --
Terribly exciting and clever, and while its sharpness has been considerably blunted through time, you can still tell where it once was.
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Product Description:
This classic Monty Python comedy, directed by Pythons Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, is a hilarious send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, they face a wide array of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, a cadre of shrubbery-challenged knights, the perilous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, a house of virgins, and a handful of rude Frenchmen.
In addition to the set pieces, the film also includes the same kind of surreal animation that Gilliam contributed to the television series. Throughout the irreverent adventures, the Python crew eschews realism in favor of anachronistic social satire, a recipe it later returned to in the 1979 biblical farce MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN. Melding the ridiculous with the sublime, the film quickly inspired a cult following, generated a host of quotes, and even inspired a computer game 20 years after its release. The numerous songs and hysterical vignettes are sidesplittingly unforgettable.
In addition to the set pieces, the film also includes the same kind of surreal animation that Gilliam contributed to the television series. Throughout the irreverent adventures, the Python crew eschews realism in favor of anachronistic social satire, a recipe it later returned to in the 1979 biblical farce MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN. Melding the ridiculous with the sublime, the film quickly inspired a cult following, generated a host of quotes, and even inspired a computer game 20 years after its release. The numerous songs and hysterical vignettes are sidesplittingly unforgettable.
Keywords:
British
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Medieval
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Witches And Wizards
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On-The-Road
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Animals
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Classic Fight Scenes
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Recommended
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Poverty
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Satire
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Legends
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Theatrical Release
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Essential Cinema
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 3,370
- UPC: 043396052765
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