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| Monty Python And The Holy Grail (Extraordinarily Deluxe Edition) [1974] | ![Monty Python And The Holy Grail (Extraordinarily Deluxe Edition) [1974]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ARVNJ7S0L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Directors: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 712
Format: Box Set, Pal, Special Edition
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Latin (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Running Time: 86 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.4 x 0.7
EAN: 5035822416499
ASIN: B0001V01BQ
Theatrical Release Date: May 10, 1975
Release Date: June 14, 2004
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Could this be the funniest movie ever made? By any rational measure of comedy, this medieval romp from the Monty Python troupe certainly belongs on the short list of candidates. According to Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide, it's "recommended for fans only," but we say hogwash to that--you could be a complete newcomer to the Python phenomenon and still find this send-up of the Arthurian legend to be wet-your-pants hilarious. It's basically a series of sketches woven together as King Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail, with Graham Chapman as the King, Terry Gilliam as his simpleton sidekick Patsy, and the rest of the Python gang filling out a variety of outrageous roles. The comedy highlights are too numerous to mention, but once you've seen Arthur's outrageously bloody encounter with the ominous Black Knight (John Cleese), you'll know that nothing's sacred in the Python school of comedy. From holy hand grenades to killer bunnies to the absurdity of the three-headed knights who say "Ni--!," this is the kind of movie that will strike you as fantastically funny or just plain silly, but why stop there? It's all over the map, and the pace lags a bit here and there, but for every throwaway gag the Pythons have invented, there's a bit of subtle business or grand-scale insanity that's utterly inspired. The sum of this madness is a movie that's beloved by anyone with a pulse and an irreverent sense of humor. If this movie doesn't make you laugh, you're almost certainly dead. --Jeff Shannon
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 Very silly but only sporadically funny November 15, 2008
I somehow got to the age of 47 without seeing this all the way through, and sat down to watch it with anticipation. However, I was a bit disappointed. Unlike Life Of Brian this is not really a film with a plot & characters. Rather a series of themed sketches. Like most sketch shows it is a mixture of hit & miss. Bits are indeed very funny, but while this style of humour was radical when the film came out it is all too common now and some of the weaker moments don't stand up so well. Of course it has a place in the pantheon of British comedy and I wouldn't discourage anyone from watching it, but for me it isn't a patch on Life of Brian, or even the Time Bandits.
The best comedy film you will ever see! August 11, 2008
This is an essential film for every singlr person on the planet and i am frankly shocked that anyone has given this film less than all 5 stars.
'We'r knights of the round table' July 23, 2008
After Monty Pythons flying circus finished the Pythons gradually got working on a film, this is it. Graham Chapman plays 'Arthur king of the Britons' while John Cleese, Erice Idle and the others play famous knights of the round table 'Sir Gallahad' for example. They're on a journey for the holy grail and the events that happen to them on there quest are so amazingly funny I begin to wonder wether the Pythons are a bunch of Comical aliens from another plant.
I reccomend Holy Grail to anyone wishing to laugh there heads off after a boring day, depressing day or just for a laugh.
 Why only 4 stars instead of 5? July 17, 2008
Great film obviously, but be aware that the Region 2 DVD does not contain the original mono soundtrack. The newly created 5.1 audio has for some reason redubbed Michael Palin's voiceovers (most noticably in "Scene 24"). If you're as anal about Python as me (!), and you have a multi-region player, you should really go for the Region 1 DVD.
On second thoughts, let's not go to Camelot. It is a silly place. April 26, 2008
King Arthur is visited by the Lord Almighty who tells him to go on a quest to find the Holy Grail. Arthur wastes no time in rounding up the silliest Knights of the realm and embarking on a bizarre journey around England, encountering fierce enemies, sex mad nymphs and a killer rabbit.
Although Monty Python's Life of Brian is considered their finest film by the critics, The Holy Grail provides me with more laugh out loud moments. It is as throughly ridiculous as Terry Gilliam's animations that pop up from time to time. From the man trying to get rid of his almost dead father to the Knight who won't admit defeat even after being dismembered ("It's just a flesh wound!") to the nonsensical witch trial ("What floats on water?" [answer] "Churches!"), the Pythons gift for perfectly timed comedy bombs never falters. Endlessly quotable ("We shall say Ni! again to you, if you do not appease us." or "Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!") and packed with silly sight gags like the cattle catapult, they certainly don't make them like this anymore.
Like this? Try: Monty Python's Life of Brian.
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