Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Name: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Director: Terry Jones
Released: 1975-04-03T00:00:00+00:00
Rating: 7.8

1975 · TMDB 7.8

Directed by Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam

King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".

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The Pythons' anarchic Arthurian spoof, which gleefully shatters the fourth wall with a modern-day historian, a narrator who gets killed, and a finale that invades the present day.

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Graham Chapman John Cleese Eric Idle Terry Gilliam Terry Jones Michael Palin Connie Booth Carol Cleveland Neil Innes Bee Duffell John Young Rita Davies

Director · Terry Jones Director · Terry Gilliam Producer · Mark Forstater Producer · Michael White Writer · Eric Idle Writer · Terry Gilliam Writer · Terry Jones Writer · Michael Palin Writer · Graham Chapman Writer · John Cleese Writer · Thomas Malory Cinematography · Terry Bedford Editor · John Hackney

Runtime: 91 min
Released: 1975-04-03
Studio: Python (Monty) Pictures
Country: United Kingdom
Language: French
TMDB score: 7.8

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The Pythons' anarchic Arthurian spoof, which gleefully shatters the fourth wall with a modern-day historian, a narrator who gets killed, and a finale that invades the present day.