Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1974 British slapstick comedy film created by the group Monty Python and consisting of Gramham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin who all wrote the script. Graham, John and Terry J. star in it and the directors are Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. The movie parodies the legend of King Arthur's quest to find the Holy Grail on a low budget. Each of the knights encounters dangers on their quest that follow many shenanigans and silly problems they have to overcome. There is the ‘Knights who say Ni’ and ‘The Three Headed Knight’. Also Galahad a knight of the round table ventures to The Castle Anthrax filled with women who wish to do him sexual favours but is ‘rescued’ by his fellow knights.
It is one of the most funny and interesting movies I've seen in a long time. It is a bundle of sketches sown into a movie that is bound to spike an interest. One of my favorite quotes from the movie is when the villages bring a ‘witch’ to Sir Bedevere and they have an argument if she is a witch or not and one of the peasants shouts “Well, she turned me into a newt!” “a newt?” Says Bedevere “…I got better.” replies the villager. Another hilarious part of the film is the use of coconuts hitting together as a substitute for real horses and the interestingly strange characters. If you like this movie I recommend you watch ‘Monty Pythons Life of Brian’ and ‘the Meaning of Life’. The parts of the movie I didn't like were where it skips large sections of the movie but that’s a part of its charm.
The theme is hard to discover but it is how we exploit the medieval times with our modern views and glorify it also to never give up to what you thrive for. The running time is about 91 minutes and the film was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 1976. The whole movie’s budget was $365,274 it’s a sticking point for today that you don’t need millions of dollars to make a fantastic picture. It is a very amusing, humorous movie. 8/10
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