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Monty Python and the Holy Grail By Jeff Shannon
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.
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"Instead of the long, tedious boring speech given on the facts of life to my children, I introduced them to this film. I feel that Holy Grail answers all the question a child must have and gets them ready for adulthood. A must see for anyone planning to live to the age of 80. It's the one thing that my kids, now in their 20's retained and still use on a daily basis." --Sundark |
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|  | Director: Terry Jones
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| | Stars: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin
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| | Released: May 10, 1975
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