Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4.25/5 (105461)
Makes Ben Hur look like an Epic Sets The Cinema Back 900 Years!
Adventure, Comedy produced in 1975, UK, runtime 88 min
Director Terry Gilliam
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail Description:
The movie starts out with Arthur, King of the Britons, looking for knights to sit with him at Camelot. He finds many knights including Sir Galahad the pure, Sir Lancelot the brave, the quiet Sir Bedevere, and Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Lancelot. They do not travel on horses, but pretend they do and have their servants bang coconuts to make the sound of horse's hooves. Through satire of certain events in history (witch trials, the black plague) they find Camelot, but after literally a quick song and dance they decide that they do not want to go there. While walking away, God (who seems to be grumpy) come to them from a cloud and tells them to find the Holy Grail. They agree and begin their search...
- Graham Chapman /King Arthur/Voice of God/Middle Head/Hiccoughing Guard
- John Cleese /Second Swallow-Savvy Guard/The Black Knight/Peasant 3/Sir Lancelot, the Brave/Taunting French Guard/Tim the Enchanter
- Eric Idle /Dead Collector/Peasant 1/Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot/First Swamp Castle Guard/Concorde/Roger the Shrubber/Brother Maynard
- Terry Jones /Dennis's Mother/Sir Bedevere/Left Head/Voice of Cartoon Scribe/Prince Herbert
- Michael Palin /First Swallow-Savvy Guard/Dennis/Peasant 2/Right Head/Sir Galahad the Pure/Narrator/King of Swamp Castle/Brother Maynard's Brother/Leader of The Knights who say NI!
- Connie Booth /The Witch
- Carol Cleveland /Zoot/Dingo
- Neil Innes /First Monk/Singing Minstrel/Page Crushed by the Rabbit/Peasant #4
- Bee Duffell /Old Crone
- John Young /Dead Body/Historian Frank
- Rita Davies /Historian's Wife
- Avril Stewart /Dr. Piglet
- Sally Kinghorn /Dr. Winston
- Mark Zycon /Prisoner
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