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Overview

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Writers:
Graham Chapman (written by) &
John Cleese (written by) ...
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Release Date:
10 May 1975 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Comedy more
Tagline:
Makes Ben Hur look like an Epic more
Plot:
King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many very silly obstacles. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
Ingenious more (564 total)

Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mønti Pythøn ik den Høli Gräilen (International: English title) (subtitle)
Los caballeros de la mesa cuadrada (Argentina) (Spain) (short title) [es]
Monty Pythons galna värld (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
Die Ritter der Kokosnuß (West Germany) [de]
Gyalog galopp (Hungary) [hu]
Los caballeros de la mesa cuadrada y sus locos seguidores (Spain) [es]
Monty Python (Italy) [it]
Monty Python a svatý grál (Czech Republic) [cs]
Monty Python e o Cálice Sagrado (Portugal) [pt]
Monty Python em Busca do Cálice Sagrado (Brazil) [pt]
Monty Python i swiety graal (Poland) [pl]
Monty Python og de skøre riddere (Denmark) [da]
Monty Python og ridderne av det runde bord (Norway) [no]
Monty Python sacré graal! (France) [fr]
Monty Python, sacré graal (France) [fr]
Monty Pythonin hullu maailma (Finland) [fi]
Oi ippotes tis eleeinis trapezis (Greece) (reissue title) [el]
To adelfato ton ippoton tis eleeinis trapezis (Greece) [el]
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Runtime:
91 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English | French | Latin
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital (2001 re-release) | Mono (original release)
Certification:
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (re-rating) (2001) | Canada:PG (Ontario) (original rating) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Portugal:M/12 | UK:15 (video rating: 1988) | Brazil:18 | Argentina:Atp | UK:12 (re-rating) (2006) | UK:A (original rating) (cut) | New Zealand:M | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-16 | Iceland:L | Ireland:15 | Norway:16 (original rating) | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:12

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Trivia:
During production, the troupe became increasing irritated by the press, who seemed to always ask the same questions, such as "What will your next project be?" One day, Eric Idle flippantly answered, "Jesus Christ's Lust For Glory". Having discovered that this answer quickly shut up reporters, the group adopted it as their stock answer. After production completed, they did some serious thinking about it, and realized that while satirizing Christ himself was out of the question, they could create a parody of first-century life, later realized in Life of Brian (1979). more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the witch-burning scene, John Cleese's character shushes Eric Idle, then turns his head to the side to stifle laughter. During a long pause that follows, Idle starts to laugh and bites his scythe to contain it. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
King Arthur: Whoa, there!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) more
Soundtrack:
He's Going to Tell more

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98 out of 123 people found the following comment useful.
Ingenious, 19 July 2001
10/10
Author: Vicki (pop_mistress@yahoo.com.au) from Sydney, Australia

Monty Python have long been a source of amusement ...and from the opening scenes of this film with the never tiring *gallop gallop* of the two coconuts substituting horses it is so very easy to see why Monty Python and the Holy Grail will forever be classic that any aspiring comedian should view for FLAWLESS comedy...this film has everything one could wish for, 5 of the best comedians performing superb sketches in a feature length film..the one liners are memorable and the locations even more so...the rabbit is my favourite....arggggggggh!

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