Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Castle Catapult Gift Set (Blu-ray) PG
And now! At Last! Another film completely different from some of the other films which aren't quite the same as this one is.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 32 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 27, 2015
- Originally Released: 1975
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Monty Python | |
Performer: | Connie Booth, Carol Cleveland, Bee Duffell, John Young, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle & John Cleese | |
Directed by | Terry Gilliam | |
Edited by | John Hackney | |
Screenwriting by | Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones & Michael Palin | |
Composition by | Neil Innes | |
Cinematography by | Terry Bedford | |
Produced by | Mark Forstater & Terry Jones |
Entertainment Reviews:
The film goes on working a sense of humor that grows great in the continuous absurdity that always characterized the English work. [Full Review in Spanish]
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Espinof
Rating: 9/10 --
A fresh look at the ultimate mock epic, after the Python method has been assimilated into the cultural DNA, reveals the subversive spirit of this bloody and cynical Arthurian deconstruction.
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PopMatters
Monty Python's Flying Circus, the British comedy group which gained fame via BBC-TV, send-up Arthurian legend, performed in whimsical fashion with Graham Chapman an effective straight man as King Arthur.
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Variety
Rating: 9/10 --
The first non-sketch Python film is one of the great Arthurian romps.
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Irish Times
Rating: 5/5 --
So unnecessarily gorgeous, there are moments where it feels like Tarkovsky with drag and farting.
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Time Out
Here is Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which is neither as sparkling as it is said to be nor as bad as it seems to be at the start. But it's pretty good.
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The New Republic
Watching it, it's hard to believe that these guys were actually meandering across heaths and trudging across rope bridges, with electricians and caterers not far away. It seems more as if this souvenir of the Absurd Ages has... existed for a millennium.
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New Times
Product Description:
This classic Monty Python comedy, directed by Pythons Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, is a hilarious send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, they face a wide array of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, a cadre of shrubbery-challenged knights, the perilous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, a house of virgins, and a handful of rude Frenchmen.
In addition to the set pieces, the film also includes the same kind of surreal animation that Gilliam contributed to the television series. Throughout the irreverent adventures, the Python crew eschews realism in favor of anachronistic social satire, a recipe it later returned to in the 1979 biblical farce MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN. Melding the ridiculous with the sublime, the film quickly inspired a cult following, generated a host of quotes, and even inspired a computer game 20 years after its release. The numerous songs and hysterical vignettes are sidesplittingly unforgettable.
In addition to the set pieces, the film also includes the same kind of surreal animation that Gilliam contributed to the television series. Throughout the irreverent adventures, the Python crew eschews realism in favor of anachronistic social satire, a recipe it later returned to in the 1979 biblical farce MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN. Melding the ridiculous with the sublime, the film quickly inspired a cult following, generated a host of quotes, and even inspired a computer game 20 years after its release. The numerous songs and hysterical vignettes are sidesplittingly unforgettable.
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Medieval
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Spoof
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Witches And Wizards
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On-The-Road
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Animals
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Classic Fight Scenes
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Recommended
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Poverty
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Satire
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Legends
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Theatrical Release
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