| Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition) |  | Directors: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Portuguese (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 91 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: COLD05276D
ISBN: 0767853520
UPC: 043396052765
EAN: 9780767853521
ASIN: B00005O3VC
Publication Date: 2001
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Product Description
The Monty Python team are at it again in their second movie. This time we follow King Arthur and his knights in their search for the Holy Grail. This isn't your average medieval knights and horses story - for a start, due to a shortage in the kingdom, all the horses have been replaced by servants clopping coconuts together!
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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. --Jeff Shannon
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