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Monty Python And The Holy Grail
Monty Python And The Holy Grail

Monty Python And The Holy Grail

  • 1975 film

The Monty Python team put their own spin on the Arthurian legends. Also features Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and more.

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Pythons celebrate "Holy Grail" 40th anniversary

Is silliness timeless? That was the question last night following a 40th anniversary screening of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

David Morgan, CBS News, 25th April 2015

How Monty Python and the Holy Grail influenced film

Forty years after its release, the film remains the gold standard for subversive comedy.

David Sims, The Atlantic, 10th April 2015

Monty Python to reunite for Holy Grail anniversary

The 2015 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by AT&T, today announced a special celebration to mark the 40th Anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Broadway World, 11th March 2015

Monty Python and the Holy Quiz

How much you remember about Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

Us vs Th3m, 8th September 2014

Game of Thrones hides secret Monty Python reference

n the episode Breaker of Chains, the show's linguist David Peterson created the ultimate in-joke with series creator Dan Weiss, by translating Monty Python quotes into Low Valyrian, a language used by a clan on the show. More specifically, he took the insults hurled by a French soldier in the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, such as "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries."

Ben Beaumont-Thomas, The Guardian, 13th May 2014

There was no seventh Python, Michael Palin tells court

The idea of there being a seventh member of the Monty Python comedy group was out of the question, Michael Palin told a court today during a legal battle over the Spamalot musical.

Rosa Silverman, The Telegraph, 5th December 2012

Producer: Holy Grail wasn't funny until I came along

Mark Forstater, the producer of Monty Python and the Holy Grail who is suing for a share in the profits of Spamalot, claimed today that he "co-created" the cult comedy film and even made suggestions about the plot.

Rosa Silverman, The Telegraph, 4th December 2012

Monty Python sued over Spamalot royalties

The surviving members of Monty Python are being sued by one of the producers of cult film Monty Python and the Holy Grail over royalty rights to Spamalot.

BBC News, 30th November 2012

Monty Python: The Holy Book of Days iPad app

Bring out your dead! Grab your coconuts! The Monty Python: The Holy Book of Days has arrived.

Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 11th March 2012

Python's 1974 pre-'wardrobe malfunction' bit of lunacy

If you're a broadcaster or producer, you just thought your clashes with the FCC began back in 2004 and Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" incident. A full 30+ years prior to that special Sunday, one of the producers of the brilliant Python film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail was approached by a member of the British Board of Film Classification after a screening in Twickenham of the then unreleased soon-to-be classic.

Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 11th February 2012

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