Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition)

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Summary: What are you going to do, bleed on me?
Review: excellent. Possibly the funniest movie ever made. Who could forget such a line as "I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of eldeberries." This is a great movie and a great dvd edition that gives it justice. This is completely worth the money. A comedy Classic.

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Summary: a girl's review
Review: My first encounter with this classic Bristish romp was back in high school in the 70's when it made its big screen debut...This great inane farce took us for a loop and knocked us silly and for weeks we roamed the halls blurting our favorite lines..Fast forward 30 years later, after countless viewings, and I still laugh my a*s off!..Let's face it, you either get it or you don't..if you don't, then tsk tsk..you take life way too seriously and frankly..can't be much fun to hang out with!..And what can make watching Python more of a blast???..sharing it with your daughter...and laughing hysterically at the same parts that brought tears to your eyes back when you were her age..I introduced Monty Python and the Holy Grail along with Young Frankenstein (don't get me started on that one!)when she was a mere 10..yeah, some of it got by her..But she's now 16 and it has become one of her all-time favorites,and she joins the ranks of those that can recite the now famous lines verbatim and with uncanny authenticity! I believe it's our duty to expose our children to the classics...Beowulf, Shakespeare, the Beatles and by all means..Monty Python..I'm SO thankful that we share the same mindful quirky offbeat sense of humor..and we GET it!..Join the legions of Monty Python fans and share the comraderie...

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Summary: Caution- do not watch while drinking anything
Review: This movie is totally hilarious. Even more funny late at night when you are sleep deprived. This movie is such a spoof of all things British you know it will tickle your funny bone. From the limbless black knight (come back here, I'll bite your kneecaps off) to the obnoxious French soldiers, this movie is a classic and should be watched atleast once a year.

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Summary: Fantastic
Review: This is, easily, one of the funniest movies ever made - if you have a taste for absurd humor, that is. There is a semi-coherent plot which manages to tie the movie together, only enhancing the hilarity of scenes such as The Witch Burning Scene, The Killer R-r-r-rabbit, and the Bridge of Death.

Moving on, the DVD set is fantastic. In addition to the movie, there are a ton of extras (including the "Knights of the Round Table" song as performed by Lego's, and subtitles taken from Shakespeare's Henry IV Part II). This really is a must-have for any Python fans.

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Summary: This is one of the funniest films ever,no doubt
Review: I remember first seeing this movie when I was in junior high school and laughing till I cried. There was a small group of us who were Python fans and couldn't get enough of the film.

I do have to admit that the film should have been remastered and cleaned up. The sound is a little fuzzy and the picture quality is ok. However, I can overlook some of those issues once the opening credits start. Make sure you have your popcorn on hand before starting the movie to see all of the opening credits!

I really enjoyed the extras including the trailers, and especially the LEGO version of the 'Knights of the Round Table' song. Visiting the film locations was also a treat.

If you enjoy other Python films and DVD's then this is a must have. If you are unfamiliar with the Monty Python crew, take the time to see a true gem.

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Summary: Oh, Sorry. I Thought I Was Reviewing "Dentist on the Job"
Review: "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is a landmark of screen comedy. It is easy to equate this brilliant Medieval tomfoolery with something that preceded it but this film is a true original. The film is an intricately plotted series of comic setpieces that mocks the Arthurian legend with equal amounts of silliness and informed intelligence. Thirty years on this film has lost none of it's comic luster. I have numerous favorite moments but that would ruin it for the uninitiated. I was fortunate to have seen this film when I was a teenager theatrically back in the day when the Pythons brand of madness was just breaking on these shores. This package includes alot of good extras including commentaries by the surviving Pythons(R.I.P. Graham Chapman) and the "Lego" version of the film.

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Summary: weird but very very very funny
Review: its gotta be the weirdest and funniest movie of all time. Its complete lunacy. I've seen it so many times i could resite the script in this review.But i wont. This is a good DVD to with plenty of specail features. If youve never seen this movie we should build a bridge out of ya. or weigh you compared to a duck."She turned me into a newt......... I got better". "Its only a flesh wound Ive had worse"." all right lets call it a draw"." Ill bite your legs off you come back here you yellow *******"."You english Kniggets your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of eldaberries"."Ill fart in your general direction"."oooooooooo no auggghhhhhhh say it from your throat ooooooooo"."Its only a rabbit, UGH bleh ahhhhhhhh, I told you but noooooooooooo"." what is your name sir lancealot what is your quest to seek the holy grail what is your favorite color blue alright off you go, oh ok thanks."what is your favorite color blue no yell- ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.". what is the capital of asidia. I dont know that.AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. We are the knights who say NE first you must find a SHRUBBERIE. Now you must cut down the tallest tree in the forest with a HERRING!!! Brave brave brave Sir Robin Hes not afraid to get his liver removed or his eyes plucked out Brave brave brave sir robin." sorry i get carried away sometimes"." what is the air speed velocity of a swallow. what do ya mean an english swallow or an african. I dont know that.AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." we are now the knights who say Ping pop wooooooop pong wop. We will not do it. Dont say it. Say what. dont say it o no iom saying it i said it again AHHHHH." first well have tea then well eat him no i say we eat him first and then have tea NO%$%&^*&&*^&^$%^4. were did he go." If youve seen this movie as many times as ive have youll think this review is funny. Please if you dont see this movie youll be an outcast. Its hilarious.HILARIOUS you hear me HILARIOUS.

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Summary: More Special Features Than A Swallow Can Carry
Review: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the classic send up of King Arthur and his knights of the round table is finally on DVD, in this collectors edition. The-Knights-Who-Say-Ni, the insulting Frenchmen, the three headed giant, the black knight who never says die, the killer bunny, that multieyed monster of Aggh, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Neil Innes, they're all here. The great thing about DVD is that you can put subtitles, so you can quote along with your favorite lines now! There's even a sing-a-long option somewhere, and a "spot the killer rabbit". Silly options for a very silly film. Oh my...

I must say, there are more special features than a swallow can carry here. My favorite is probably the re-enactment of the Holy Grail in Lego men. The Gilliam-esque menus are great too. So much stuff though, a genuine "collectors edition", I say. There's a couple of scenes dubbed in japanese (with the script altered for the Japanese sense of humour, the Holy Grail becomes the Sake Cup). There's lots of photo galleries. There's a couple of documentaries, one is on location during the 1970s, with interviews with the Pythons (Graham Chapman is particularly funny). Another, filmed in 2001, features Michael Palin and Terry Jones wandering about the locations. The castle has changed a lot, it's all fenced in, with a carpark, and warning signs for falling masonry ("we wouldn't have filmed here if we'd known that"). It was funny seeing them shocked to find a gift shop in the castle, and funnier seeing Palin complain that there wasn't enough Monty Python merchandise in it! They also go to the cave (where they find grafitti, but nothing in Aramaic), the mountain gorge, and to the island castle of Aggh, where they chat away to the locals.

I do love the locations in this film. The green, rocky Scottish highlands really was a great choice, it goes really well with the slightly grainy film, interdispersed with Terry Gilliam's medieval flavored animation. Anything different and it wouldn't be as special, I don't think. I know it's not serious, but the locations help give the feel that these knights are really in a faraway place, a mythical England. Considering their budget, and considering it was Terry Gilliam and Jones' first directing experience, they did a brilliant job with it. The comedy is great too, of course.

The original trailers are here too, which are just as much as a send up as the film (they turn into a commercial for a Chinese restaurant by the end, if that's saying anything). Even the DVD is something of a spoof. I selected english subtitles (so I could read everything that was being said), and they came out in Dutch, before the DVD stopped with an apology before resuming. Just like the TV series, you never know what to expect with this DVD.

Fans shouldn't hesitate to pick this up. It's more than worth it. It's not my favorite of the Python's work, but it does stand up to MANY a repeated viewing. Newcomers to Monty Python might want to rent a copy first, though. It's delightfully silly, but the humour isn't everyone's cup of tea.

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Summary: Tis' a funny movie indeed!
Review: King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many very silly obstacles.

That is the tagline from the Internet Movie Database, and at the end of the day (and this reviewing session) I could not come up with a better way of describing the film. What do you get when you give about £230,000 to a couple of debutante directors and the rest of the members of the greatest comic collective the world has ever seen? Monty Python And The Holy Grail!

Monty Python And The Holy Grail is a truly great film and in particular a truly great comedy - to still generate laughs even after repeated viewings.

What is the film about? King Arthur (Graham Chapman) is seeking knights to join him in the court of Camelot, and after some run-ins with the French, eventually gathers together Sir Bedevere (Terry Jones), Sir Lancelot (John Cleese), Sir Galahad the Chaste (Michael Palin) and Sir Robin the Not So Brave (Eric Idle). After not returning to Camelot for reasons well detailed in the film, the knights are confronted by God who gives them an awesome task - to find the Holy Grail. Now the fun really begins! They have to confront the dangers of The White Rabbit and The Bridge Of Death in order to seek what they hope to find. Many months pass before the possibility of success finally arrives. But then again, perhaps not. In case you are wondering, Terry Gilliam plays the part of Patsy - Arthur's "horse" - but like everyone else also plays a bunch of other parts, so typically Monty Python. Not so typically Monty Python is the fact that apart from Dennis's mother, all female parts are actually played by females!

With classic comedy scenes aplenty - you must have seen the Black Knight scene surely? - that still are as funny today as they were twenty five odd years ago, this is truly a gem of a film. What this bunch of comic geniuses managed to achieve on a shoestring budget remains one of the pre-eminent comedy classics, ranking up there with the likes of Buster Keaton's The General. Okay, it looks cheap and nasty at times, but you really would be hard-pressed to make any complaint - there are plenty of way over-budget Hollywood pieces of tripe that could not even approach the delights of this film with one hundred times the budget. And this was but one of their classic films! When you add into the mix a collection of some of the funniest gag subtitles during the opening credits, the inspired surprise opening and everything else, this is a true classic DVD release.

Monty Python fans have been awaiting this sort of local release for far too long and to finally have it is to emphasise why. Whilst the film urges you to run away frequently, the only direction you should be running is towards your nearest DVD retailer to order this DVD. Brilliant stuff all through, and an essential purchase for any DVD collection.