Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)VHS | Cast list | | Graham Chapman | as | King Arthur /God /Middle Head / Hiccoughing Guard (voice) | | John Cleese | as | Second Swallow-Savvy Guard /The Black Knight /Peasant 3 /Sir Lancelot, the Brave /Taunting French Guard /Tim the Enchanter | | Eric Idle | as | Dead Collector /Peasant 1 /Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard /Concorde /Roger the Shrubber /Brother Maynard | | Terry Gilliam | as | Patsy /Green Knight /Old Man from scene 24 (Bridgekeeper) / Sir Bors / Animator / Gorrilla Hand | | Terry Jones | as | Dennis's Mother /Sir Bedevere /Left Head /Voice of Cartoon Scribe /Prince Herbert (voice) | | Michael Palin | as | First Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / Peasant 2 / Right Head /Sir Galahad the Pure / Narrator /King of Swamp Castle /Brother Maynard's Brother /Leader of The Knights who say NI! | | Connie Booth | as | The Witch | | Carol Cleveland | as | Zoot /Dingo | | Neil Innes | as | First Monk /Singing Minstrel /Page Crushed by the Rabbit / Peasant #4 | | Bee Duffell | as | Old Crone | | John Young | as | Dead Body / Historian Frank | | Rita Davies | as | Historian's Wife | | Avril Stewart | as | Dr. Piglet | | Sally Kinghorn | as | Dr. Winston | | Mark Zycon | as | Prisoner |
| | Crew list: | | Terry Gilliam (Director) | | Terry Jones (Director) | | Graham Chapman (Writer) | | John Cleese (Writer) |
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Review
The movie starts out with Arthur, King of the Britons, looking for knights to sit with him at Camelot. He finds many knights including Sir Galahad the pure, Sir Lancelot the brave, the quiet Sir Bedevere, and Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Lancelot. They do not travel on horses, but pretend they do and have their servants bang coconuts to make the sound of horse's hooves. Through satire of certain events in history (witch trials, the black plague) they find Camelot, but after literally a quick song and dance they decide that they do not want to go there. While walking away, God (who seems to be grumpy) come to them from a cloud and tells them to find the Holy Grail. They agree and begin their search. While they search for the Grail, scenes of the knight's tales appear and why they have the name they have. Throughout their search they meet interesting people and knights along the way. Most of the characters die; some through a killer rabbit (which they defeat with the holy hand grenade), others from not answering a question right from the bridge of Death, or die some other ridiculous way. In the end, King Arthur and Sir Bedevere are left and find the Castle Arrrghhh where the Holy Grail is. They are met by some French soldiers who taunted them earlier in the film, so they were not able to get into the castle. |
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