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intereact!Director: Terry Jones
Actors: Connie Booth, Elspeth Cameron, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and Carol Cleveland
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Retail Price (not our price): $19.94
Release Date: 2001-10-23
Theatrical Release Date: 1975-05-10
Studio: Sony Pictures
Run Time: 89 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Discs: 2
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com essential video
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
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) Ignore the other reviewers [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Review the movie not the features!!! Your reviews effect all versions of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. This is my favorite comedy of all time and people are plaqueing it with review of the quality of the dvd and special features. This not only effects the special edition but the vcr version too.2) How do you know she is a witch? [Rating: 5 out of 5]
By far one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, Monty Python and the Holy Grail holds up to repeated viewings. The knights of the round table are all delightfully dimwitted on their quest and it is a perfect mix of song, hilarious one-liners, and physical gags: "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!"; the Black Knight ('tis but a scratch); the Killer Rabbit; the Holy Hand Grenade; "cut down a tree with...a herring!". It is hard to believe it was made for just peanuts and only in 5 weeks, this comedy has stood the test of time.3) In the name of God, I must review this movie! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Sweet! Review number 777!If you haven't seen this movie, and can understand sometimes complicated British humor, then get it! It has to be one of the funniest movies ever made. If you have no knowledge of British humor though you may get a bit confused, so I wouldn't recommend it if you're gonna expect nothing but toilet humor. Plus, this movie must have the most halting ending ever for a movie, and it's extremely unpredictable!I also recommend Life of Brian, which in my opinion is just as funny as this movie. Just be prepared for the unexpected whilst watching this movie, it's very strange. Great though!4) A Christian Perspective [Rating: 5 out of 5]
** Disclaimer: The reason I have chosen to review this item from the perspective of my Christian faith is to provide other Christians some information or food for thought concerning this item. It is not my intention to convince non-Christians that they should convert, nor is it my intention to convince other Christians that they must agree with my opinions. What follows is simply my view of this item through the lens of my understanding of the Christian faith, so I trust that none will be offended by points-of-view I express with which they disagree. Peace.This movie is really a parody of two things. First, it is a parody of the Middle Ages in England. Second, it is a parody of our modern presuppositions of that time. It is because the door of parody swings both ways in this film that it is able to be so incredibly funny. Parody is funny because there is an element of truth involved. Here, there are two truths, thus the film is twice as funny: there is the truth concerning the Middle Ages, and there's the truth concerning our impressions of the Middle Ages. By cracking fun at both of these sources of truth, the Monty Python comedy group was able to produce solid parody that is smart, witty, and and in some ways convicting. Overall, the film is very enjoyable and fun to watch and re-watch.As a Christian, however, I have a couple of minor reservations about watching this film. First, though by no means comparable to much of the filth that comes out of Hollywood these days, this movies has a fair share of foul language. Some of the worst incidents of foul language are likely to go unnoticed because of the accent/language barrier and the manner of production. For example, at one point the film cuts quickly to a character from a previous scene who says that at least his scene didn't involve a litany of a certain category of sex jokes. Here, this character uses a less than appropriate word which is not even appropriate for me to repeat. However, it goes by so fast that I didn't even notice it until the third or fourth time I watched the movie.Most of the foul language used is less overtly offensive, and especially because much of this language seems to be well established within the English-comedy tradition it is almost fair to say that it's an essential part of making a funny parody of this sort. Needless to say, if you are uncomfortable with some incidents of foul language, or if you simply don't think such usage is funny, this movie probably is not for you. This movie also contains one scene with a significant amount of sexual innuendo and here there is even a reference to oral sex. However, insofar as this scene does not contain any overtly sexual content of a graphic nature, I think it is not so bad as to require Christians to avoid watching the movie altogether.I give this movie five stars because it is very funny and smart. It is an example of a type of humor that is hard to come by these days. However, I would hesitate to give this movie to anyone younger than 18 or so; I know that when I watched this movie for the first time when I was 15 I did not have the spiritual maturity to discriminate between the quality parody and the few incidents of inappropriate tastelessness. Other than that, this movie is a classic, and I hope you enjoy it!5) Killer Rabbits [Rating: 5 out of 5]
After seeing the Broadway musical, I revisited this movie. It is comic perfection Monte Python style. You can watch this one again and again. With all of the lines committed to memory, we continue to watch, and we still love it!