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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (view source)
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'''"Monty Python and the Holy Grail"''' is a [[film]] written, produced, directed and performed by the [[Monty Python]] comedy team.
'''"Monty Python and the Holy Grail"''' is a [[film]] written, produced, directed and performed by the [[Monty Python]] comedy team.
After their success on [[television]] the pythons wanted to move into film. A compilation film of sketches for their series [[Monty Python's Flying Circus]] called And Now for Something Completely Different had been a great success. However the BBC were unwilling to fund the python movie and most of the funds for Holy Grail were provided by members of the rock groups [[Led Zeppelin]] and [[Pink Floyd]].
The plot centers on the quest for the Holy Grail appointed to [[King Arthur]] Pendragon by [[God]].
The plot centers on the quest for the Holy Grail appointed to [[King Arthur]] Pendragon by [[God]].
They don't find it.
They don't find it.
Like most Python films, it can be partly considered a [[musical]], with several [[set piece]]s built around songs written by [[Neil Innes]] and sometimes [[Eric Idle]].
Like most Python films, it can be partly considered a [[musical]], with several [[set piece]]s built around songs written by [[Neil Innes]] and sometimes [[Eric Idle]]. It is also educational in content as you can earn a lot about the air speed velocity of swallows.