Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
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From its opening multi-language titles (that sure looks like Swedish) to
the closing arrest of the entire Dark Ages cast by modern-day bobbies,
Monty Python and the Holy Grail helped to define "irreverence" and
became an instant cult classic. This time the Pythonites savage the
legend of King Arthur, juxtaposing some excellently selected exterior
locations with an unending stream of anachronistic one-liners, non
sequiturs, and slapstick set pieces. The Knights of the Round Table set
off in search of the Holy
Grail on foot, as their lackeys make clippety-clop sounds with coconut
shells. A plague-ridden community, ringing with the cry of "bring out
your dead," offers its hale and hearty citizens to the body piles. A
wedding of convenience is attacked by Arthur's minions while the
pasty-faced groom continually attempts to burst into song. The good guys
are nearly thwarted by the dreaded, tree-shaped "Knights Who Say Ni!" A
feisty enemy warrior, bloodily shorn of his arms and legs in the thick
of battle, threatens to bite off his opponent's kneecap. A French
military officer shouts such taunts as "I fart in your general
direction" and "I wave my private parts at your aunties." Rabbits are a
particular obsession of the writers this time around, ranging from the
huge Trojan Rabbit to the "killer bunny" that decapitates one of the
knights. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry
Jones, and Michael Palin collaborated on the script and assumed most of
the onscreen roles, while Gilliam and Jones served as co-directors.
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