Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1086 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-06-14
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Box set, PAL, Special Edition
• Original language: English, French, Latin
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 86 minutes

Amazon.com
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

DVD Description
King Arthur (Graham Chapman) and his Knights of the Round Table (John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin) on the trail of the elusive Holy Grail, encountering many nasty and long-winded characters (John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin) on the way. Who can forget the quest for a shrubbery to placate the fearsome Knights who say 'Ni', the fearless, and limbless, Black Knight, the mysterious wizard Tim and the horrific White Rabbit, with the big pointy teeth.

Special Features
Disc 1:

• Subtitles for people who don't like the film (from Shakespeare's Henry IV Part II)
  
• On-screen screenplay - follow while you watch!
  
• Commentaries by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, plus general back-biting from John Cleese, Eric Idle and Michael Palin
  
• Exciting Follow the Killer Rabbit feature
  
• Special feature for the hard of hearing!
  
• Extra 24 seconds of nearly-new footage!

Disc 2:

• Three mindless singalongs!
  
• Michael Palin and Terry Jones in The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations featurette
  
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail in Lego!
  
• Educational film: How to use your Coconuts
  
• On Location with the Pythons - 18-min BBC location report (1974)
  
• Interactive cast directory - how many roles did each Python play?
  
• Many of Terry Gilliam's original sketches
  
• Behind-the-scenes photos
  
• A Load of Rubbish - surprise package of mystery items!
  
• Unused Locations - see how the Director's recce used up the budget!
  
• Unused ideas
  
• Theatrical trailers and weblinks

DVD Technical Information:

• Running Time: 86 minutes
  
• Language: English
  
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround/Dolby Surround
  
• Subtitles: English
  
• Aspect Ratio: Letter Box - 1.85:1
  
• Disc Type: DVD9

Customer Reviews

The best comedy film you will ever see!
This is an essential film for every singlr person on the planet and i am frankly shocked that anyone has given this film less than all 5 stars.

'We'r knights of the round table'
After Monty Pythons flying circus finished the Pythons gradually got working on a film, this is it. Graham Chapman plays 'Arthur king of the Britons' while John Cleese, Erice Idle and the others play famous knights of the round table 'Sir Gallahad' for example. They're on a journey for the holy grail and the events that happen to them on there quest are so amazingly funny I begin to wonder wether the Pythons are a bunch of Comical aliens from another plant.
I reccomend Holy Grail to anyone wishing to laugh there heads off after a boring day, depressing day or just for a laugh.

Why only 4 stars instead of 5?
Great film obviously, but be aware that the Region 2 DVD does not contain the original mono soundtrack. The newly created 5.1 audio has for some reason redubbed Michael Palin's voiceovers (most noticably in "Scene 24"). If you're as anal about Python as me (!), and you have a multi-region player, you should really go for the Region 1 DVD.