Product Details
- Starring: Connie Booth, Elspeth Cameron, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Carol Cleveland
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- Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- Director: Terry Jones
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- EAN: 9786304405925
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- Format: Box set, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
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- ISBN: 6304405928
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- Label: Sony Pictures
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- Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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- Number of Items: 2
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: Sony Pictures
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- Release Date: 1997-04-15
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- Studio: Sony Pictures
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- Theatrical Release Date: 1975-05-10
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- Title: Monty Python Gift Set: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, And Now For Something Completely Different [VHS]
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- UPC: 043396891135
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Avg Customer Rating: 
Product Description: 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
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Customer Reviews
perfect condition! good service!
C'mon! You all know about this movie!!! I only bought it b/c I wanted to own one of the classics!
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Great movie, all sorts of extras
Holy Grail is a classic and a must-own. This version has good video and audio quality. I haven't watched the extras yet, but there is all sorts of good stuff for DVD-extra-junkies.
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What more can I say?
It's the brilliance of Monty Python and it's hilarious.
What more can I say?
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King Arthur had it coming . . .
Well, this is a DAMN GOOD comedy! Almost ever scene is comic gold:
*The Black Knight
*"She's a Witch!"
*French Taunting
*Killer Rabbit
*Anarcho Cynicalism
*The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
*Castle Anthrax
Well, I won't go into details, but if you haven't seen this movie, then you don't know what you're missing. So watch it!
A+
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Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?
This is definitely one of the greatest movies in the world. Monty Python's comic genius shows with hilarious characters and always-quotable lines. It's one of those movies that needs to be watched more than once.
One of my favorite movies ever.
The scenes with cartoons give the movie a funnier effect.
Join the Python gang in a search for the Holy Grail!!
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