Overview:
King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".Status: | Released (1975-03-14) |
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Awards: | 2 wins & 2 nominations |
BoxOffice: | $2,562,392 |
Screen: | Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle |
Productions: | Python (Monty) Pictures Limited, Michael White Productions, National Film Trustee Company |
Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
Spoken Languages: | Français, Latin, English |
Casts
- 10722: Graham Chapman - King Arthur / Voice of God / Middle Head / Hiccoughing Guard
- 8930: John Cleese - Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / Sir Launcelot the Brave / Taunting French Guard / Tim the Enchanter
- 10713: Eric Idle - Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard / Concorde / Roger the Shrubber / Brother Maynard
- 280: Terry Gilliam - Patsy / Green Knight / Old Man from Scene 24 (Bridgekeeper) / Sir Bors / Animator / Gorilla Hand
- 10707: Terry Jones - Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert / Voice of Cartoon Scribe
- 383: Michael Palin - First Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / Peasant 2 / Right Head / Sir Galahad the Pure / Narrator / King of Swamp Castle / Brother Maynard's Brother / Leader of The Knights Who Say NI!
- 149979: Connie Booth - The Witch
Crews
- 10718: Julian Doyle - Production Manager - Production
- 10713: Eric Idle - Writer - Writing
- 10715: John Goldstone - Executive Producer - Production
- 10707: Terry Jones - Director - Directing
- 280: Terry Gilliam - Writer - Writing
- 11293: John Hackney - Editor - Editing
- 11294: Roy Forge Smith - Production Design - Art
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Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
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**One of the pinnacles of British humor.** This was my first contact with Monty Python, which I already knew famously, and I loved the movie. It is quite simply one of the high points of British humor. The film is easy enough to understand, parodying the Arthurian legends surround ....
Continue reading ->drystyx
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Seriously, you could die laughing from this film. I remember the first time I watched this film, back in antenna days on the educational UHF station that was all fuzz, and even then I thought I would die laughing. The story of King Arthur always did beg for such a satire. The bits ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Fortunately for me this was a rather short visit to the surreal land of Monty Python, and though it does have it's moments, I was really quite unimpressed by their Arthurian antics. We start with Graham Chapman's King Arthur gadding about England tying to recruit some suitably worthy ....
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