Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Based On “Arthurian romance”

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British comedy film based on the Arthurian legend, written and performed by the Monty Python comedy group (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin) and directed by Gilliam and Jones in their feature directorial debuts. It was conceived during the hiatus between the third and fourth series of their BBC Television series Monty Python's Flying Circus. While the group's first film, And Now for Something Completely Different, was a compilation of sketches from the first two television series, Holy Grail is an original story that parodies the legend of King Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail. Thirty years later, Idle used the film as the basis for the 2005 Tony Award–winning musical Spamalot.

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Release date:

March 14, 1975

Director:

Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam

Cast:

Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle

Genre:

Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Parody, Period drama

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Year page:

1975 in adaptations