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Special Features
- High definition widescreen presentation with pink frilly edges
- Subtitles for People Who Don't Like the Film (taken from Shakespeare's Henry IV, part II) On-Screen Screenplay: read the screenplay while you watch the film
- Exciting "Follow The Killer Rabbit" Feature!
- A special version for the Hard of Hearing
- A glorious extra 24 seconds absolutely free
- Three Mindless Sing-Alongs
- Join Michael Palin and Terry Jones in their special documentary: The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations
- How To Use Your Coconuts (an educational film)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail In Lego
- "On Location with The Pythons". Genuine 18 min. location report made in 1974 by BBC Film Night. (broadcast December 19, 1974)
- An Interactive Cast Directory - discover just how many roles Michael Palin plays
- Tons of Terry Gilliam's original sketches plus posters
- Behind-the-Scenes Photos - hitherto unseen by human eyes
- A Load of Old Rubbish - a surprise package of mystery items specially included for the mentally challenged
- How the directors' recce used up the budget
Editorial Reviews
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
Product Description
The Monty Python team are at it again in their second movie. This time we follow King Arthur and his knights in their search for the Holy Grail. This isn't your average medieval knights and horses story - for a start, due to a shortage in the kingdom, all the horses have been replaced by servants clopping coconuts together!
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
160 of 172 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Certain individuals have erroniously indicated in these reviews that the Special Edition will not have commentaries or other special features. They are wrong.
The special edition will contain the following:
A "21st anniversary" cut of the film that is 24 seconds longer, Dolby digital 5.1, a subtitle track for people who don't like the film (with text from Shakespeare's Henry IV), an onscreen screenplay option, audio commentary with Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Eric Idle and Michael Palin, and Follow the Killer Rabbit option. Disc 2 contains "Three Mindless Sing-Alongs" and "The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations" featurette, "How to Use Your Coconuts" educational film, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail in Japanese" (with English subtitles), the BBC Film Night special "On Location with the Pythonos", an interactive cast directory, still galleries with Terry Gilliam's original sketches and behind-the-scenes photos, "A Load Of Rubbish" with mystery items, unused ideas and other material, and finally two trailers and weblinks.
There will be no special features with the special edition? RUBBISH! This is not simply a reissue of the older DVD with new sound and audio as some have implied.
424 of 502 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is one of the funniest movies ever committed to film, no doubt about it. Were I to judge this DVD on the film alone, I would have given it five stars. If you are one of the few who have never seen this picture, do yourself the favor of and buy a copy on VHS straight away.
Purchasing this title on DVD, however, I have to take marks away from an otherwise excellent comedy. There has been absolutely nothing done to enhance the quality of this 25 year old film, and a DVD system drives the visual and auditory pitfalls home with feeling. The picture is grainy and jittery in many places, and the audio is mudded and full of hiss. I confess, I was looking forward to a sharper, cleaner viewing of one of my all time favorite movies than I had ever had before. I was profoundly dissapointed.
It is an hysterical movie, but don't look for an experience above what is delivered on the average bargin basement SLP recorded VHS tape here. If you've never seen it, go run and rent a copy from the local video store, and wait for a remastered release.
88 of 101 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is what dvds were invented for -- there are so many great features here! So in addition to seeing one of the funniest movies ever made, you can be entertained for hours with the extras, and the extras are terrific: subtitles in English, French or Spanish; audio track choices -- English (the original mono or a brand new full stereo version), French, a directors' (Gilliam and Jones) track or a commentary track with Cleese, Idle and Palin; a copy of the script overlaid on the film; a painstaking, hilarious Henry the IV-ish subtitle for those who don't like the film; a hard-of-hearing feature; killer rabbit easter eggs; animated menus using Gilliam's original animation; karaoke renditions of 'Knights of the Round Table', 'Sir Robin' and the 'Monks Chant'; a delightful 45 minute visit to the locations with Jones and Palin; an educational film about the 'other' uses of coconuts; Japanese versions of the French Castle and Knights Who Say Ni scenes, including references to the 'holy sake cup'; a 1974 BBC Film Night visit to a location site during filming; photos of tickets, press releases, reviews, posters, production stills and original artwork; trailers; cast credits (Palin played over a dozen parts!) with pictures of each character; a Lego knights version of the Camelot scene; pictures of sketches that were never used (a killer snail?!); a web link.
A lot of effort went into this special edition dvd, and it shows. I particularly enjoyed seeing Jones and Palin visit locations. They were in a jolly mood, their comments are interspersed with film footage, and they meet affectionate and funny fans along the way.
If you like this film you will love this dvd version; if you love the film, you wil adore this two-dvd set. An essential item for your collection.
Highest recommendation.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Fantastic Movie, Lacking on Film Transfer Quality
Ok, so to be fair, I have always enjoyed this movie. To call it a classic is an understatement. That said, I was ecstatic that it finally was coming to BluRay (I have the... Read more
Published 7 days ago by iamsanctified
Please just buy it.
If you like this movie, or if you haven't seen this movie, or if you've seen copies of this on DVD somewhere, please just buy this. Read more
Published 8 days ago by T. Stockton
Monty Python and the Holy Grail on Blu-Ray
When I saw that this movie was available on Blu-ray, I ordered it almost immediately because it is one of my favorite movies and I love the Blu-ray format... Read more
Published 16 days ago by N. Albright
As Fresh as the Day It Was Released
The genius of the Pythons endures. There's so much going on and so much you miss the first time(s) you watch. Better than I remembered.
Published 16 days ago by Anthony R. Edwards
finally, the directors' voice-over!
We've been searching for the directors' (terry Jones and Terry Gillian) voice-over since we heard it once on the Comedy Channel. Read more
Published 24 days ago by Erika Stephens
Highly offensive
Since my family immigrated from France to Scotland in the ninth century, about 700 years before we were kicked out of Scotland, I was highly offended by the portayal of the French... Read more
Published 29 days ago by Mitch Vandelay
Very Poor Audio Quality for such a good movie
The title says it all. I was very much looking forwad to watching the Holy Grail which I had not seen in many years. Read more
Published 29 days ago by gregoryb4i
Finally, they have got it right.
This is the 5th time I've bought this movie. 1 VHS, 3 DVD, and now the Blu-ray in 2012. The deleted scenes/outtakes/edits are great for fans of the film. Read more
Published 1 month ago by ®_0
Classic!
Absolute classic! Great to have it in HD.
If you haven't gotten into British humor yet, then this is where to start.
If you haven't gotten into British humor yet, then this is where to start.
Published 1 month ago by Gary Morrison
Most overrated movie ever
I had been told several times that this was a really good classic movie and finally found a copy of it. About midway thru I had the first urge ever during a movie to shut it off. Read more
Published 1 month ago by turtlestampede
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