Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Collectors Edition
Columbia / TriStar (1975)
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In Collection
#64
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IMDB   8.2
86 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 4   PG
Graham Chapman King Arthur/Voice of God/Middle Head/Hiccoughing Guard
John Cleese Second Swallow-Savvy Guard/The Black Knight/Peasant 3/Sir Lancelot, the Brave/Taunting French Guard/Tim the Enchanter
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
Terry Gilliam Patsy/Green Knight/Old Man/Sir Bors/Animator
Terry Jones Dennis's Mother/Sir Bedevere/Left Head/Voice of Cartoon Scribe/Prince Herbert
Michael Palin First Swallow-Savvy Guard/Dennis/Peasant 2/Right Head/Sir Galahad the Pure/Narrator/King of Swamp Castle/Brother Maynard's Brother
Connie Booth The Witch
Carol Cleveland Zoot/Dingo
Neil Innes First Monk/Singing Minstrel/Page Crushed by the Rabbit/Peasant #4
Bee Duffell Old Crone
Mary Allen Minstrel, + minor role
Patsy Kensit Zoot/Dingo
Rita Davies Historian Who Isn't A.J.P. Taylor, Honestly's, Wife
John Young Dead Body/Historian Frank
Avril Stewart Dr. Piglet
Sally Kinghorn Dr. Winston
Mark Zycon Prisoner
Graham Chapman King Arthur
John Cleese Second Swallow-Savvy Guard
Eric Idle Dead Collector
Terry Gilliam Patsy
Terry Jones Dennis's Mother
Michael Palin First Swallow-Savvy Guard
Carol Cleveland Zoot
Neil Innes First Monk
John Young Dead Body
Rita Davies Historian's Wife
Director
Terry Gilliam
Terry Jones
Producer Mark Forstater
Michael White
John Goldstone
Writer Graham Chapman
John Cleese
Terry Gilliam
Terry Jones
Cinematography Terry Bedford


King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many very silly obstacles.
Edition Details
Edition Special Edition
Series Monty Python
Distributor Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Chapters 28
Release Date 23/10/2001
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color
Subtitles Bulgarian; Croation; Czech; Danish; Dutch; English; Finnish; Hungarian; Icelandic; Norwegian; Polish; Russian; Slovene; Swedish; Turkish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
HUNGARIAN: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
RUSSIAN: Dolby Digital 5.1
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 01 Original widescreen presentation (Ooooh widescreen!)
All new REALLY LOUD English 5.1 audio
The film's even funnier in RUSSIAN or HUNGARIAN
Profoundly insightful audio commentary by directors Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones
Audio commentary full of back-stabbing and complaints by stars John Cleese, Eric Idle and Michael Palin
'Follow the Killer Rabbit' feature reveals pretty photos during the film
Normal subtitles PLUS special subtitles for people who didn't like the film (taken from Shakespere'sHenry VI part II)
Really special subtitles so you can read the screenplay and watch the film at the same time
Awfully expensive animated menus
The disc has a picture on it
Disc 02 Join Terry Jones and Michael Palin for the 'Quest for the Holy Grail locations' behind the scenes documentary
'How to use your Coconuts' - an educational film
Three mindless singa-longs!
'Monty Python and the Holy Grail in LEGO'
'Monty Python and the Holy Grail in JAPANESE'
Genuine BBC Tonight feature 'On Location with the Pythons
'Location Recce' - see where most of the film's budget went!
Lots of Terry GIlliam's original sketches plus poster designs, behind-the-scenes photos and other stuff
Trailers that were shown before other movies to try and con people in to seeing this movie
Talent (we use the term loosely) profiles
More expensive animated menus
This disc has a picture on it too!