History is turned on its comic head when, in tenth-century England, King Arthur travels the countryside to find knights who will join him at the Round Table in Camelot. Gathering up the men is a tale in itself but after a bit of a party at Camelot, many decide to leave only to be stopped by God, who sends them on a quest: to find the Holy Grail. After a series of individual adventures, the knights are reunited but must face a wizard named Tim the Enchanter, killer rabbits and lessons in the use of holy hand grenades. Their quest comes to an end however when the Police intervene – just what you would expect in a Monty Python movie.
“A marvelously particular kind of lunatic endeavor.” — Vincent Canby, New York Times
“Grail is as funny as a movie can get, but it is also a tough-minded picture — as outraged about the human propensity for violence as it is outrageous in its attack on that propensity.” — Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
directed by
Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
written by
Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle
Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle
with
Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle
Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle
language
English, French, Latin
English, French, Latin
country
United Kingdom
United Kingdom