- BFI identifier38276
- Date1974 (Copyright)
1975-05-24 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisA send-up of Arthurian legend. (Synopsis)
- Work history"Joke credits" (on screen): Moose Trained by Yutte Hermsgervordenbrotbord Special Moose Effects by Olaf Prot Moose Costumes by Siggi Churchill Moose Choreography by Horst Prot III Miss Taylor's Mooses by Hengst Douglas-Home Moose Trained to Mix Concrete and Sign Complicated Insurance Forms by Jurgen Wigg Moose's Noses Wiped by Bjorn Irkeston-Slater Walker Large Moose on the Left Hand Side of the Screen in the Third Scene from the End, Given a Thorough Grounding in Latin, French and 'O' Level Geography by Bo Benn Suggestive Poses for the Moose Suggested by Vic Rotter Antler-care by Liv Thatcher "Almost Not Joke Credits" (on screen): Design by Roy Smith Executive Producers: John Goldstone & 'Ralph' The Wonder Llama Produced by Mark Forstater, assisted by Earl J. Llama, Milt Q. Llama III, Sy Llama, Merle X. Llama IX Directed by 40 Specially Trained Ecuadorian Mountain Llamas; 6 Venezuelan Red Llamas; 142 Mexican Whooping Llamas; 14 North Chilean Guanacos, Closely Related to the Llama; Reg Llama of Brixton; 76000 Battery Llamas from 'Llama Fresh' Farms Ltd Near Paraguay; and Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones
- Genre
- CategoryFiction
- Subject
- Credits
- CastGraham Chapman (King Arthur/three-headed knight)
Graham Chapman (guard of Swamp Castle)
John Cleese (Black Knight/Sir Lancelot the Brave)
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Title
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Original)
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available to view in BFI Reuben Library - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: Release script, and amendments to reel Five (3A) of the post-productions script - SCR-12639
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Ephemera - Publicity postcard, 1974 - EPH-1-112
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