|
 Monty
Python and the Holy Grail
The Ultimate Collector's Fantasy DVD
Starring: Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, John Cleese,
Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, and Eric Idle
Directed by: Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones
Discover:
The secrets of the vicious man killing cave rabbit! See: The French
Guard spew his venomous verbal ballet in Japanese! Touch:
An actual reproduction lifelike probable film cell from the film!
Learn: How to discover the true identities of
evil soul sucking witches in your own small hamlet!
Perhaps
the most original comedy - or at least the most ridiculously funny
historically semi-accurate comedy spoof - of all time is Monty
Python and the Holy Grail. Some folks just don't get Monty's
humor…
When
the package containing the latest version of MPatHG arrived
I ran - literally - and popped it into the player. The
DVD navigated to the menu I perused the gifts within the fancy
schmancy box.
With
this special edition you get a collectable film cell from the
film (how cool is that?) a copy of the original screenplay, a
long detailed "Python-ish" list explaining the double
DVDs' many naughty nuggets; the second disk filled with silly
wonderful stufamagal.
The
film itself is truly reason enough for immediate purchase, but
the DVD has co-directors and Pythonians Terry Gilliam and Terry
Jones commentary on their direction techniques as new baby directors
with no budget, high hopes and a touch of mad genius, as well
as behind the scene info on the whole motley crew. Gilliam shares
historical facts on animal catapults while Jones adds his own
insightful babblings on his desires to rule the world - or on
wanting to do a musical...
As if this were not enough joy and frivolity, Eric Idle, John
Cleese and yummy Michael Palin also have a go at narration - and
it's hilarious. Cleese explains that it was indeed Richard
Burton as the one legged Black Knight…Idle lets you in on
a surprising reoccurring non-Pythonian character that has been
in every film...and Palin exposes the real-life fears of knights.
The
extra bonus disk has delightful sing-a-longs including a Lego
version of The Camelot Knights (a pee inducing short I assure
you), a wonderful 1974 on location segment from the BBC show 'Film
Night', Gilliam's original sketches, a helpful how-to guide on
utterly or udderly enjoying coconuts and some really mundane offerings
that are a tad dull unless you're a true Python fanatic.
The
film, if you have never seen it, is an epic-style medieval-ish
spoof on the whole King Arthur reign with a quest for the holiest
of grail's on God's own request commingled with lots and lots
of mud and glued into a semi-coherent story via Gilliam's delightfully
askew animations. It's best viewed by switching the button within
the narrative section of the brain to "off." Each of
the Python's plays several roles - except dear Graham Chapman
- who is spot on as the noble King Arthur ruler of the Britons.
Buy
this immediately - be a real American - buy two!
Snack
Recommendation: Roast Scottish rabbit with Ni herring pate
served on bi-level shrubbery.
|
DVD
Particulars:
- Region
1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be
viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
PLEASE NOTE: Some Region 1 DVDs may contain Regional Coding
Enhancement (RCE). Some, but not all, of our international
customers have had problems playing these enhanced discs
on what are called "region-free" DVD players
- Commentary by Terry Gilliam
& Terry Jones, plus general complaints and back-biting
by John Cleese, Eric Idle & Michael Palin
- High Definition widescreen
presentation with pink frilly edges!
- Soundtrack in glorious
5.1 Dolby Digital!
- Subtitles in English,
French and Spanish!
- 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!
- Extraordinary Animated
Menus with very loud 5.1 Dolby Digital sound!
- Fascinating Scene Selection
feature: all-moving, all-singing, all-tax-avoidance!
- Exciting "follow
The Killer Rabbit" Feature!
- A special feature for
the Hard of Hearing!
- A glorious extra 24 seconds
absolutely free!
- Mono soundtrack in glorious
old-fashioned mono!
- Three Mindless Sing-Alongs!
- Join Michael Palin and
Terry Jones in their special feature documentary: The
Quest for the Holy Grail Locations!
- Monty Python and the Holy
Grail in Japanese! (With English subtitles)
- On Location with the Pythons:
genuine 18 min. location report made in 1974 by BBC Film
Night (broadcast 19th Dec., 1974) THIS IS REALLY REALLY
COOL
- An Interactive Cast Directory:
discover just how many roles Michael Palin plays!
- Theatrical trailers and,
of course, Weblinks for real nerds! And more...
New to this edition: A paperback of the script
New to this edition: Exclusive film cel senitype
Widescreen anamorphic format
Number of discs: 2
|
|
