Monty Python e il Sacro Graal

Titolo originale: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Regia: Terry Jones | Terry Gilliam |
Anno: 1975
Origine: United Kingdom |
Generi: Avventura Commedia Fantasy
Tag: holy grail | swordplay | england | monk | wedding reception | scotland yard | animal attack | camelot | round table | chapter | satire | parody | breaking the fourth wall | knight | king arthur | knights of the round table | candid | 10th century | anarchic comedy | mischievous | playful | hilarious | joyful | shaggy dog story |
Cast: Graham Chapman | John Cleese | Eric Idle | Terry Gilliam | Terry Jones | Michael Palin | Connie Booth | Carol Cleveland | Neil Innes | Bee Duffell | John Young | Rita Davies | Avril Stewart | Sally Kinghorn | Mark Zycon | Elspeth Cameron | Mitsuko Forstater | Sandy Johnson | Sandy Rose | Romilly Squire | Joni Flynn | Alison Walker | Loraine Ward | Anna Lanski | Sally Coombe | Vivienne MacDonald | Yvonne Dick | Daphne Darling | Fiona Gordon | Judy Lamb | Tracy Sneddon | Joyce Pollner | Mary Allen | Gloria Graham | Sylvia Taylor | Iain Banks | Julian Doyle | Margarita Doyle | Charles Knode | Zack Matalon | Scott Mike | William Palin | Tom Raeburn | Brian Ross | Roy Forge Smith | Maggie Weston | John Thornton |

Avventure e guai tragicomici di re Artù e dei suoi cavalieri che vanno alla ricerca del santo Graal e fanno gli incontri più strani. Benché diseguale e sgangherato, per colpa della regia a due teste e dei mezzi insufficienti, i fan vi troveranno: ricchezza di gag, ritmo, gusto per il grottesco e l'anarchia.

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According to Sir Michael Palin, "casting was largely determined mainly by who'd written what. Castle [...] D
In the Killer Rabbit scene, a real white rabbit was used. He was dyed with what was assumed to be a [...] D
Arthur's army at the end of the movie was made up entirely of one hundred seventy-five students (sho [...] D
Sir-Not-Appearing-In-This-Film is Sir Michael Palin's infant son William Palin. D
Unusually for a Monty Python feature, all of the female roles (apart from Dennis' mother, played by [...] D
There were numerous disagreements between Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. Gilliam was more focused on [...] D
Day one of filming was plagued with problems: after an extended trek into the Glen Coe Hills, the cr [...] D
Terry Gilliam designed the boat used in the finale. When they first saw it, the rest of the Monty Py [...] D
John Cleese and Terry Gilliam performed all of their stunts during the duel between Black and Green [...] D
For the Japanese release, "Holy Grail" was translated "Holy Sake Cup". D
The establishing shot showing the "forest of Ewing" was actually stock footage of Yosemite Valley. D
In an auction of movie costumes in March 2007, the helmet worn by Sir Bedevere (Terry Jones) sold fo [...] D
Funds earned by Pink Floyd's album "The Dark Side of the Moon" went towards funding this movie. The [...] D
John Cleese as Tim the Enchanter actually stood on the pinnacle seen at the beginning of his scene. [...] D
During the witch hunt, Eric Idle bares his teeth and bites down on the blade of the scythe he is hol [...] D
Several scenes were actually filmed in highly public places with gatherings of off-camera spectators [...] D
The French tactic of pelting Arthur and his knights with livestock echoes the relatively modern lege [...] D
Terry Gilliam was originally supposed to play Sir Gawain, whose role would have consisted of repeate [...] D
This movie contains no end credits. D
In several scenes the monks chant in Latin: "Pie Jesu domine, dona eis requiem". The translation of [...] D
This movie's abrupt ending came about because it didn't have the budget for a large-scale battle seq [...] D
During one of the first screenings of this movie in front of a live audience, co-writer and co-direc [...] D
The famous depiction of galloping horses by using coconut shells (a traditional radio-show sound eff [...] D
Though he was renowned as the most restrained and unflappable of the Pythons, when Sir Michael Palin [...] D
The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow is roughly eleven meters per second, or twenty-four mile [...] D
Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Genesis all contributed to this movie's budget. D
Two weeks before location shooting was scheduled to begin, the Scottish Department of the Environmen [...] D
Many of the extras in this movie were technicians and stagehands, including the designer and the edi [...] D
According to Sir Michael Palin, "I remember one day when we'd been doing a lot of crouching with the [...] D
The Black Knight was first played by John Cleese, but when Arthur cuts off the first leg a real one- [...] D
"God" is a photograph of the famous nineteenth century English cricketer W.G. Grace. D
The Dead Collector's line "He hasn't got shit all over him." was ad-libbed by Eric Idle and was the [...] D
The theatrical release contains 527 jokes, including 42 in the opening credits, for an average of on [...] D
Graham Chapman (King Arthur) was the only member of the cast to wear real chain mail armor. It weigh [...] D
When this movie screened at the Cannes Film Festival, the audience laughed at the opening credits. H [...] D
Graham Chapman's alcoholism (which he tried to suppress with Antabuse) caused problems during filmin [...] D
According to Terry Jones, the scene with Launcelot and Concorde required twenty takes. While the sec [...] D
At the beginning of the "Bring out your dead" scene, two nuns with gigantic mallets can be seen. The [...] D
The Monty Python crew generally considered this to be one of their lesser movies despite its popular [...] D
Some believe the Enchanter's name is Tim because John Cleese forgot the character's original name, a [...] D
The gorilla hand turning the pages was co-writer and co-director Terry Gilliam's. The hand turning p [...] D
As part of their stained glass and interior decoration, several medieval cathedrals included illustr [...] D
Sir Michael Palin played the most characters - twelve. D