Monty Python and the Holy Grail: ScreenplayThe first feature film by the Monty Python team is a mock heroic tale set in medieval Britain with lots of silly things going on besides. In a series of sketches and animations, the Pythons recount scenes from the Grail legend in which the knights forsake their chorus line can-can dancing in Camelot for a higher aim. Typically, the Pythons set-up a 'historical' tale which is really a take on the modern world. Memorable scenes, like Graham Chapman's King Arthur battling with John Cleese's Black Knight until the latter is reduced limb by limb down to a speaking stump of a torso, capture both the hilarity and grotesque nature of brutality. In scene after scene King Arthur's men are led a merry chase through the countryside, encountering life on many different social levels. This screenplay edition contains just the script and is supplemented by stills from the film. |
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ANIMATION armour ARTHUR ARTHUR and PATSY battlements BEDEVERE BLACK KNIGHT BODY brave brave Sir Robin bridge BRIDGEKEEPER Bring Britons BROTHER MAYNARD Camelot camera CART DRIVER castle cave coconuts comes CONCORDE course covered CROWD Cut back dead Death DENNIS DINGO door dressed duck eyes FATHER fight followed forest forward French GALAHAD GIRLS glade going GREEN GUARD GUESTS hand HEAD hear Holy Grail huge It's JOHN killed King King Arthur land LARGE leap leave lives LLAMA look Lord Monty Møøse noise OLD WOMAN pass pause peril played PRINCE Python quest questions rabbit ride round SECOND seek shot shouts shrubbery Shut side SINGERS SIR LAUNCELOT slightly SOLDIER sorry Sound spanking stand starts stop Suddenly sure swallow sword TALL KNIGHT tell Terry thank THIRD Three turns VILLAGER VOICE walk watch window witch ZOOT