Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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British film comedy film cult film film parody film

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British absurdist comedy film parodying the legend of King Arthur, created by the Monty Python comedy troupe.

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Observed surface forms (1)

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Knights who say Ni	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British film ⓘ comedy film ⓘ cult film ⓘ film ⓘ parody film ⓘ
basedOn	Arthurian legend ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Terry Bedford ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
director	Terry Gilliam ⓘ Terry Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Cinema 5 ⓘ EMI Films ⓘ
editedBy	John Hackney ⓘ
featuresCastMember	Carol Cleveland ⓘ Connie Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation	Scotland ⓘ
followedBy	Spamalot ⓘ
genre	absurdist comedy ⓘ fantasy comedy ⓘ parody ⓘ
hasEnding	abrupt police intervention ending ⓘ
hasFandom	cult following ⓘ
hasTheme	satire of chivalry ⓘ subversion of heroic myth ⓘ
inspiredWork	Spamalot ⓘ
mainCharacter	King Arthur ⓘ Sir Bedevere ⓘ Sir Galahad ⓘ Sir Lancelot ⓘ Sir Robin ⓘ
musicBy	Neil Innes ⓘ
notableProp	coconut shells used as horse hooves ⓘ
notableScene	Black Knight duel ⓘ Bridge of Death ⓘ Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog ⓘ Monty Python and the Holy Grail self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Knights who say Ni Trojan Horse ⓘ surface form: Trojan Rabbit
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
parodies	legend of King Arthur ⓘ
partOfFranchise	Monty Python ⓘ
producer	Mark Forstater NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael White ⓘ
productionCompany	Python (Monty) Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate	1975-04-03 ⓘ
releaseYear	1975 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	91 ⓘ
screenwriter	Eric Idle NERFINISHED ⓘ Graham Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cleese NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Palin NERFINISHED ⓘ Monty Python ⓘ Terry Gilliam ⓘ Terry Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
starring	Eric Idle NERFINISHED ⓘ Graham Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cleese NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Palin NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry Gilliam ⓘ Terry Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Monty Python and the Holy Grail self-link ⓘ

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John Cleese → appearedIn → Monty Python and the Holy Grail ⓘ

Eric Idle → basedOn → Monty Python and the Holy Grail ⓘ

Terry Jones → directed → Monty Python and the Holy Grail ⓘ

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life → follows → Monty Python and the Holy Grail ⓘ

The Meaning of Life → follows → Monty Python and the Holy Grail ⓘ

Monty Python's Flying Circus → hasSpinOff → Monty Python and the Holy Grail ⓘ

Monty Python and the Holy Grail → notableScene → Monty Python and the Holy Grail self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knights who say Ni

Eric Idle → notableWork → Monty Python and the Holy Grail ⓘ

Idle → notableWork → Monty Python and the Holy Grail ⓘ

subject surface form: Eric Idle

Chapman → notableWork → Monty Python and the Holy Grail ⓘ

subject surface form: Graham Chapman

John Cleese → notableWork → Monty Python and the Holy Grail ⓘ

Michael Palin → notableWork → Monty Python and the Holy Grail ⓘ

Terry Jones → notableWork → Monty Python and the Holy Grail ⓘ

Life of Brian → precededBy → Monty Python and the Holy Grail ⓘ

Monty Python and the Holy Grail → title → Monty Python and the Holy Grail self-link ⓘ