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Title: MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
Volume: Screenplay
By: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0413741206
ISBN 13: 9780413741202
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Publisher: METHUEN PUBLISHING LTD
Pub. date: 11 April, 2002
Pages: 112
Description: The Monty Python team's first feature film is a mock-heroic tale set in Medieval Britain with lots of silly things going on. King Arthur, Launcelot, Galahad, Robin and the rest all appear in this screenplay edition, which contains just the script, supplemented by stills from the film.
Synopsis: The 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.
Illustrations: 8 pages of b&w stills
Publication: UK
Imprint: Methuen Publishing Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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