In honor of Monty Python and the Holy Grail‘s 40th Anniversary, a brand new sing-a-long version of the movie will be shown in 500 UK theaters on October 14.
An updated trailer promoting the theatrical showing has new voiceovers from Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
The October 14 screening will be accompanied by a specially filmed, exclusive, introductions from Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and John Cleese.
Audiences are encouraged to come along dressed up as their favorite ‘Holy Grail’ character.
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Ni!
VoiceOver by all the surviving Pythons except Gilliam, I think. I definitely heard Cleese and Idle.
Fifth!
(Third, Sir)
And the number of the chapters shall be five; neither shall it be four nor six…
Fifth, literally!
Let’s be realistic here – it’s only a model.
ETA: Fuck! 40 years! I’m 42! This was one of the most important experiences of my teenage years that didn’t involve smooching!*
* except when it did.**
** Give us a break – we could recite the movie’s dialog start to finish from memory.
See if you can spot Iain M. Banks in the big battle scene at the end. They hired a bunch of university students from Stirling University just down the road from where they were filming for the crowd scenes.
Well played, Ray 🙂
Saw it in the theater on its US release. As you know it ends with the film just running out. And then this peppy organ music started playing. So there I was in a theater full of people just laughing at a blank screen listening to organ music. Every time the organ music seemed to be winding down only to start up again, people would laugh harder. We really laughed when the curtain closed in front of the screen. Not sure how they finally got us to leave.
Also saw it in the theater back in 1975 when I was a teenager, and I so wanted Galahad to face the peril.