’Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ Returns to Theaters in December – Rolling Stone

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There is no better reason than this Monty Python and the Holy Grail Than a hilarious happy anniversary celebration back in theaters. That’s what will happen this December, when the 1975 comedy classic returns to the big screen to celebrate its 48-and-a-half-year anniversary.

The film will screen in select theaters across the country on December 3, with additional screenings scheduled for December 6. For those who can’t save themselves, select theaters will be showing a special „Quote-A-Long” version of the film. , while providing a safe place for fans to scream along and/or sing along to their favorite songs. (It’s also unclear whether you can bring your own coconuts to stuff the horse and make noise.)

Fans can check out participating theaters and buy tickets Holy Grail Reissue website.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail In the eponymous comedy troupe’s first proper film production, following their fame Flying Circus Painting scene. It was technically Python’s second film in 1971 And now something is completely different Includes reshot sketches that originally aired Flying Circus.

Holy Grail As Eric Idle revealed in a series of tweets in 2021 – Monty Python was famously a low-budget affair, doing everything they could to raise funds everywhere, which included getting money from some of the most prominent rock musicians like Led Zeppelin. £31,500), Pink Floyd (£21,000), and Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson (£6,300) contributed.

In an interview in 2018 Rolling Stone, Idle spoke about the film’s initial reactions during its initial run of test screenings. „We had small screenings in Soho for about 100 people and the first time we did it, it was an absolute disaster. It was terrible everywhere. You couldn’t hear anything. The soundtrack was terrible. We stopped it and turned off the campy, swashbuckling music. [of] records. We asked where the audience stopped laughing and connected the dots. We shot some bits again. I think Black Knight was re-filmed on Hampstead Heath. We found the bits that worked and stretched them so we could make them laugh. It was a good move. I don’t think anyone does that.