Monty Python and the Holy Grail was released 50 years ago and became a cult classic that inspires comedy to this day. Here's what fans told NPR the film means to them.

The other major issue with Monty Python and the Holy Grail's story is the movie's abrupt ending, in which Arthur and Belvedere are arrested by modern-day police. John Cleese has previously shared ...

While “Bring out yer dead!” is one of Monty Python and the Holy Grail’s most popular lines and scenes, it’s the unabashed optimism and hope emanating from the not-dead-yet man that wins out.

I learned that lesson a long time ago, though, thanks partly to my way-too-early viewings of the animated Watership Down and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.There I was, about 8 years old and ...

In 1975, Monty Python and the Holy Grail transformed the titular British sketch troupe from TV comedy icons to genuine movie stars. ... Michael Palin was the reluctantly chaste Sir Galahad, ...

And “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” has turned 50. This merry, bloody, muddy trashing of Arthurian legend returns to theaters May 4 and 7 in a Fathom Entertainment engagement.

If wishes were horses, the knights of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" would ride. But since the now-classic film, celebrating its 50th birthday on Monday, April 28, was made for horse feed ...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail was released 50 years ago and became a cult classic that inspires comedy to this day. Here's what fans told NPR the film means to them.

“Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” written, directed, acted in and produced by the comedy troupe of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Michael Palin and Jones, hopped into ...

"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" was such a success — more than a $5 million international gross, 14 times its budget — that it re-launched the Monty Python brand. A famous character from the ...