Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones directs Graham Chapman, Michael Palin and John Cleese in this surreal spoof of the Arthurian quest.

Didn’t hit quite the same on this revisit. The incomplete bittiness and indulgences felt more prominent this go around. Still the Swedish subtitles, the insulting French guard, Gilliam’s animations, the Rabbit of Caerbannog and the Bridge Of Death all still made me chuckle. The location shoot and the truncated epic ending add something special to this production. But maybe Monty Python’s cult appeal (Palin excepted) is wearing a little thin in this house.

8

Perfect Double Bill: Monty Python’s And Now For Something Completely Different… (1971)