One of my all-time favorite comic troupes was that zany group of Brits called Monty Python and a favorite all-time movie of theirs "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Reporter Steve Johnson, in the May 6th Chicago Tribune, listed seven facts about the movie and had pictures including the entire cast.
1. "HOLY GRAIL" PROVES TEST-MARKETING ISN'T ALL BAD-- Ran it initially before film investors and received dead silence. Toned down grisly sound effects and added mock-heroic adventure music and it got laughs when it was shown later.
2. SHOOTING THE MOVIE WASN'T A LOT OF FUN-- Editing and redoing soundtrack long and tedious. Making it worse, the filming weather was wet and cold.
3. ONLY #2 IN ENGLAND TO TO MONTY PYTHON-- "Grail" is the most popular Python movie in US, but in England "Life of Brian" more popular. The group feels "Life" is their best work as well.
One REALLY Funny Movie. "Runaway, Runaway!!"-- RoadDog
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
1 comment:
In my younger years, I actually owned the "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" record album. Yeah, on vinyl. It had a bit of material unique to the album, and a lot of commentary on how particular parts of the movie were merely visual. Therefore, the album didn't include the ending of the film, since it was mainly visual.
Post a Comment