Monty Python And The Holy Grail 50th Anniversary 4K Blu-Ray Launching Soon
Monty Python and the Holy Grail 50th Anniversary 4K Steelbook Edition launches August 26
This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest comedies of all time, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and to celebrate, the landmark comedy is getting a new 4K Steelbook Edition Blu-ray on August 26. Preorders are available for $40 at Amazon, who assures us that they won't be using European swallows for deliveries.
The new cover references the original movie poster for Holy Grail, and on the back is God himself as represented by Terry Gilliam's timeless animation. Just remember, don't grovel, he hates that. The inner case features a production photo of all the Pythons in costume. Along with a copy of the film, there's also a long list of special features, which you'll find outlined below.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 50th Anniversary Steelbook Edition Special Features
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 50th Anniversary Steelbook Edition offers an impressive selection of bonus materials, including audio commentary tracks with co-directors Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam, and another track featuring John Cleese, Eric Idle, and Michael Palin. There are also several behind-the-scenes documentaries, including one that follows Jones and Palin as they revisit the castles they filmed at. For fans of archival material, there is also a 1974 BBC documentary filmed during the movie's production. Here's a look at all the special features:
- Audio commentary with directors Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam
- Audio commentary with John Cleese, Eric Idle, and Michael Palin
- Quest of the Holy Grail Locations
- Lego recreation of the Knights of the Round Table musical scene
- Special Japanese version: Two scenes from the Holy Grail, dubbed into Japanese and then re-translated with English subtitles
- How To Use Your Coconuts: This will show you how to fool anyone into thinking you have a horse
- BBC Film Night on Location documentary from 1974
- How to sing along to Knights of the Round Table, Sir Robin, and the Monks' Chant
- Cast directory photo gallery
- US 2001 re-release trailer
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is widely regarded as one of the greatest comedy films of all time. The film follows King Arthur and his knights on a quest to find the titular Holy Grail, during which they encounter absurd scenarios, including King Arthur's duel with the Black Knight, insult-hurling French Knights, a Killer Rabbit that could terrify even Godzilla, and more.
If you don't feel like waiting until August for the Monty Python and the Holy Grail 50th Anniversary Steelbook Edition, a 40th anniversary Blu-ray release is also available. It doesn't feature a steelbook case and is a standard Blu-ray rather than 4K, but it shares many of the same special features as the 50th Anniversary edition.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is just one of several films made by the British comedy troupe, a few of which are available now, including The Meaning of Life, which tells short vignettes lampooning various stages of life and many important evens one experience, and The Life of Brian, which is a humous retelling the biblical story of Jesus through the eyes of a guy named Brian who just so happens to be born on the same day. You can also grab a complete Blu-ray collection of the original Monty Python's Flying Circus television series for just $70 right now (down from $130).
More Monty Python Blu-rays
- Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Complete Series -- $70 (
$130) - Monty Python's Life of Brian: The Immaculate Edition -- $20 (
$24) - Monty Python's The Meaning of Life -- $8.34 (
$15) - Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 40th Anniversary Edition -- $15
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 50th Anniversary Steelbook Edition -- $40 | Releases August 26
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This story originally appeared on: GameSpot - Author:UK GAG
