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Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Glossary

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British comedy film satirizing the Arthurian legend, written and performed by the Monty Python comedy group (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin) and directed by Gilliam and Jones in their feature directorial debuts.^[1]

Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney

The acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company was announced on December 14, 2017, and was completed on March 20, 2019.

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Acrophobia

Acrophobia, also known as hypsophobia, is an extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up.

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Airplane!

Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American disaster comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debuts, and produced by Jon Davison. Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Airplane! are Self-reflexive films.

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Alcoholism

Alcoholism is the continued drinking of alcohol despite it causing problems.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.

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Anarcho-syndicalism

Anarcho-syndicalism is an anarchist organisational model that centres trade unions as a vehicle for class conflict.

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And Now for Something Completely Different

And Now for Something Completely Different is a 1971 British sketch comedy film based on the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring sketches from the show's first two series. Monty Python and the Holy Grail and And Now for Something Completely Different are 1970s British films, films directed by Terry Gilliam, films with live action and animation, films with screenplays by Eric Idle, films with screenplays by Graham Chapman, films with screenplays by John Cleese, films with screenplays by Michael Palin, films with screenplays by Terry Jones and monty Python films.

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Angelfire

Angelfire is an Internet service that offers website services.

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Antioch

Antioch on the Orontes (Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou)Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Δάφνῃ "Antioch on Daphne"; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ Μεγάλη "Antioch the Great"; Antiochia ad Orontem; Անտիոք Antiokʽ; ܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ Anṭiokya; אנטיוכיה, Anṭiyokhya; أنطاكية, Anṭākiya; انطاکیه; Antakya.

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An audio commentary is an additional audio track, usually digital, consisting of a lecture or comments by one or more speakers, that plays in real time with a video.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the BBC.

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Bedivere

Bedivere (or; Bedwyr; Beduerus; Bédoier, also Bedevere and other spellings) is one of the earliest characters to be featured in the legend of King Arthur, originally described in several Welsh texts as the one-handed great warrior named Bedwyr Bedrydant.

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Black Knight (Monty Python)

The Black Knight is a fictional character who first appeared as a minor antagonist in the 1975 comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail by the Monty Python comedy troupe.

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Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical postmodernist Western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg and Alan Uger, based on a story treatment by Bergman. Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Blazing Saddles are Metafictional works, postmodern films and Self-reflexive films.

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Blu-ray

Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format.

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Bodiam Castle

Bodiam Castle is a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England.

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Bors

Bors (Bohort) is the name of two knights in Arthurian legend, an elder and a younger.

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Brickfilm

A brickfilm is a film or Internet video made by either shooting stop motion animation using construction set bricks like Lego bricks (and figures) or using computer-generated imagery or traditional animation to imitate the look.

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Britain (place name)

The name Britain originates from the Common Brittonic term *Pritanī and is one of the oldest known names for Great Britain, an island off the north-western coast of continental Europe.

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British Board of Film Classification

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is a non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, trailers, adverts, public information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content, etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many of the extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling Theatre as the proper noun in their names.

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Camelot

Camelot is a legendary castle and court associated with King Arthur.

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Carol Cleveland

Carol Cleveland (born 13 January 1942) is a British-American actress and comedian, particularly known for her work with Monty Python.

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Casey Nicholaw

Casey Nicholaw (born October 6, 1962) is an American theatre director, choreographer, and performer.

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Castle Stalker

Castle Stalker (Caisteal an Stalcaire) is a four-storey tower house or keep in the Scottish county of Argyll.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.

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Charisma Records

Charisma Records (also known as The Famous Charisma Label) was a British record label founded in 1969 by former journalist Tony Stratton Smith.

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Charles Champlin

Charles Davenport Champlin (March 23, 1926 – November 16, 2014) was an American film critic and writer.

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Charles Knode

Charles E. Knode (1942 – 16 February 2023) was an Oscar nominated and an Emmy and BAFTA award-winning British costume designer.

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Chemise

A chemise or shift is a classic smock type of women's undergarment or dress.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.

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Coconut

The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus Cocos.

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Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an American adult-oriented basic cable channel owned by Paramount Global through its network division's MTV Entertainment Group unit, based in Manhattan.

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Comedy film

Comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor.

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Connie Booth

Connie Booth (born December 2, 1940) is an American actress and writer.

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Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper.

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Dan Jinks

Dan Jinks is an American film and television producer.

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De Wolfe Music

De Wolfe Limited (previously known as Music de Wolfe, often referred to as De Wolfe Music) is a British music production company, recognised as the originator of what has become known as library music.

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Deadline Hollywood

Deadline Hollywood, commonly known as Deadline and also referred to as Deadline.com, is an online news site founded as the news blog Deadline Hollywood Daily by Nikki Finke in 2006.

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Dentist on the Job

Dentist on the Job (U.S. title Get On with It!) is a 1961 British comedy film directed by C. M. Pennington-Richards, and starring Bob Monkhouse, Kenneth Connor, Ronnie Stevens and Eric Barker It is the sequel to Dentist in the Chair (1960), and was co-written by Hugh Woodhouse and Hazel Adair.

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Der Spiegel

(stylized in all caps) is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg.

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Diaries 1969–1979: The Python Years

Diaries 1969–1979: The Python Years, dedicated by Michael Palin to his mother and father, has reduced "mountains to molehills", according to his own words, to take the reader inside the period of the author's life that corresponds to the Monty Python era.

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Dismissal (employment)

Dismissal (colloquially called firing) is the termination of employment by an employer against the will of the employee.

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Doune Castle

Doune Castle is a medieval stronghold near the village of Doune, in the Stirling council area of central Scotland and the historic county of Perthshire.

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DVD Talk

DVD Talk is a home video news and review website launched in 1999 by Geoffrey Kleinman.

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DVD-Video

DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVDs.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor.

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Empire (magazine)

Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Media Group.

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture.

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Eric Idle

Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English actor, comedian, songwriter, musician, screenwriter and playwright.

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Excalibur

Excalibur is the mythical sword of King Arthur that may possess magical powers or be associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain.

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Foley (filmmaking)

In filmmaking, Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to films, videos, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality.

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Galahad

Galahad, sometimes referred to as Galeas or Galath, among other versions of his name, is a knight of King Arthur's Round Table and one of the three achievers of the Holy Grail in Arthurian legend.

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Gawain

Gawain, also known in many other forms and spellings, is a character in Arthurian legend, in which he is King Arthur's nephew and one of the premier Knights of the Round Table.

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Gene Siskel

Eugene Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 – February 20, 1999) was an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune.

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Glen Coe

Glen Coe (Gleann Comhann) is a glen of volcanic origins, in the Highlands of Scotland.

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God

In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.

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Google Books

Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.

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Graham Chapman

Graham Chapman (8 January 1941 – 4 October 1989) was a British actor, comedian and writer.

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Green Knight

The Green Knight (Marchog Gwyrdd, Marghek Gwyrdh, Marc'heg Gwer) is a heroic character of the Matter of Britain, originating in the 14th-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the related medieval work The Greene Knight.

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Greenlight

In the context of the film and television industries, to greenlight is to give permission to proceed with a project.

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Hanging miniature

Hanging miniature is an in-camera special effect similar to a matte shot where a model, rather than a painting, is placed in the foreground and the action takes place in the background.

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Henry IV, Part 2

Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written between 1596 and 1599.

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Holy Grail

The Holy Grail (Saint Graal, Graal Santel, Greal Sanctaidd, Gral) is a treasure that serves as an important motif in Arthurian literature.

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Hotdog (magazine)

Hotdog Magazine was a film magazine first published in the United Kingdom in 2000.

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Ian Anderson

Ian Scott Anderson (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician best known for his work as the singer, flautist, acoustic guitarist, primary songwriter, and sole continuous member of the rock band Jethro Tull.

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IFC (American TV channel)

IFC is an American basic cable channel owned by AMC Networks.

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IGN

IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.

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Income tax

An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them (commonly called taxable income).

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Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, or simply Indiana) is a public research university in Bloomington, Indiana.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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Jan Stoeckart

Jan Stoeckart (3 November 1927 – 13 January 2017) was a Dutch composer, conductor, trombonist and former radio producer, who often worked under various pseudonyms such as Willy Faust, Peter Milray, Julius Steffaro and Jack Trombey.

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Jethro Tull (band)

Jethro Tull are a British rock band formed in Blackpool, Lancashire, in 1967.

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John Cleese

John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and presenter.

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John Young (actor)

John Young (16 June 1916 – 30 October 1996) was a Scottish actor.

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Joseph of Arimathea

Joseph of Arimathea (Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἀριμαθαίας) is a Biblical figure who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus after his crucifixion.

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Julian Doyle (filmmaker)

Julian Doyle is a British filmmaker who is best known for his work as a longtime collaborator on the films of Monty Python, including effects photography for Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and editing Monty Python's Life of Brian and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, as well as directing the second-unit on the Python affiliated films The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, Erik the Viking, The Wind in the Willows, and Absolutely Anything.

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Kidwelly Castle

Kidwelly Castle (Castell Cydweli) is a Norman castle overlooking the River Gwendraeth and the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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King Arthur

King Arthur (Brenin Arthur, Arthur Gernow, Roue Arzhur, Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain.

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Knights of the Round Table

The Knights of the Round Table (Marchogion y Ford Gron, Marghekyon an Moos Krenn, Marc'hegien an Daol Grenn) are the legendary knights of the fellowship of King Arthur that first appeared in the Matter of Britain literature in the mid-12th century.

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Knights Who Say "Ni!"

The Knights Who Say "Ni!", also called the Knights of Ni, are a band of knights encountered by King Arthur and his followers in the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail and the play Spamalot.

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Lady of the Lake

The Lady of the Lake (Dame du Lac, Demoiselle du Lac, Arglwyddes y Llyn, Arloedhes an Lynn, Itron al Lenn, Dama del Lago) is a name or a title used by several either mermaid or mermaid-like but human enchantresses in the Matter of Britain, the body of medieval literature and mythology associated with the legend of King Arthur.

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Lancelot

Lancelot du Lac (French for Lancelot of the Lake), also written as Launcelot and other variants, is a character in some versions of Arthurian legend where he is typically depicted as King Arthur's close companion and one of the greatest Knights of the Round Table.

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LaserDisc

The LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium, initially licensed, sold and marketed as MCA DiscoVision (also known simply as "DiscoVision") in the United States in 1978.

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Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.

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Lego

Lego (stylised as LEGO) is a line of plastic construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark.

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Lego minifigure

A Lego minifigure, often simply referred to as a Lego figure or a minifig, is a small plastic articulated figurine made of special Lego bricks produced by Danish building toy manufacturer The Lego Group.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Lumiere Pictures and Television

Canal+ Image International (formerly known as EMI Films, Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment, Lumiere Pictures and Television, and UGC DA) was a British-French film, television, animation studio and distributor.

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Mad (magazine)

Mad (stylized as MAD) is an American humor magazine first published in 1952. Monty Python and the Holy Grail and mad (magazine) are Metafictional works.

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Maggie Weston (make-up artist)

Margaret Diane "Maggie" Weston (born January 1948) is a British former makeup artist.

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Mark Forstater

Mark Irwin Forstater (born 1943) is an American film and TV producer, author, audio producer, music producer and tech entrepreneur, notable for producing the classic comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail and then in 2012 suing the five living members of Monty Python over a dispute regarding royalties from merchandising income, including the Spamalot musical, which was "lovingly ripped off from" the Holy Grail movie.

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Matter of Britain

The Matter of Britain (matière de Bretagne) is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur.

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Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books.

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Michael Palin

Sir Michael Edward Palin (born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter.

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Michael White (producer)

Michael Simon White (16 January 1936 – 7 March 2016) was a British theatrical impresario and film producer.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Monty Python

Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) were a British comedy troupe formed in 1969 consisting of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book), also known as Mønti Pythøn ik den Hølie Gräilen (Bøk), is the literary companion to the 1975 film of the same name, assembled by co-director Terry Jones.

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Monty Python Live (Mostly)

Monty Python Live (Mostly) (also billed as Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down, Five to Go) was a variety show by the Monty Python comedy group at The O2 in London in July 2014.

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Monty Python's Flying Circus

Monty Python's Flying Circus (also known as simply Monty Python) is a British surreal sketch comedy series created by and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam, who became known collectively as "Monty Python", or the "Pythons".

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Monty Python's Life of Brian

Monty Python's Life of Brian (also known as Life of Brian) is a 1979 British comedy film starring and written by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin). Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Monty Python's Life of Brian are 1970s British films, British alternative history films, British parody films, fiction about God, films directed by Terry Jones, films with live action and animation, films with screenplays by Eric Idle, films with screenplays by Graham Chapman, films with screenplays by John Cleese, films with screenplays by Michael Palin, films with screenplays by Terry Jones, monty Python films and Religious satire films.

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Moose

The moose ('moose'; used in North America) or elk ('elk' or 'elks'; used in Eurasia) (Alces alces) is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest extant species of deer and the only species in the genus Alces.

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Mount Buffalo National Park

The Mount Buffalo National Park is a national park in the alpine region of Victoria, Australia.

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Neil Innes

Neil James Innes (9 December 1944 – 29 December 2019) was an English writer, comedian and musician.

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Nudity in film

In film, nudity may be either graphic or suggestive, such as when a person appears to be naked but is covered by a sheet.

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Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.

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Penelope Gilliatt

Penelope Gilliatt (born Penelope Ann Douglass Conner; 25 March 1932 – 9 May 1993) was an English novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and film critic.

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People (magazine)

People is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories.

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Peter Knight (composer)

Peter Knight (23 June 1917 – 30 July 1985) was an English musical arranger, conductor and composer.

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Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965.

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Porter (carrier)

A porter, also called a bearer, is a person who carries objects or cargo for others.

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Postmodernist film

Postmodernist film is a classification for works that articulate the themes and ideas of postmodernism through the medium of cinema. Monty Python and the Holy Grail and postmodernist film are postmodern films.

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Principal photography

Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production.

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Production music

Production music (also known as stock music or library music) is recorded music that can be licensed to customers for use in film, television, radio and other media.

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Profanity

Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, involves the use of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion, as a grammatical intensifier or emphasis, or to express informality or conversational intimacy.

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Puppet

A puppet is an object, often resembling a human, animal or mythical figure, that is animated or manipulated by a person called a puppeteer.

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Python (Monty) Pictures

Python (Monty) Pictures Limited is composed of the four surviving members of the main Monty Python team, who now serve as the directors.

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Rabbit of Caerbannog

The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog is a fictional character in the Monty Python film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The scene in Holy Grail was written by Graham Chapman and John Cleese.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Roy Forge Smith

Roy Forge Smith (18 May 1929 – 6 February 2017) was a British production designer known for his work in films, such as Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and television, including 44 episodes of the Ghost Whisperer from 2005 to 2007.

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Sandy Johnson (director)

Sandy Johnson is a Scottish director who has directed episodes of The Comic Strip Presents, Inspector Morse, A Touch of Frost, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Jonathan Creek and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Sir Ector

Ector, sometimes Hector, Antor, or Ectorius, is the father of Kay and the adoptive father of King Arthur in the Matter of Britain.

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Sketch comedy

Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians.

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Sobriety

Sobriety is the condition of not having any effects from alcohol or drugs.

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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Inc. (abbreviated as SPHE) is the home entertainment distribution division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony.

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Spamalot

Spamalot (also known as Monty Python's Spamalot: A Musical (Lovingly) Ripped Off from the Motion Picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail) is a stage musical with score by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, with lyrics and book by Idle.

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Special Broadcasting Service

The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public service broadcaster.

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Spite Your Face Productions

Spite Your Face Productions, or SYF, is an animation production company based in London, England, consisting of animation directors Tony Mines and Tim Drage.

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St. James Theatre

The St.

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Stanley Black

Stanley Black OBE (14 June 1913 – 27 November 2002) was an English bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist.

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Swallow

The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae are a family of passerine songbirds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica.

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Swedish language

Swedish (svenska) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland.

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Take

A take is a single continuous recorded performance.

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Terry Gilliam

Terrence Vance Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American–born British filmmaker, comedian, collage animator and actor.

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Terry Jones

Terence Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 – 21 January 2020) was a Welsh actor, comedian, director, popular historian, writer and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.

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The CBS Late Movie

The CBS Late Movie is a CBS television series (later known as CBS Late Night) during the 1970s and 1980s.

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The Criterion Collection

The Criterion Collection, Inc. (or simply Criterion) is an American home-video distribution company that focuses on licensing, restoring and distributing "important classic and contemporary films".

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Lego Group

The Lego Group (formally Lego A/S) is a Danish construction toy production company based in Billund, Denmark.

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The Monthly Film Bulletin

The Monthly Film Bulletin was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 until April 1991, when it merged with Sight & Sound.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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The O2 Arena

The O2 Arena, commonly known as The O2, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of The O2 entertainment district on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London.

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The Producers (1967 film)

The Producers is a 1967 American satirical black comedy film. Monty Python and the Holy Grail and The Producers (1967 film) are films adapted into plays.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Tim Rice

Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English lyricist and author.

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Tomnadashan

Tomnadashan was a hamlet southwest of Ardtalnaig in Scotland.

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Tony Awards

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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Total Film

Total Film is a British film magazine published 13 times a year (published monthly and a summer issue is added every year since issue 91, 2004, which is published between July and August issue) by Future Publishing.

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Trojan Horse

In Greek mythology, the Trojan Horse was a wooden horse said to have been used by the Greeks during the Trojan War to enter the city of Troy and win the war.

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Turnaround (filmmaking)

Turnaround in filmmaking is the use of outside assistance to resolve problems preventing a film project from completing its development phase and entering the preproduction phase.

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Twitter

X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, is a social networking service.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Vincent Canby

Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 – October 15, 2000) was an American film and theatre critic who served as the chief film critic for The New York Times from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in 2000.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.

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Witch-hunt

A witch-hunt, or a witch purge, is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft.

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Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Young Frankenstein are films set in castles.

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100 Greatest (TV series)

100 Greatest is a long-running TV strand on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom that has been broadcasting from 11 September 1999 to 10 October 2015, originating in Tyne Tees Television’s Factual Features department under Executive Producer Mark Robinson.

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20th Century Studios

20th Century Studios, Inc. is an American film studio owned by the Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, in turn a division of The Walt Disney Company.

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932

Year 932 (CMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail

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