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This entertaining look at the story of the from-the-get-go rivalry of Apple founder Steve Jobs (Noah Wyle) and Microsoft pioneer Bill Gates (Anthony Michael Hall) provides equal parts laughs... More
This entertaining look at the story of the from-the-get-go rivalry of Apple founder Steve Jobs (Noah Wyle) and Microsoft pioneer Bill Gates (Anthony Michael Hall) provides equal parts laughs and insight, set to an energized soundtrack. Told from the points of view of Jobs's and Gates's collaborators--Steve Woziak and Paul Ballmer, respectively--the film intelligently charts each camp's bumpy ride from garage experimentation to industry domination. Less
This classic Monty Python comedy, directed by Pythons Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, is a hilarious send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King... More
This classic Monty Python comedy, directed by Pythons Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, is a hilarious send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, they face a wide array of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, a cadre of shrubbery-challenged knights, the perilous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, a house of virgins, and a handful of rude Frenchmen. <br> <br> In addition to the set pieces, the film also includes the same kind of surreal animation that Gilliam contributed to the television series. Throughout the irreverent adventures, the Python crew eschews realism in favor of anachronistic social satire, a recipe it later returned to in the 1979 biblical farce MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN. Melding the ridiculous with the sublime, the film quickly inspired a cult following, generated a host of ... Less
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Key Information   
Stars Anthony Michael Hall Monty Python Cast
Actors Joey Slotnick John Cleese
Available Formats VHS: Spanish Subtitled DVD: Subtitled French and Spanish
Directors Martyn Burke Terry Gilliam
UPC 053939659436 043396052765
Genre Dramas • Television Comedies
Subgenre Cable Original Recommended • Spoof • On-The-Road • British • Satire • Animals • Medieval • Classic Fight Scenes • Legends • Witches And Wizards • Poverty • Essential Cinema
MPAA Rating Not Rated PG (MPAA)
Release Date 1999 1975
Running Time 1hr 35min 1hr 30min
Languages   
Original Language English English
DVD Editions   
  DVD1hr 37minWarner Home VideoAugust 30, 2005Not Rated053939699623 DVD: "Extraordinarily" Deluxe Edition; 2-Disc Set1hr 30minSony Pictures Home EntertainmentOctober 03, 2006PG (MPAA)043396124516
VHS Editions   
  VHS: Spanish Subtitled1hr 35minWarner Home VideoOctober 12, 1999Not Rated053939659436 VHS1hr 30minMovies UnlimitedPG (MPAA)
Credits   
Screenwriter Martyn Burke Graham Chapman
Professional Reviews   
  - (10/26/2001, p.98, Ty Burr): "...One of the funniest films ever made..."
Quotes from the Movie   
  - "It's just a flesh wound."--The Black Knight (John Cleese) to King Arthur (Graham Chapman), after Arthur has cut off his arms

"I don't wanna talk to you no more, you empty-headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"--French Guard (John Cleese) to Arthur

"Sir Launcelot had saved Sir Galahad from almost certain temptation."--Narrator (Michael Palin), upon Sir Galahad (Michael Palin) having been "rescued" from the castle of virgins

"We are the Knights Who Say...'Ni'!" --Head Knight (Michael Palin) to Arthur

"One day, lad, all this will be yours!"--Father (Michael Palin)
"What, the curtains?"--Prince Herbert (Terry Jones)

"We are now...no longer the Knights Who Say 'Ni.'"--Head Knight
"Ni! Shh!"--Knights of Ni
"Shh! We are now the Knights Who Say 'Ecky-ecky-ecky-ecky-pikang-zoop-boing-goodem-zoo-owli-zhiv.'"--Head Knight

"Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!"--Tim the Enchanter (John Cleese)

"And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'"--Second Brother (Michael Palin)
 
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Product Review Summary

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Bill and Steve's Excellent Adventure (D2K-93: The Widowmaker Write-off)

bysampo24 Oct 21, 2002
61 Helpfuls 62 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Engaging story, very informative
Cons Those who aren't interested in computers probably wouldn't give it a chance
Recommended it? Yes

I have to say that I was really excited to be invited to DavidK93's write-off in celebration of his second anniversary at Epinions. I guess it was because I immediately knew what I wanted to review. Having to pick a movie from a former brat packer, it was no choice for me to go with Anthony Michael... Read full review »

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Hippity-Hoppity

bySLOW Apr 5, 2007
22 Helpfuls 23 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Fascinating depictions of character traits, and historical accuracy.
Cons Didn't delve into certain specifics as much as might be desired.
Recommended it? Yes

There they go, down the bunny trail. The bunny trail to massive, computer-fueled riches, I mean.

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are two of the Information Age's archetypical players, so it's only right that they be portrayed in the medium most suited to the Age: audio-visual. Because,... Read full review »

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Monty Python Turned Me Into a Newt...But I Got Better

byGrouch Feb 10, 2001
144 Helpfuls 145 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros You either get it...
Cons ...or you don't.
Recommended it? Yes


[Note: For best results, read this review aloud, using a clipped British accent. If you?re a female, put a slovenly growl around the edges; if you?re male, go up to a quavering, Julia Child falsetto.]

[Oh, and one more thing: Flap your arms like a swallow.]

[Pardon me, I... Read full review »

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Ni!

bydrdevience Nov 16, 2002
119 Helpfuls 120 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros gut busting humor
Cons nada
Recommended it? Yes

Once in a lifetime a movie comes along that is unparalleled in it's genre. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is just such an endeavor. Nothing that came before it can hope to compare, nor anything since. This movie spurned sooo many catch phrases, phrases to which the mere allusion will bring folks... Read full review »

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