# Monty Python & the Holy Grail is back in theaters this coming week **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 2, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-the-holy-grail-is-back-in-theaters-this-coming-week/994021 "2023-12-02T18:24:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-the-holy-grail-is-back-in-theaters-this-coming-week/994021/1 "2023-12-02T18:24:04Z")
> **[Holy Grail in Monty Python and The holy Grail 48 ½ Anniversary Movie |...](https://holygrailincinemas.com/)** > > Holy Grail in Monty Python and The holy Grail 48 ½ Anniversary - December 3 & 6 The Mrs. and I will be going this coming Wednesday. We saw it together when it was first released, waaaay back when. It’s in our regular rotation of films to be re-seen but we’ve not seen it in the theaters with other fans since that first time, so it ought to be fun as all get-out. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-the-holy-grail-is-back-in-theaters-this-coming-week/994021/2 "2023-12-02T18:25:52Z")
‘On second thought, let’s not go to Camelot. It is a silly place.’ ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-the-holy-grail-is-back-in-theaters-this-coming-week/994021/3 "2023-12-02T18:28:46Z")
We saw this at a midnight showing when it was first released. The theater handed out **cocoanuts** to all patrons. How dangerous was **that**! I love this movie. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-the-holy-grail-is-back-in-theaters-this-coming-week/994021/4 "2023-12-02T18:53:31Z")
I’m sure glad there’s an intermission. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-the-holy-grail-is-back-in-theaters-this-coming-week/994021/5 "2023-12-02T21:21:20Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > The theater handed out **cocoanuts** to all patrons. How dangerous was **that**! Almost as dangerous as handing out some duck soup? ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-the-holy-grail-is-back-in-theaters-this-coming-week/994021/6 "2023-12-02T21:43:35Z")
“Bring out ya dead!” _Ding_ Bring out ya dead! _Ding_… “…but I ain’t dead! I feel fine!” _Thump_ 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-the-holy-grail-is-back-in-theaters-this-coming-week/994021/7 "2023-12-08T20:20:21Z")
Well, I went to the show wearing my Tim the Enchanter hat, and had a ton of fun. There were only about 30 or so of us in the theater (it was a Wednesday night in a town of 50K) but we were all fans of the movie, so it was great to laugh and hoot and have a good time together. I did get asked to pose for pics with a few of the other theatergoers due to my Tim hat, and that was fun. I also really liked seeing it on the big screen, and I noted far, far more background details (facial expressions of various characters, details in scenes etc. that I don’t note on the small screen). NONE of the others there that I discussed it with had noticed that there was one actual horse in the movie, the one ridden by the rider who slew the historian. I’d only picked up on that last year, thanks to an online hint. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-the-holy-grail-is-back-in-theaters-this-coming-week/994021/8 "2023-12-08T20:32:44Z")
I saw the film when it was first released. It was showing at the Exeter Street theater in Boston (a block from the Library. Sadly no longer a theater. Nor a bookstore, which it was for a time). To publicize it, they had a parade of guys dressed up in chain mail walking down the sidewalks in Back Bay, pulling a wooden “Trojan Rabbit”. I saw a similar parade on the sidewalks on Manhattan the same month. I assume they did the same in other cities. The film as I have it on DVD has a few scenes NOT in the original release (some in Castle Anthrax). I love the DVD. By using the “close caption” feature I could finally learn the words to the “Camelot” song. Also, it has a version of the Camelot song performed with animated Lego figures.