Get Your Coconuts Ready: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Is Returning to Theaters

For a certain type of fan, just the image at the top of this post has unlocked a barrage of quotes you suddenly feel powerless to keep from shouting into the universe: “It’s just a flesh wound!” “Help! Help! I’m being repressed!” “What… behind the rabbit?” “It’s only a model!” “NI!” We could be here all day, really. And what a great day it is, with the news that Monty Python and the Holy Grail is briefly returning to theaters to mark its 50th anniversary. The 100% historically accurate depiction of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table stars Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin, and was co-directed by Gilliam and Jones. When it hit U.S. theaters in 1975, according to a press release, it became the highest-grossing British film in the U.S. for the time, and has since gone on to become one of cinema’s greatest cult classics. And new fans continue to see its genius: the past few years at San Diego Comic-Con, we’ve spotted different cosplaye ... Read full article.