Monty Python DVD 2-pack (Monty Python and the Holy Grail--Collector's Edition / Monty Python's Life of Brian--The Immaculate Collection) | 
| Director: Terry Jones/terry Gilliam
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones
Studio: SONY PICTURES
Category: DVD
List Price: $64.91
Buy New: $23.39
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 45641
Format: Anamorphic, Dolby, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 183
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 6.1 x 1.8
UPC: 043396278493
EAN: 0043396278493
ASIN: B001B2U1AA
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Life Of Brian - On a Midnight Clear 2000 years ago three wise men enter a manger where a babe is wrapped in swaddling clothes. It is an infant called Brian...and the three wise men are in the wrong manger. For the rest of his life Brian (Graham Chapman) finds himself regarded as something of a Messiah yet he's always in the shadow of this Other Guy from Galilee. Brian is witness to the Sermon of the Mount but his seat is in such a bad location that he can't hear any of it ("Blessed are the cheesemakers?"). Ultimately he is brought before Pontius Pilate and sentenced to crucifixion which takes place at that crowded non-exclusive execution site a few blocks shy of Calvary. Rather than utter the Last Six Words Brian leads his fellow crucifixees in a spirited rendition of a British music hall cheer-up song "Always Look On The Bright Side of Life." The whole Monty Python gang (Chapman John Cleese Michael Palin Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam) are on hand in multiple roles playing such sacred characters as Stan Called Loretta Deadly Dirk Casts the First Stone and Intensely Dull Youth; also showing up are Goon Show veteran Spike Milligan and a Liverpool musician named George Harrison.
Monty Python And The Holy Grail - Could this be the funniest movie ever made? By any rational measure of comedy, this medieval romp from the Monty Python troupe certainly belongs on the short list of candidates. According to Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide, it's "recommended for fans only," but we say hogwash to that--you could be a complete newcomer to the Python phenomenon and still find this send-up of the Arthurian legend to be wet-your-pants hilarious. It's basically a series of sketches woven together as King Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail, with Graham Chapman as the King, Terry Gilliam as his simpleton sidekick Patsy, and the rest of the Python gang filling out a variety of outrageous roles. The comedy highlights are too numerous to mention, but once you've seen Arthur's outrageously bloody encounter with the ominous Black Knight (John Cleese), you'll know that nothing's sacred in the Python school of comedy. From holy hand grenades to killer bunnies to the absurdity of the three-headed knights who say "Ni--!," this is the kind of movie that will strike you as fantastically funny or just plain silly, but why stop there? It's all over the map, and the pace lags a bit here and there, but for every throwaway gag the Pythons have invented, there's a bit of subtle business or grand-scale insanity that's utterly inspired. The sum of this madness is a movie that's beloved by anyone with a pulse and an irreverent sense of humor. If this movie doesn't make you laugh, you're almost certainly dead. --Jeff Shannon
Stills from Monty Python (click for larger image)
Product Description
Life Of Brian - Monty Python delivers the group's sharpest and smartest satire of both religion and Hollywood's epic films. Set in 33 A.D. Judea where the exasperated Romans try to impose order, it is a time of chaos and change with no shortage of messiahs and followers willing to believe them. At it's center is Brian Cohen, born in Bethlehem in a stable next door, who, by a series of absurd circumstances is caught up in the new religion and reluctantly mistake for the promised messiah, providing ample opportunity for the entire ensemble (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin) to shine in multiple roles as they question everyone and everything from ex-lepers, Pontius Pilate and haggling to revolutionaries, crazy prophets, religious fanaticism, Roman centurions and crucifixion, forever changing our biblical view.
Monty Python And The Holy Grail - The Monty Python team are at it again in their second movie. This time we follow King Arthur and his knights in their search for the Holy Grail. This isn't your average medieval knights and horses story - for a start, due to a shortage in the kingdom, all the horses have been replaced by servants clopping coconuts together!
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 A Class, Must-See Set September 7, 2008
A truly wonderful set of two classics. The dry humor employed in Monty Python might not appeal to all audiences, but as a lover of such shows as Arrested Development, the Simpsons, and Family Guy, these films are Great!
 disappointed September 5, 2008
I did not intend to purchase two sets of the product. In review of the product for purchese it was not easy to determine that I was purchasing one dual set rather than two dual sets.
Amazon could have represented the product better by including the movie ratings. One movie was rated PG. great, no problem. However the other was rated R - which makes half of my purchase worthless, since I cannot view them with my family due to excessive use of the "F" word.
 Bad packaging, be very careful August 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was very excited to get my collectors edition of Monty Python and the Holy Grail and The Life of Brian. However, when I tried to actually remove the DVD from its case I found that it was wedged so tightly onto the case that it would not come off. After carefully trying to remove it it finally quite literally snapped off leaving a crack in the disc. I am returning it to Amazon for a replacement so hopefully this was just one instance of poor tolerances on this particular package. We'll have to wait and see how the next one comes. I don't see that anyone else had this problem, so I hope it was an isolated incident.
Two of Monty Python's funniest. August 12, 2008
I ordered this two pack when it was a feature gold box deal and I'm glad I did. The collector's edition of the Holy Grail includes a disc full of laugh out loud funny extras, as well as film clipping, a copy of the script, and many other fun extras. The Life of Brian, another Python classic also includes many DVD extras, though no scripts or anything like that.
 Two great movies, shrink-wrapped together (not a set) August 8, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is not actually a "set" of these two fantastic comedies. Rather, it's the Holy Grail Collector's Edition (a very nice boxed 2-DVD set), shrink-wrapped together with the Life of Brian Immaculate Edition (another 2-DVD set in a standard plastic case). It's a good value, saving you $9 over the cost of purchasing both separately. And the packaging for the Holy Grail discs is especially nice (it includes the script of the movie in paperback format, and a few other goodies).
If you're a Python fan, this is a terrific value. Even if you already have one of the movies, this might be worth picking up just for the items included in the Holy Grail box.
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