The first feature film by the Monty Python team is a mock heroic tale set in medieval Britain with lots of silly things going on besides In a series of sketches & animations the Pythons recount scenes from the Grail legend in which the knights forsake their chorus line can-can dancing in Camelot for a higher aim Typically the Pythons set-up a 'historical' tale which is really a take on the modern world Memorable scenes like Graham Chapman's King Arthur battling with John Cleese's Black Knight until the latter is reduced limb by limb down to a speaking stump of a torso capture both the hilarity & grotesque nature of brutality In scene after scene King Arthur's men are led a merry chase through the countryside encountering life on many different social levels This screenplay edition contains just the script & is supplemented by stills from the film