Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Luke Dunne, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.
This week, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam’s Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
The legendary King Arthur sets about assembling a cadre of knights, and embarks on an epic quest to claim the Holy Grail. Hilarity ensues.
At time of recording, it was ranked 154th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 24th February 2024.
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail at The Internet Movie Database.
- The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
- Read Luke’s work at Film in Dublin.
- Follow Luke on Twitter.
- Follow The Breakout Role Podcast on Twitter.
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- Visit The Monty Python Official Site.
- Eric Idle talks to The New York Times about the decision to embrace the internet as part of the troupe’s legacy, December 2008.
- David Colker at The Los Angeles Times credits the origin of the term “spam” to Monty Python, May 2001.
- Matthew Mirapaul at The New York Times reports on the establishment of the Monty Python website, July 1996.
- Edward Rothstein at The New York Times discusses Monty Python’s Complete Waste of Time, December 1996.
- Peter Bradshaw at The Guardian reviews Monty Python and the Holy Grail, October 2015.
- Kevin Filipski at The New York Times considers the early digital release of the Monty Python films and shows, January 2000.
- Sean Higgins at Investors.com considers the financing of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, July 2011.
- Terry Gilliam talks to The Guardian about making Monty Python and the Holy Grail, March 2002.
- Gayle Ritchie at The Courier writes about the production of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, January 2024.
- Paul Schrodt at Esquire considers the life and career of Graham Chaoman, November 2012.
- Rod McPhee at The Sun writes about the latest drama within the Pythons, February 2024.
- The Pythons talk to GQ about their legacy and their career, 2014.
- John Cleese talks to Indiana University about how he feels that Monty Python and the Holy Grail is “overrated”, October 2017.
- John Cleese talks to The Los Angeles Times about his experience earning money from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, January 2008.
- Kevin Myer at The Museum Times looks back on the use of Doune Castle at the primary shooting location for Monty Python and the Holy Grail, August 2014.
- Jessica Goldstein at The Washington Post looks at the challenges of ending a comedy sketch, July 2016.
- Matt Morrison at ScreenRant considers Monty Python as a troupe that adopted a unique way to ending a sketch, March 2018.
- Mark Forstater at Python writes about the British censor’s feedback on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, August 1974.
- Emily St. James at Vox considers how the streaming age has largely killed interest in classic films, October 2016.
- Austen Goslin at Polygon considers the Netflix’s recent embrace of classic movies, January 2024.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist writes about importance of curation in the modern streaming age, February 2021.
- Jeff Lunden at NPR covers the launch of Spamalot, March 2005.
- David Eggers at The Guardian reports on the efforts to bring Monty Python and the Holy Grail to the stage as Spamalot, September 2006.
- James White at Empire reports on Eric Idle’s plans to adapt Spamalot into cinema, May 2018.
- Rebecca Rubin at Variety reports on the move of the Spamalot movie from Fox to Paramount, January 2021.
- Katherine V. Stone and Robert Kuttner at The American Prospect conside the rise of “neofeudalism”, April 2020.
- Joshua Keating at Vox argues that modern geopolitics have entered a “neomedieval era”, February 2024.
- Yanis Varoufakis talks to The Guardian about living in the era of “techno-feudalism”, September 2023.
- Kara Swisher at Vanity Fair writes about how Game of Thrones was an unlikely complication in Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram, June 2013.
- Alex Hern considers Mark Zuckerberg at The Guardian, May 2014.
- David Richards at The New York Times considers the success of the stage musical Camelot, July 1993.
- Tierney McAfee and Liz McNeil at People look at how Jackie Kennedy used Camelot to bolster the mythology of her deceased husband, November 2017.
- Thomas West at Screenology considers Disney’s adaptation of The Sword in the Stone, December 2020.
- Cinema60 discuss the popularity of Arthurian legend in the 1960s, May 2022.
- David McKie and Dennis Barker at The Guardian consider Britain’s entry into the European Community, January 1973.
- Josh Jones at OpenCulture considers Terry Jones as a scholar of medieval history, January 2020.
- Matthew Rozsa at Salon writes about the life and career of Terry Jones, January 2020.
- Terry Jones argues at The BBC that the Renaissance is “overrated”, February 2004.
- Nick Inman at Connexion France considers France’s strong attachment to King Arthur, May 2017.
- Chris Barsanti at PopMatters argues for Monty Python and the Holy Grail as a deconstruction of medieval mythology, December 2015.
- Pete Craft at Hanover University considers the queer reading of Lancelot in Mists of Avalon, November 2000.
- Constance Grady at Vox considers the subtext of T.H. Whte’s Once and Future King, May 2017.
- Levi Stahl at I’ve Been Reading Lately offers an overview of T.H. White’s approach to Lancelot, November 2014.
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