Monty Python and the Holy Grail - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Timing:
1:31 (91 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Mark Forstater
Producer
Executive Producer
John Goldstone
Executive Producer
Writer
Thomas Malory
Writer
Editor
John Hackney
Editor
Costume Design
Hazel Pethig
Costume Design
Production Design
Roy Forge Smith
Production Design
Makeup Artist
Pam Luke
Makeup Artist
Fight Choreographer
John Waller
Fight Choreographer
Director of Photography
Terry Bedford
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Howard Atherton
Camera Operator
Sound Effects Editor
Jean-Raphaël Dedieu
Sound Effects Editor
Assistant Art Director
Philip Cowlam
Assistant Art Director
Property Master
Tom Raeburn
Property Master
Sound Mixer
Hugh Strain
Sound Mixer
Thanks
Production Manager
Assistant Editor
Campbell Askew
Assistant Editor
Carpenter
Nobby Clark
Carpenter
Painter
Graham Bullock
Painter
Special Effects
John Horton
Special Effects
Accountant
Brian Brockwell
Accountant
Assistant Director
Gerry Harrison
Assistant Director
Sound Assistant
Bob Doyle
Sound Assistant
Sound
John Foster
Sound
Production Secretary
Christine Watt
Production Secretary
Sound Recordist
Garth Marshall
Sound Recordist
Choreographer
Leo Kharibian
Choreographer
Construction Manager
Bill Harman
Construction Manager
Property Buyer
Brian Winterborn
Property Buyer
Sound Effects
Ian Crafford
Sound Effects
Assistant Camera
Roger Pratt
Assistant Camera
Continuity
Penny Eyles
Continuity
Presenter
What's left behind the scenes
- Part of the filming took place in Scotland, at Dun and Stalker castles, near a village.
- During one of the first test screenings before a live audience, Terry Jones, one of the scriptwriters and directors, noticed that the audience laughed much less at the jokes and gags when music was playing on the screen at the same time. Jones removed the musical accompaniment from such moments where possible. Throughout subsequent screenings, he noticed that audiences reacted much more positively to the gags in the absence of music, and since then, he has removed musical accompaniment from moments where the visuals became funny whenever possible.
- The members of Pink Floyd were such ardent fans of the series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969-1974) that they took breaks from recording the album "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973) to watch it.
- The sound of coconut shells being struck together was used to imitate the sounds of galloping horses, simply because the budget didn't allow for the use of real horses.
- During the witch-hunting scene, Eric Idle grinned and bit down on the blade of the scythe he was holding. This wasn't in the script; Idle couldn't contain his laughter and bit whatever was at hand, just to avoid bursting out laughing and ruining the take.
- The knights' armor was actually made of wool, so considering the typical weather conditions in Scotland and England, the actors were constantly sweaty and freezing during filming. To make matters worse, the hotel where everyone was staying had only a limited number of bathtubs and hot water, resulting in a race for a hot bath at the end of each shooting day.
- A real rabbit was used in the filming of the killer rabbit sketch; it was simply borrowed for the shoot and smeared with red paint, assuming it could be easily washed off afterward, which proved not to be the case. According to Terry Gilliam, if they had been more experienced filmmakers, they would have simply bought the rabbit outright. Either way, the animal was not harmed during filming. The rabbit bites were filmed using special dummies devised and created by Gilliam and special effects supervisor John Horton.
- The photograph of God depicts William Gilbert Grace (1848-1915), one of the most famous cricket players in history.
- When the first screening of the film began at the Cannes Film Festival, the credits rolled and the audience in the auditorium began to laugh. When the screening was stopped, the audience simply broke out in hysterics, assuming it was intentional. In reality, an anonymous tip had been received by the police about a bomb being planted in the cinema, so the audience had to be evacuated.
- During the duel between the Black and Green Knights, John Cleese and Terry Gilliam performed all the stunts themselves. Both had to learn to handle heavy swords while wearing full knightly armor. They had refused the use of stunt doubles and stunt performers in advance, and they themselves genuinely enjoyed the filming process.
- Graham Chapman's (1941-1989) fondness for alcoholic beverages, which he unsuccessfully tried to combat, caused problems during filming, and not only because he kept forgetting his lines. On the very first day of filming, he was required to walk across the 'Bridge of Death.' While working on 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' (1969-1974), Chapman drank a lot to calm his nerves, but here he found that there was no alcohol on set, and it wasn't easy to quickly run to the nearest town to stock up. For this reason, Chapman felt unwell, he was shaking, and covered in sweat, and moved very slowly in front of the camera, despite being an experienced mountaineer in real life. No one on the film crew understood the reason for this, but the real culprit was actually delirium tremens.
- King Arthur's army consisted of 175 students from Stirling University (they were filmed from different angles to make the army appear visually larger than it actually was). A request was made to the university administration, promising each extra actor two pounds sterling for a day's work, free transportation to the filming location, food, and 'a lot of fun.'
- The abrupt ending of the film is explained by the fact that there were insufficient budgetary funds to film the battle scene.
- The ship in the film's finale was conceived by Terry Gilliam. It made a great impression on the other members of the film crew.
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