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literature list on: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
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#1
Archer, Neil: Beyond a joke: Parody in English film and television comedy. - London; New York: I. B. Tauris 2017. (= Cinema and society.)
Description:
Discusses, among others, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Shaun of the Dead, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and several James Bond parodies.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Wright, Edgar
Jennings, Garth
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The (2005)
James Bond (Filmreihe)
Humor ~ Humor
Großbritannien ~ Great Britain
Fernsehen ~ Television
#2
Aronstein, Susan: Finke, Laurie A.: Got grail? Monty Python and the Broadway stage. In: Theatre Survey 48. 2007. No. 2. [?D] pp. 289-311.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Monty Python ~ Monty Python
Religion: Gral ~ Religion: Grail
Broadway ~ Broadway
#3
Bishop, Ellen: Bakhtin, carnival and comedy: The new grotesque in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. In: Film Criticism 15. 1990. No. 1. [?D] pp. 49-64.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Bakhtin, Michail Michailowitsch
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Karneval ~ Carnival
Humor ~ Humor
#4
Coote, Lesley / Levy, Brian: The subversion of medievalism in Lancelot du lac and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. In: Postmodern medievalisms. Edited by Richard Utz and Jesse G. Swan with the assistance of Paul Plisiewicz. - Cambridge: D. S. Brewer 2004. (= Studies in medievalism 13.) pp. 99 ff.
Index:
Bresson, Robert
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Lancelot du Lac (1973)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Postmoderne ~ Postmodern
Geschichte: Mittelalter ~ History: Middle Ages
#5
Coote, Lesley / Levy, Brian: The subversion of medievalism in Lancelot du lac and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. In: Postmodern medievalism. Edited by Richard Utz. - Cambridge: D. S. Brewer 2005. (= Studies in Medievalism 13) pp. 99-126.
Index:
Bresson, Robert
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Lancelot du Lac (1973)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Geschichte: Mittelalter ~ History: Middle Ages
#6
Croskery, Patrick: Monty Python and the search for the meaning of life. In: Monty Python and philosophy: Nudge nudge, think think! Edited by Gary L. Hardcastle and George A. Reisch. - Chicago, Illinois: Open Court 2006. (= Popular culture and philosophy 19.) pp. 161-172.
Description:
Discusses especially The Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Index:
Jones, Terry
Gilliam, Terry
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
Monty Python’s Meaning of Life (1983)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Philosophie ~ Philosophy
Monty Python ~ Monty Python
#7
Day, David D.: Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Madness with a definite method. In: Cinema Arthuriana: Twenty essays. Edited by Kevin J. Harty. Revised edition. - Jefferson, North Carolina; London: McFarland 2002. pp. 127-135.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Wahnsinn ~ Madness
Artus-Sage ~ Arthurian Legend
#8
Day, David D.: Monty Python and the medieval other. In: Cinema Arthuriana: Essays on Arthurian film. Edited by Kevin J. Harty. - New York: Garland Publishing 1991. (= Garland Reference Library of the Humanities 1426.) pp. 83-92.
Description:
On the satirical portrayal of the middle ages in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Humor ~ Humor
Geschichte: Mittelalter ~ History: Middle Ages
Monty Python ~ Monty Python
Artus-Sage ~ Arthurian Legend
#9
De Rentiis, Dina: Believing and laughing - Medievalism as critique of idealism and of ideology in Robert Bresson’s Lancelot du Lac and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. In: Healers and redeemers: The reception and transformation of their medieval and late antique representations in literature, film and music. Edited by Dina De Rentiis and Christoph Houswitschka. - Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier 2010. pp. 133 ff.
Index:
Bresson, Robert
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Lancelot du Lac (1973)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Politik ~ Politics
Musik ~ Music
Literatur ~ Literature
Humor ~ Humor
Geschichte: Mittelalter ~ History: Middle Ages
Religion ~ Religion
#10
Faison, Stehen: God forgive us. In: Monty Python and philosophy: Nudge nudge, think think! Edited by Gary L. Hardcastle and George A. Reisch. - Chicago, Illinois: Open Court 2006. (= Popular culture and philosophy 19.) pp. 125-139.
Description:
Discusses especially The Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Index:
Jones, Terry
Gilliam, Terry
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
Monty Python’s Meaning of Life (1983)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Religion ~ Religion
Philosophie ~ Philosophy
Monty Python ~ Monty Python
#11
Falzon, Christopher: Philosophy goes to the movies: An introduction to philosophy. - London; New York: Routledge 2002.
Description:
Includes examinations on Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense, Victor Fleming’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Spike Jonze’s Being John Malkovich, Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Paul Verhoeven’s Hollow Man, John Woo’s Face/Off, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Alien - Resurrection and Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones.
Index:
Kubrick, Stanley
Shyamalan, M. Night
Fleming, Victor
Jonze, Spike
Kurosawa, Akira
Lang, Fritz
Verhoeven, Paul
Wu Su-Yum [Pseudonym: Woo, John]
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
Sixth Sense, The (1999)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Rashomon (1950)
Metropolis (1925/1926)
Hollow Man (2000)
Face/Off (1997)
Alien - Resurrection / Alien 4 (1997)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Philosophie ~ Philosophy
#12
Falzon, Christopher: Philosophy goes to the movies: An introduction to philosophy. 2nd edition. - London; New York: Routledge 2007.
First edition:
[2002]
Reviews:
Bolton, Lucy: [untitled.] In: Film-Philosophy 11. 2007. No. 3. [?D] p. ?P.
Description:
Includes examinations on Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense, Victor Fleming’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Spike Jonze’s Being John Malkovich, Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Paul Verhoeven’s Hollow Man, John Woo’s Face/Off, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Alien - Resurrection and Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones.
Index:
Kubrick, Stanley
Shyamalan, M. Night
Fleming, Victor
Jonze, Spike
Kurosawa, Akira
Lang, Fritz
Verhoeven, Paul
Wu Su-Yum [Pseudonym: Woo, John]
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
Sixth Sense, The (1999)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Rashomon (1950)
Metropolis (1925/1926)
Hollow Man (2000)
Face/Off (1997)
Alien - Resurrection / Alien 4 (1997)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Philosophie ~ Philosophy
#13
Fein, David C.: Tall tales and epic lore. In: Cinefex 1993. No. 54. [May] p. ?P.
Description:
Discusses Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and The Fisher King.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The (1988)
Fisher King, The (1991)
#14
Hardcastle, Gary L.: Themes in contemporary analytic philosophy as reflected in the work of Monty Python. In: Monty Python and philosophy: Nudge nudge, think think! Edited by Gary L. Hardcastle and George A. Reisch. - Chicago, Illinois: Open Court 2006. (= Popular culture and philosophy 19.) pp. 265-275.
Description:
Discusses especially Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Philosophie ~ Philosophy
Monty Python ~ Monty Python
#15
Hoffman, Donald L.: Not dead yet: Monty Python and the Holy Grail in the twenty-first century. In: Cinema Arthuriana: Twenty essays. Edited by Kevin J. Harty. Revised edition. - Jefferson, North Carolina; London: McFarland 2002. pp. 136-148.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Artus-Sage ~ Arthurian Legend
#16
The Holy Grail: Just the screenplay. By Graham Chapman [et al.]. - London: Methuen 2002.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
#17
Housel, Rebecca: Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Philosophy, gender, and society. In: Monty Python and philosophy: Nudge nudge, think think! Edited by Gary L. Hardcastle and George A. Reisch. - Chicago, Illinois: Open Court 2006. (= Popular culture and philosophy 19.) pp. 83-92.
Description:
Discusses also The Meaning of Life.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Monty Python’s Meaning of Life (1983)
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Philosophie ~ Philosophy
Monty Python ~ Monty Python
#18
Huse, Swantje: Zum Bild wird hier der Text - Parzival und der Gral im Film: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Perceval le Gallois, Indiana Jones, The Fisher King. - München: Meidenbauer 2011. (= Romania viva 8.)
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Rohmer, Eric
Spielberg, Steven
Gilliam, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Perceval le Gallois (1978)
Indiana Jones (Filmreihe)
Fisher King, The (1991)
Religion: Gral ~ Religion: Grail
Religion ~ Religion
Parzifal ~ Perceval
#19
Larsen, Darl: A book about the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail: All the references from African swallows to Zoot. - Lanham, Maryland; London: Rowman & Littlefield 2015.
Reviews:
Nastali, Dan: [untitled.] In: Arthuriana 26. 2016. No. 2. [?D] pp. 143-145.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Afrika ~ Africa
#20
Matthews, David: Said in jest: Who’s laughing at the Middle Ages (and when)? In: Postmedieval 5. 2014. No. 2. [?D] pp. 126-139.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Humor ~ Humor
Geschichte: Mittelalter ~ History: Middle Ages
#21
Meuwese, Martin E.: The animation of marginal decorations in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. In: Arthuriana 14. 2004. No. 4. [?D] pp. 45-58.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
#22
Monty Python: Monty Python and the Holy Grail. - London: Methuen 1999.
Description:
Includes the script.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Monty Python ~ Monty Python
#23
Murrell, Elizabeth: History revenged: Monty Python translates Chrétien de Troyes’s Perceval or the Story of the Grail (again). In: Journal of Film and Video 50. 1998. No. 1. [Spring] pp. 50-62.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Chrétien de Troyes
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Geschichte ~ History
Monty Python ~ Monty Python
#24
Nolte, Andrea: Die Ritter der Kokosnuss. In: Filmgenres: Komödie. Hrsg. von Heinz-B. Heller und Matthias Steinle. - Stuttgart: Reclam 2005. pp. 371-375.
Description:
On Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Humor ~ Humor
#25
Python team plans sequel to Grail on a $4,000,000 budget. In: Variety 289. 1977. No. ?N. [December 14] pp. 2 ff.
Index:
Jones, Terry
Gilliam, Terry
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
#26
Rauscher, Andreas: Die Ritter der Kokosnuss. In: Filmgenres: Fantasy- und Märchenfilm. Hrsg. von Andreas Friedrich. - Stuttgart: Reclam Verlag 2003. (= Universal-Bibliothek 18403.) pp. 102 ff.
Description:
On Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Märchen ~ Fairy Tales
Fantasy ~ Fantasy
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#27
Thompson, Raymond H.: The ironic tradition in Arthurian films since 1960. In: Cinema Arthuriana: Essays on Arthurian film. Edited by Kevin J. Harty. - New York: Garland Publishing 1991. (= Garland Reference Library of the Humanities 1426.) pp. 93-104.
Description:
On The Sword in the Stone by Wolfgang Reitherman, Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, The Unidentified Flying Oddball by Russ Mayberry and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mel Damski.
Index:
Reitherman, Wolfgang
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Mayberry, Russ
Damski, Mel
Sword in the Stone, The (1963)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Unidentified Flying Oddball / Spaceman and King Arthur, The (1979)
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, A (1989)
Artus-Sage ~ Arthurian Legend
#28
Thompson, Raymond H.: The ironic tradition in four Arthurian films. In: Cinema Arthuriana: Twenty essays. Edited by Kevin J. Harty. Revised edition. - Jefferson, North Carolina; London: McFarland 2002. pp. 110-117.
Description:
Discusses The Sword in the Stone by Wolfgang Reitherman, Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, The Unidentified Flying Oddball by Russ Mayberry and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mel Damski.
Index:
Reitherman, Wolfgang
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Mayberry, Russ
Damski, Mel
Sword in the Stone, The (1963)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Unidentified Flying Oddball / Spaceman and King Arthur, The (1979)
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, A (1989)
Artus-Sage ~ Arthurian Legend
#29
Vigouroux-Frey, Nicole: The Holy Grail (Monty Python - 1975) ou l’intertextualité triomphante. In: La littérature anglo-américaine à l’écran. Éd.: Gérard Hugues et Danie Royot. - Paris: Édition Didier Érudition 1993. (= Centre de Recherches et d’Etudes Anglaises et Nord-Américaines, Université Jean Moulin - Lyon III; Cahiers et Documents 12.) pp. 73-80.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Großbritannien ~ Great Britain
Monty Python ~ Monty Python
#30
Vigouroux-Frey, Nicole: Vingt ans après: Sacré Gral! ou l’humour des Mony Python (1974). In: Humoresques 1995. No. 6. [?D] pp. 115-127.
Description:
On the parody on the myth of King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Index:
Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terry
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Artus-Sage ~ Arthurian Legend
Religion ~ Religion
Mythologie ~ Mythology
Humor ~ Humor
Religion: Gral ~ Religion: Grail
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