A book about the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail : all the references from African swallows to Zoot / / Darl Larsen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788160003321
• Autore: Larsen Darl <1963->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-5381-3443-8; 1-4422-4554-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (633 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/72; 791.4372
• Soggetti: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Motion picture)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; ABBREVIATIONS; SCENE ONE. TITLE AND CREDIT SEQUENCE; SCENE TWO. COCONUTS AND SWALLOWS; SCENE THREE. ANIMATION / LIVE ACTION SEQUENCE; SCENE FOUR. "BRING OUT YOUR DEAD"; SCENE FIVE. DENNIS THE PEASANT; SCENE SIX. THE BLACK KNIGHT; SCENE SEVEN. FLAGELLANT MONKS AND "SHE'S A WITCH!"; SCENE EIGHT. VARIOUS MONTAGE-ANIMATION; SCENE NINE. THE BOOK OF THE FILM; SCENE TEN. CAMELOT ("IT IS A SILLY PLACE"); SCENE ELEVEN. GOD ANNOUNCES THE GRAIL QUEST; SCENE TWELVE. TITLE SEQUENCE ANIMATION; SCENE THIRTEEN. TAUNTING BY FRENCHMEN; SCENE FOURTEEN. THE WOODEN RABBIT; SCENE FIFTEEN. A VERY FAMOUS HISTORIANSCENE SIXTEEN. THE TALE OF SIR ROBIN; SCENE SEVENTEEN. THE TALE OF SIR GALAHAD AND SPRINGBOARD NOVITIATES; SCENE EIGHTEEN. CASTLE ANTHRAX; SCENE NINETEEN. ANIMATION / LIVE ACTION SCENE 24; SCENE TWENTY. THE BLIND SOOTHSAYER OR "SCENE 24"; SCENE TWENTY-ONE. THE KNIGHTS WHO SAY "NI"; SCENE TWENTY-TWO. DEAD HISTORIAN AND POLICE; SCENE TWENTY-THREE. THE TALE OF SIR LAUNCELOT-"BLOODY WEATHER"; SCENE TWENTY-FOUR. THE TALE OF SIR LAUNCELOT SCENE; SCENE TWENTY-FIVE. LAUNCELOT AND CONCORDE; SCENE TWENTY-SIX. LAUNCELOT STORMS SWAMP CASTLE; SCENE TWENTY-SEVEN. TOOTHLESS OLD CRONE AND ROGER THE SHRUBBERSCENE TWENTY-EIGHT. KNIGHTS OF NI GET THEIR SHRUBBERY; SCENE TWENTY-NINE. THE DEAD HISTORIAN COVERED; SCENE THIRTY. KING BRIAN THE WILD; SCENE THIRTY-ONE. "PASSING SEASONS" ANIMATION; SCENE THIRTY-TWO. TIM THE ENCHANTER; SCENE THIRTY-THREE. KILLER RABBIT, AND HOLY HAND GRENADE; SCENE THIRTY-FOUR. THE CAVE OF CAERBANNO; SCENE THIRTY-FIVE. THE BRIDGE OF DEATH; SCENE THIRTY-SIX. THE WONDERFUL BARGE AND THE GRAIL CASTLE; SCENE THIRTY-SEVEN. STOP THE FILM; APPENDIX A. MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (BOOK) FACING PAGES; APPENDIX B. PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCEBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• Sommario/riassunto: Acknowledgments IntroductionList of AbbreviationsScene 1Title and Credit SequenceScene 2Coconuts and SwallowsScene 3Animation / Live Action SequenceScene 4"Bring Out Your Dead"Scene 5Dennis the PeasantScene 6The Black KnightScene 7Flagellant Monks and "She's a Witch!"Scene 8Various Montage-AnimationScene 9"The Book of the Film"Scene 10 Camelot ("It Is a Silly Place")Scene 11 God Announces the Grail QuestScene 12 Title Sequence AnimationScene 13 Taunting by FrenchmenScene 14 The Wooden RabbitScene 15 A Very Famous HistorianScene 16 The Tale of Sir RobinScene 17 The Tale of Sir Galahad and Sprin