Book About the Film Monty Python and the Holy Grail - All the References From African Swallows to Zoot

Informationen zum Autor By Darl Larsen Klappentext This exhaustive reference identifies and explains the plethora of cultural, historical, and topical allusions in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the first original film by the British comedy troupe. Zusammenfassung This exhaustive reference identifies and explains the plethora of cultural! historical! and topical allusions in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail! the first original film by the British comedy troupe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments IntroductionList of AbbreviationsScene 1 Title and Credit SequenceScene 2 Coconuts and SwallowsScene 3 Animation / Live Action SequenceScene 4 "Bring Out Your Dead"Scene 5 Dennis the PeasantScene 6 The Black KnightScene 7 Flagellant Monks and "She's a Witch!"Scene 8 Various 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 Springboard NovitiatesScene 18 Castle Anthrax Scene 19 Animation / Live Action Scene 24Scene 20 The Blind Soothsayer or "Scene 24"Scene 21 The Knights Who Say "Ni"Scene 22 Dead Historian and PoliceScene 23 The Tale of Sir Launcelot-"Bloody Weather"Scene 24 The Tale of Sir Launcelot Scene Scene 25 Launcelot and ConcordeScene 26 Launcelot Storms Swamp CastleScene 27 Toothless Old Crone and Roger the ShrubberScene 28 Knights of Ni Get Their ShrubberyScene 29 The Dead Historian CoveredScene 30 King Brian the Wild Scene 31 Passing Seasons AnimationScene 32 Tim the EnchanterScene 33 Killer Rabbit and Holy Hand GrenadeScene 34 The Cave of Caerbannog Scene 35 The Bridge of DeathScene 36 The Wonderful Barge and the Grail CastleScene 37 Stop the FilmAppendix A Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book) Facing PagesAppendix B Personal CorrespondenceBibliographyIndexAbout the Author...

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
List of Abbreviations
Scene 1Title and Credit Sequence
Scene 2Coconuts and Swallows
Scene 3Animation / Live Action Sequence
Scene 4"Bring Out Your Dead"
Scene 5Dennis the Peasant
Scene 6The Black Knight
Scene 7Flagellant Monks and "She's a Witch!"
Scene 8Various Montage-Animation
Scene 9"The Book of the Film"
Scene 10 Camelot ("It Is a Silly Place")
Scene 11 God Announces the Grail Quest
Scene 12 Title Sequence Animation
Scene 13 Taunting by Frenchmen
Scene 14 The Wooden Rabbit
Scene 15 A Very Famous Historian
Scene 16 The Tale of Sir Robin
Scene 17 The Tale of Sir Galahad and Springboard Novitiates
Scene 18 Castle Anthrax
Scene 19 Animation / Live Action Scene 24
Scene 20 The Blind Soothsayer or "Scene 24"
Scene 21 The Knights Who Say "Ni"
Scene 22 Dead Historian and Police
Scene 23 The Tale of Sir Launcelot-"Bloody Weather"
Scene 24 The Tale of Sir Launcelot Scene
Scene 25 Launcelot and Concorde
Scene 26 Launcelot Storms Swamp Castle
Scene 27 Toothless Old Crone and Roger the Shrubber
Scene 28 Knights of Ni Get Their Shrubbery
Scene 29 The Dead Historian Covered
Scene 30 King Brian the Wild
Scene 31 Passing Seasons Animation
Scene 32 Tim the Enchanter
Scene 33 Killer Rabbit and Holy Hand Grenade
Scene 34 The Cave of Caerbannog
Scene 35 The Bridge of Death
Scene 36 The Wonderful Barge and the Grail Castle
Scene 37 Stop the Film
Appendix A Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book) Facing Pages
Appendix B Personal Correspondence
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Darl Larsen is program director and professor of film and animation studies at Brigham Young University, Media Arts Department, and affiliated with the Center for Animation at BYU.

Product details

• Authors: Darl Larsen, Larsen Darl
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.03.2015
• EAN: 9781442245532
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4553-2
• No. of pages: 632
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Monty Python, Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General