Reenactment #12: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

The Twelfth of my Re-enactment series.

This is a reenactment of one of many GREAT scenes found in the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." I'm a big fan of Monty Python.

For those of you who haven't seen the movie, lemme 'splain. King Arthur is searching the land for knights to join his court at Camelot. He comes across a peasant named Dennis, who proceeds to tell him his views on government.


This is the first re-enactment I've done where I play three people: King Arthur, and two peasants. With the peasants I wrapped myself up in a wide variety of quilts and blankets... with King Arthur... well, I literally had nothing that closely resembled what Graham Chapman wore in the movie. So, T-Shirt it is.

The editing is what was really useful. I had to cut almost all of the dead space to make it seem really fast-paced. That's the thing with British comedy: they have the ability to cram over 10 minutes of dialogue into 2 minutes or less. It's insane, really.

My only regret with this one: I said the word "aquatic" wrong. In the movie, Palin says "aQUAHtic" instead of "aQUOHtic..." if that make sense. You hardcore Pythonians know what I mean.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• re-enactment
• brandon
• hardesty
• monty
• python
• holy
• grail

[todore00]

Your accents are genuinely impressive. I'm English, and you have a better english accent than me lol.

[ChibiLolita95]

wow that is the best common accent from an american i have EVER heard!!!

[talkinghead22]

Voices are spot on! Well done.

[guatahala]

Not perfect, but fucking amazing for an American.

[liverpoolmatt87]

@UnfamousAndOldLyrics the film came out first before the musical

[Shueithkhan]

My good sir, I am awestruck... I've only watched a few clips, but the languages, the voices, the physical expression - det är fanimej episkt! Love your work, man!

[DinoDude65]

That was perfect! I could probably sync that up to the original film and the audio would match perfectly with the video.

[therealkillerbee]

@UnfamousAndOldLyrics - google is your friend

[cherumin]

heh, pretty cool! the timing as a bit off, but otherwise, nice job!

[UnfamousAndOldLyrics]

Okay, stupid question... did Monty Python and the Holy Grail come first, or did the musical Spamalot? I would really like to know. Thanks.

[whyhatestrangers]

fuck... i was expecting to cringe and stop mid-video. but you really surprised me, and apparently all these other commenters, too. good job, dude, you got acting skills. it looks like you could just be doing these vids for fun? but if you haven't already, you should try and get into the bizz, you could really show some of these new actors these days a thing or two.

[Cerberus1992]

I wonder what happened to that crown...could've used it for your full re-enactment.