Get Your Coconuts Ready: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Is Returning to Theaters

For a certain type of fan, just the image at the top of this post has unlocked a barrage of quotes you suddenly feel powerless to keep from shouting into the universe: “It’s just a flesh wound!” “Help! Help! I’m being repressed!” “What… behind the rabbit?” “It’s only a model!” “NI!” We could be here all day, really. And what a great day it is, with the news that Monty Python and the Holy Grail is briefly returning to theaters to mark its 50th anniversary.

The 100% historically accurate depiction of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table stars Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin, and was co-directed by Gilliam and Jones. When it hit U.S. theaters in 1975, according to a press release, it became the highest-grossing British film in the U.S. for the time, and has since gone on to become one of cinema’s greatest cult classics.

And new fans continue to see its genius: the past few years at San Diego Comic-Con, we’ve spotted different cosplayers dressed as King Arthur and the Black Knight—one of the greatest duo costumes ever, for our money, though there are nearly limitless possibilities. The killer rabbit and the Holy Hand Grenade! The cow and the catapult! The old man on the Bridge of Death and an unladen swallow!

The big-screen revival is taking place Sunday, May 4 and Wednesday, May 7—Monty Python and the Holy Grail first hit U.S. theaters April 27, 1975, so the dates line up nearly exactly with the movie’s big 5-0. It’s being presented by Shout Studios and Fathom Entertainment, and you can snag advanced tickets starting April 4 at Fathom’s website.

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