1975’s Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a low budget film—ridiculously low. They used buckets for helmets, the same couple of castles were used over and over again, and the horses—they didn’t have any horses. They made do with coconut shells being knocked together while they mimed equestrian travel. Using their lack of budget to show off their resourcefulness as well as their absurdity to the point of surrealism, they created a comedy masterpiece that 50 years later kids will still happily watch with their nerdy grandfathers. A chance to see it with the French taunter himself, John Cleese, in conversation and Q&A, is an opportunity that no Python fan should miss.

John Cleese

Sun, Sept 14, 7:30pm, $81-$118

San Jose Civic, San Jose

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