Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) is an absurd comedy spoof co-written and co-directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones about the legend of King Author (Graham Chapman), his Knights of the Round Table, and their search for the Holy Grail.
Life Lesson:
Movie Scene:
Bridgekeeper (Terry Gilliam): Stop. Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see. […] What… is your name?
Sir Galahad the Pure (Michael Palin): Sir Galahad of Camelot.
Bridgekeeper : What… is your quest?
Galahad: I seek the Grail.
Bridgekeeper : What… is your favourite color?
Galahad: Blue. No, yellow… [He is cast into the Gorge of Eternal Peril]
Galahad: Ohhhhhhh.
Bridgekeeper: Hee hee heh. Stop. What… is your name?
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