The cult classic comedy "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" has turned 50 years old. NPR looks at the film's enduring legacy and cultural influence.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail was released 50 years ago and became a cult classic that inspires comedy to this day. Here's ...

The ruling class — in this case Arthur, his knights and their coconuts — are nothing more than fools, ultimately in control of essentially nothing. Of course, Monty Python would never put ...

Before the 1975 release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail ... "They talked about using knights on horseback, and they realized this is going to be very difficult to film. This is going to ...

If wishes were horses, the knights of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" would ride. But since the now-classic film, celebrating its 50th birthday on Monday, April 28, was made for horse feed ...

Cleese encountered him when he was 5. If wishes were horses, the knights of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" would ride. But since the now-classic film, celebrating its 50th birthday on Monday ...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is back in cinemas this weekend ... cannot pass through a misty wood unless they can appease the feared Knights Who Say "Ni!” But the knights’ leader (played by Michael ...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is back in cinemas ... cannot pass through a misty wood unless they can appease the feared Knights Who Say "Ni!” But the knights’ leader (played by Michael ...

BRITISH classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail has been slapped with trigger warnings ahead of its 50th anniversary re-release - alerting fans to “bad language” including “bum, tit ...

I look at all those knights of the round table with pockets bulging, with a bit of anger and sadness because in a world filled with so many in need, I see self-admired men who possess hearts with ...