The five surviving Pythons will be galloping into the Tribeca Film Festival celebrating the fortieth anniversary of MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
Beacon Theatre
2124 Broadway at 75th St.
Friday, April 24, $70-$355 (on sale March 28 at 12 noon), 7:30
Other screenings April 25-26 (on sale March 31 for AmEx cardholders and April 6 to the general public)
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Tickets go on sale to the general public Saturday morning at 12 noon for one of the premier events of the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival: the fortieth anniversary screening of the 1975 classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail, taking place at the Beacon Theatre on April 24 — with John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin on hand to talk about the film, one of the most quotable comedies ever made. “The Pythons are looking forward very much to the Tribeca Film Festival and the chance to meet anyone who can remember why we made Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” Palin said in a statement. “All we know is that it was a documentary about coconuts that rather lost its way. If anyone at Tribeca can explain why we made it and didn’t call it Braveheart, then our visit to New York will not have been wasted.” The closing weekend of the fifteenth annual TFF will also feature Roger Graef and James Rogan’s 2014 documentary, Monty Python: The Meaning of Live, on April 24 at 3:30 at the SVA Theater, Monty Python’s Life of Brian on April 25 at 12:30 at Bow Tie Chelsea Cinemas, and Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life on April 26 at 1:30 at Regal Cinemas Battery Park. (Tickets for those films, as well as the rest of the TFF, go on sale to American Express cardholders on March 31 and everyone else on April 6.)