While “Bring out yer dead!” is one of Monty Python and the Holy Grail ’s most popular lines and scenes, it’s the unabashed optimism and hope emanating from the not-dead-yet man that wins out.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail was released 50 years ago and became a cult classic that inspires comedy to this day. Here's what fans told NPR the film means to them.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail has been re-released in a 4K Ultra HD SteelBook set with heaps of new features in celebration ...

Monty Python’s success encouraged the production team to dabble in movies, too, which are fondly remembered as seminal works of comedic film. They were written by the likes of John Cleese ...

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 ...