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The classic comedy 鈥淢onty Python and the Holy Grail鈥� will reportedly to theaters for its anniversary.

Park Circus, a British film distributor, will reportedly release the movie in Britain and internationally, while distributor Rainbow Releasing will bring the movie to America.聽

In addition, audiences will be encouraged to sing along with the film, at least in Britain. It will screen on Oct. 14 in theaters in Britain, but a date for American screenings has not yet been announced.

鈥淧ython鈥� stars the members of the Monty Python comedy group (Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, and Michael Palin) and is a parody of the King Arthur tale. Directed by Gilliam and Jones, the film debuted in 1975 and became a hit in America. Since then, it frequently appears on lists of the best comedies ever made.

The movie was far from a Hollywood big-budget comedy. In an , Gilliam said of the film, 鈥淭here was no studio interference because there was no studio. None of them would give us any money 鈥� so we turned to rock stars for finance. Elton John, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, they all had money, they knew our work and we seemed a good tax write-off. Except, of course we weren't. It was like 鈥楾he Producers.鈥欌��

If released today, 鈥淧ython鈥� would still no doubt receive acclaim 鈥� its oddball humor would certainly find fans. But is much happening with the world of low-budget comedy? Audiences are most familiar with big-budget comedies like recent hits 鈥�22 Jump Street鈥� (to look at that budget as an example, it was made for $50 million), 鈥淭he Heat,鈥� and 鈥淎nchorman 2.鈥�

It鈥檚 also been some time since a low-budget comedy has broken through. In 2007, low-budget film 鈥淛uno鈥� did extremely well at both the box office and during awards season. And in 2006鈥檚 鈥淟ittle Miss Sunshine,鈥� another comedy with what was reportedly a small budget, also did well at both the box office and with critics. In addition, the 2004 low-budget comedy 鈥淣apoleon Dynamite" became very popular.聽

But the closest equivalent may actually be other British movies 鈥� the films directed by Edgar Wright, beginning with 2004鈥檚 鈥淪haun of the Dead鈥� and continuing with 2007's 鈥淗ot Fuzz鈥� and 2013's 鈥淭he World鈥檚 End.鈥� All became hits despite their low budgets and all have won fervent fans, enough so that many were disappointed when Wright didn鈥檛 direct the new Marvel comic book film 鈥淎nt-Man.鈥� (Actor Simon Pegg starred in and co-wrote all three movies with Wright.)

Wright鈥檚 next project is reportedly a titled 鈥淏aby Driver鈥� with Ansel Elgort and Lily James. Pegg, meanwhile, is set to star in the movie 鈥淎bsolutely Anything,鈥� which actually co-stars many Monty Python members. It鈥檚 debuting later this month in Britain.