Knights Who Say Ni Knights Who Say Ni The Knights Who Say "Ni!", also called the Knights of Ni, are a band of knights encountered by King Arthur and his followers in the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". They demonstrate their power by shouting "Ni!" (pronounced "nee"), terrifying the party, whom they refuse to allow passage through their forest unless appeased through the gift of a shrubbery. The knights appear silhouetted in a misty wood, wearing robes and horned helmets; their number is never apparent, but there are at least six. The leader of the knights, played by Michael Palin, is the
Mark Forstater Mark Forstater Mark Irwin Forstater (born 1943) is a film producer, writer, and audio producer, notable for producing the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and then in 2012 suing the five living members of Monty Python over a dispute regarding royalties from merchandising income, including the "Spamalot" musical, which was "lovingly ripped off from" the Holy Grail movie. On 4 July 2013, he won the High Court of Justice case against the surviving members of Monty Python over royalty payments to "Spamalot" as a derivative work of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". They owed £800,000 ($994,600) in