Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of thy counting shall be three

[oloriel]

Alles Liebe zum Geburtstag, eliathanis!
Ich weiß nicht, ob ich es pünktlich bis 18 Uhr schaffe, aber ich hoffe, ihr lasst mich auch ein bisschen später noch rein ;)

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In completely unrelated news, I think it may be necessary for me to quote Monty Python's "Holy Hand-grenade" sequence in my term paper.

How the hell do I reference a movie? No, seriously, how? I mean, I can hardly go "Chapman, Graham, John Cleese et al, 1975. Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Python (Monty) Pictures Limited." in the reference list (or (CHAPMAN 1975, 1:17:22) or whatever in the text), can I? But there must be some kind of guideline on how to do this. I mean, people must have quoted movies in scientific papers before. Anyone have an idea?

(Yes, I could leave it out - although seriously I shouldn't - but why should I pass up on the chance of quoting Monty Python in a linguistic term paper?)

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[arwensommer.livejournal.com]

As per the Turabian (not quite but almost THE reference manual on citations, quotations and references in academic writing):

in a NOTE:
[Producer, Director], Monty Python and the Holy Grail. (City, Country: Distributor, Year).

Supposing John Cleese directed and produced, it would then be:

John Cleese, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. (London, England: Monty Python Pictures Limited, 1975).

(I'll send you the book, you may borrow. ;) )