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Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) Runtime: 1hr 34 min Famous Film Quotes: Director: Terry Jones Brian's mother: He's not the Messiah. Writer: Graham Chapman, He's a very naughty boy! Now, piss off! John Cleese, Terry Gilliam Brian: Please, please, please listen! I've Synopsis: Born on the got one or two things to say. original Christmas in the The Crowd: Tell us! Tell us both of stable next door to Jesus them! Christ, Brian of Nazareth Brian: Look, you've got it all wrong! spends his life being You don't NEED to follow ME, You don't mistaken for a messiah. NEED to follow ANYBODY! You've got to think for your selves! You're ALL Genre: Comedy individuals! The Crowd: Yes! We're all individuals! Film Tag Line: A motion Brian: You're all different! picture destined to offend The Crowd: nearly two thirds of the Yes, we ARE all civilized world. And different! severely annoy the other Man in crowd: third. I'm not... The Crowd: Box Office: Sch! Budget $4,000,000 (estimated) Gross worldwide $20,742,852 Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) Cast: (Multiple Characters) Graham Chapman John Cleese Michael Palin Terry Gilliam Eric Idle Terry Jones Did you know: • Norway banned the film for • Six cast members played blasphemy, then gave it an "18" forty characters. rating and included a warning at the beginning. It was marketed • In the interview section of in Sweden as "The film that is so Monty Python's Flying Circus: funny that it was banned in Live at Aspen (1998), John Norway!" Ireland also banned Cleese said that because of the film for blasphemy until the huge protests against the 1987. And, Torbay Council, film from all denominations Devon, refused to show it until of Christianity, he would joke September 2008! Aberystwyth, with Michael Palin, "We've Wales, lifted its local ban in brought them all together for 2009 after cast member Sue the first time in two thousand Jones-Davies was elected Mayor. years!“ • One original concept for the film • The controversial film has was having Brian be the 13th been banned in numerous Apostle and miss all of the places… critical moments of Jesus' life, like the Last Supper. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) The Director: Terry Jones Born: 1 February 1942 Died: 21 January 2020 Quote: “Comedy is a dangerous business. If people find something funny you're okay. But the moment you do something that's meant to be funny and someone doesn't find it funny, they become angry.” In 1961 he enrolled at Oxford In 1969 the group, now including to read history and soon John Cleese and Graham became involved in the Chapman, launched Monty university theatre scene, Python's Flying Circus (BBC, 1969- performing at the Edinburgh 74), a television series, followed Festival and in London. by three feature films. They followed a British comic tradition of While at Oxford he met Michael nonsense, word-play, and cross- Palin, who, after graduating, dressing, but eliminated joined him in working for the punchlines and narrative causality, BBC Light Entertainment Script relying instead on subversion and Department. The pair wrote surrealism. sketches for various comedy Other notable work: shows, combining forces with Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam in 1967 to create to create a popular children's programme, Do Not Adjust Your Set (ITV, 1968-69), which acquired a cult following among adults..
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