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Monty Python's Life of Brian
The Monte Beaton team tells the life, death, and resurrection (of Brian) of Nazareth, an unwilling prophet who wants to liberate his land from the persecution of Rome. When Brian covers a huge wall of writing (Roman goes home), a local revolutionary group begins to take him seriously and Bryan becomes a prophet to them in a series of comedies.
16 June 1916, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
5 May 1943, Ranmoor, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
29 March 1943, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
16 April 1918, Ahmednagar, Bombay Presidency, British India
25 February 1943, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
1946, Dudley, Worcestershire, England, UK
19 February 1939, Derby, England, UK
7 December 1937, Manchester, England, UK
13 January 1942, London, England, UK
May 10, 2012
It looked back 2000 years for its comic content, but was a decade ahead in provoking Christian controversy. Yet how much hotter would the steaming Pilate of blasphemy-accusations have got if the Pythons had included their scripted mockeries of Zionism?
February 09, 2006
Python successfully lampoon religious attitudes rather than religion itself.
September 11, 2009
Brian contains too many hilarious bits to single out the best.
October 13, 2010
It's a Mel Brooks kind of Jewish joke film made by gentiles.
September 11, 2009
I've always considered it the group's nadir; it seems toothlessly silly.
April 07, 2008
Boys of my generation memorize the Monty Python repertoire as a buttress against the terror of losing their virginity.
July 31, 2008
Just as wacky and imaginative as their earlier film outings.
February 06, 2014
Only a select few of [Monty Python's] truest fans will appreciate the message they convey in a movie that actively mocks the concept of organized religion while making us laugh along with them.
August 17, 2017
Brian's life is pure hell. And very funny to watch.
December 31, 2010
Sandaled Python pic too irreverent for young kids.