Life of Brian (1979)
Directed by Terry Jones
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
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Gerek finaldeki toplu çarmıha germe sahnesi gerekse başka bölümleri ile William Wyler’ın 1959 yapımı “Ben-Hur”unu da alay ettiklerinin arasına alıyor film.
In fact, I think more people would be offended by The Passion of the Christ or The Greatest Story Ever Told than would be offended by Life of Brian.
The parody of The Seventh Seal had me in stitches.
Monty Python’s Life of Brian , the follow-up to the beloved Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), which is one of the greatest comedies of its time, continues the ‘Monty Python’ brand of sardonic humour whilst tackling a brand new, or perhaps more accurately, the age-old theme of religion.
But it is natural to compare Life of Brian to its predecessor, Monty Python and the Holy Grail .
The movie is the most ambitious project yet for the Python people, but had its inspiration, no doubt, in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," which took on the King Arthur legends.
Two years earlier the idea for the movie had been spawned by Eric Idle, who, at a launch party for Monty Python and the Holy Grail in New York, had joked that Python’s next movie would be called Jesus Christ: Lust for Glory.
Directed by Terry Jones, Monty Python’s Life of Brian is Monty Python’s follow-up to Monty Python and the Holy Grail from 1975.
Following the box office success of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Eric Idle allegedly suggested that the team’s next film should be Jesus Christ: Lust for Glory .