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John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Monty Python in Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

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Monty Python's Life of Brian

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Edited into

    • From Spam to Sperm (TV Movie 2000)

    • George Harrison - Der sanfte Beatle (TV Movie 2001)

    • "Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut" The Ultimate Holy Grail Episode (TV Episode 2009)

    • "Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut" Lust for Glory! (TV Episode 2009)

Featured in

    • The Pythons (TV Movie 1979)

    • "Sneak Previews" Love and Bullets/Time After Time/Life of Brian/The Onion Field/Peppermint Soda (TV Episode 1979)

      Clips shown
    • "Talking Pictures" Episode #1.3 (TV Episode 1979)

      Clips seen and discussed
    • E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors (TV Movie 1982)

      A clip is featured.
    • A Night of Comic Relief 2 (TV Special 1989)

      Clip shown as part of The Barry Awards

Followed by

    • Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)

    • Monty Python's the Meaning of Life (1983)

    • Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen (TV Special 1998)

    • Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (TV Movie 1999)

    • Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014)

Follows

    • Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV Series 1969–1974)

    • Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different (1971)

    • Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (TV Mini Series 1972)

    • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Referenced in

    • "Saturday Night Live" Eric Idle/Kate Bush (TV Episode 1978)

      Eric Idle mentions filming this movie in Tunisia during his monologue
    • "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" Episode #1.7 (TV Episode 1979)

      The film is discussed
    • The Good Thief (1980)

      Il ladrone is also about a contempory of Christ
    • An American Werewolf in London (1981)

      There is a poster for the film in Tottenham Court Road tube station.
    • "Wogan" Episode #5.74 (TV Episode 1985)

      Terry Wogan briefly refers to Terry Jones having directed "Monty Python movies".

References

    • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Short 1948)

    • Spartacus (1960)

      The famous scene with all the men claiming to be Spartacus is adapted to "I'm Brian - No, I'm Brian!..."
    • La Notte (1961)

      At the end of Life of Brian, where the final credits ask: "If you have enjoyed this film, why not go and see La notte?
    • Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Spin-off from

    • Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV Series 1969–1974)

Spoofed in

    • Discworld II: Mortality Bytes! (Video Game 1996)

      When Rincewind (voiced by Eric Idle) gets the desert village women to stone the Suffrajester, the characters repeatedly acknowledge that they are copying the stoning scene from this, and subtitles flash up saying "GRATUITOUS PYTHON SCENE", "Apologies to Python (Monty) Pictures Ltd".
    • Fluffy the English Vampire Slayer (Short 2001)

      Count Von Whedon lists the things that stand in their way, echoing the "What have the Romans ever done for us?" scene.
    • Destroy All Humans! 2 (Video Game 2006)

      When Crypto is convincing the White Ninja Clan to join the Cult of Arkvoodle, the dialogue is almost word-for-word identical to Brian telling the crowd outside his bedroom window that they are individuals and don't have to follow anybody, right down to one of the crowd saying "I'm not."
    • The Seventh Python (2008)

      Brian: "I'm not the Messiah!"
    • "Come Dine with Me" Celebrity Special, Raef Bjayou (TV Episode 2010)

      When Raef Bjayou jokes about being "The Messiah", narrator Dave Lamb impersonates Terry Jones to say "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"

Spoofs

    • Ben-Hur (1959)

    • Spartacus (1960)

      The famous scene with all the men claiming to be Spartacus is parodied to say "I'm Brian - No, I'm Brian!... (etc)".
    • King of Kings (1961)

      King of Kings' iconic poster of the movie's title built out of giant monolithic blocks was extensively spoofed by Monty Python including the opening titles and promotional posters of 'Brian'
    • Goldfinger (1964)

      The opening music and credits are a spoof of this Bond film
    • I, Claudius (TV Mini Series 1976)

      The Pontius Pilate and Biggus Dickus characters parody Claudius' speech impediment, while one of the executioners has a club foot and a stutter just as Claudius does.

Version of

    • Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy (2010)

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