The Life of Brian (1979)
- Starring:
- Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, (more)
- Director(s):
- Terry Jones
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Foreign
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On a midnight clear 2,000 years ago, three wise men enter a manger where a babe is wrapped in swaddling clothes. It is an infant called Brian...and the three wise men are in the wrong manger. For the rest of his life, Brian (Graham Chapman) finds himself regarded as something of a messiah -- yet he's always in the shadow of this other guy from Galilee. Brian is witness to the Sermon of the Mount, but his seat is in such a bad location that he can't hear any of it ("Blessed are the cheesemakers?"). Ultimately, he is brought before Pontius Pilate and sentenced to crucifixion, which takes place at that crowded, nonexclusive execution site a few blocks shy of Calvary. Rather than utter the Last Six Words, Brian leads his fellow crucifixees in a spirited rendition of a British music-hall cheer-up song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life." The whole Monty Python gang (Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, and Terry Gilliam) are on hand in multiple roles, playing such sacred characters as Stan Called Loretta, Biggus Dickus, Deadly Dirk, Casts the First Stone, and Intensely Dull Youth; also showing up are Goon Show veteran Spike Milligan and a Liverpool musician named George Harrison. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 93 mins
Complete Cast:
- Graham Chapman - Brian Called Brian
- Michael Palin - Wise Man
- Eric Idle - Stan
- Kenneth Colley - Jesus Christ
- George Harrison - Mr. Papadopoulis
- Terry Gilliam - Jailer, Prophet
- Eric Idle - Mr. Cheeky
- Terry Jones - Passerby
- Charles McKeown - Guard
- Chris Langham - Alfonso
- Carol Cleveland - Mrs. Gregory
- Terence Bayler - Revolutionary/Masked Commando
- Michael Palin - Pontius Pilate
- Michael Palin - Big Nose
- John Cleese - Official
- Graham Chapman - 1st Wise Man
- Gwen Taylor - Young Girl
- Bernard McKenna - Official Stoner's Helper
- Andrew Maclachlan - Revolutionary
- Andrew Maclachlan - Guard
- Chris Langham - Revolutionary
- Chris Langham - Commando
- Charles McKeown - Commando
- Terry Jones - Colin
- Eric Idle - Loretta
- Terry Jones - Mandy
- John Cleese - Wise Man
- Terry Gilliam - Person
- Spike Milligan - Spike
- Gwen Taylor - Woman with Sick Donkey
- Terry Gilliam - Masked
- Terry Jones - Bob Hoskins
- Charles Knode - Passer-By
- Charles McKeown - Stig
- Susan Jones - Judith
- Carol Cleveland - Elsie
- Peter Brett
- Michael Palin - Francis
- Charles McKeown - Man
- John Cleese - Centurion
- John Young - Stonee
- Gwen Taylor - Mrs. Big Nose
- Bernard McKenna - Centurion
- Andrew Maclachlan - Helper
- Andrew Maclachlan - Commando
- Chris Langham - Guard
- Charles McKeown - Revolutionary
- Terry Jones - Simon
- Neil Innes - Samaritan at the Forum
- Terry Gilliam - Revolutionary
- Director(s):
- Terry Jones
- Writer(s):
- John Cleese, Terry Jones, Eric Idle
- Producer(s):
- John Goldstone
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Humor, Questionable for Children, Mild Violence)
- Categories:
- Foreign
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