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Monty Python's Life of Brian
 
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Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Starring: Terence Bayler, Peter Brett Rating
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Product Details
  • Actors: Terence Bayler, Peter Brett, John Case, Graham Chapman, John Cleese
  • Format: Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
  • Language: English, Latin
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  • Number of tapes: 1
  • Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
  • VHS Release Date: September 10, 1997
  • Run Time: 94 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars 260 customer reviews (260 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 6304626495
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,586 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews
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"Blessed are the cheesemakers," a wise man once said. Or maybe not. But the point is Monty Python's Life of Brian is a religious satire that does not target specific religions or religious leaders (like, say, Jesus of Nazareth). Instead, it pokes fun at the mindless and fanatical among their followers--it's an attack on religious zealotry and hypocrisy--things that that fellow from Nazareth didn't particularly care for either. Nevertheless, at the time of its release in 1979, those who hadn't seen it considered it to be quite "controversial." Life of Brian, you see, is about a chap named Brian (Graham Chapman) born December 25 in a hovel not far from a soon-to-be-famous Bethlehem manger. Brian is mistaken for the messiah and therefore manipulated, abused, and exploited by various religious and political factions. And it's really, really funny. Particularly memorable bits include the brassy Shirley Bassey/James Bond-like title song; the bitter rivalry between the anti-Roman resistance groups, the Judean People's Front and the People's Front of Judea; Michael Palin's turn as a lisping, risible Pontius Pilate; Brian urging a throng of false-idol worshippers to think for themselves--to which they reply en masse "Yes, we must think for ourselves!"; the fact that everything Brian does, including losing his sandal in an attempt to flee these wackos, is interpreted as "a sign." Life of Brian is not only one of Monty Python's funniest achievements, it's also the group's sharpest and smartest sustained satire. Blessed are the Pythons. --Jim Emerson

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