Synopsis: On a Midnight Clear 2000 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, non-exclusive 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, 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.
Supporting actors: Terry Gilliam,
Eric Idle,
Terry Jones,
Michael Palin,
Terence Bayler,
Carol Cleveland,
Kenneth Colley,
Neil Innes,
Charles McKeown,
John Young,
Gwen Taylor,
Sue Jones-Davies,
Peter Brett,
John Case,
Chris Langham,
Andrew MacLachlan,
Bernard McKenna,
Spike Milligan,
George Harrison,
Charles Knode
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
Release year: 1979
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
ASIN: B001S55X0I (Rental) and B001P59V5Y (Purchase)
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,768 in Amazon Video On Demand (See
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