Can you explain what it means? AD meaning after death, but wasn't this implying jesus was just born? Is it some other meaning that I'm totally not getting?
I was in 8th grade at a Catholic School when Life Of Brian was released. The school and church were so upset about this film we were all called into an assembly where we were told that by no means we were to see this offensive film. Before this assembly I had never heard of the film, and as it was rated "R" would likely never have seen it at age 13 anyway. - That friday we were released from school early and usually we would take in a film a the local movie theater. We all purchased our tickets for "Breaking Away" a PG film about a bicycle rider- and immediately snuck into the the other theater showing Life Of Brian! So glad we did. My first ever Rated R film and it was a classic. BIG thanks to Sister Margaret and Father Mayer!
Eric Idol has said that the catholic church was the best promotional and marking team they had. They spent no money promoting the film in the United State, the church promoted the film for them.
@@JossWainwright Yeah... That's what I was also reminded of, the 5th grade anti-drug lecture from a cop. It was almost a "how to" for drug use. This you smoke... This you snort... This you shoot... I came out well primed for my later foray into getting stoned.
The irony of you saying _"god bless_" about a group of men who were obviously enlightened enough not to believe in fictitious Invisible Sky Friends! Lmao
What is with all the twitter links... As if I am going to click on one for a full movie... There is this thing called google not to mention this movie is up on youtube it seems xD
okay that first one should've been kept in, it fits perfectly with the joke of Life of Brian. You initially THINK it's the shepherds and then that sight in the background tells you "nah, just some regular guys watching sheep at night"
And it's even funnier when they reveal that they're fully aware of what's going on at the end of the scene. It literally makes no sense that they cut it.
Man, I am in that scene with the deadly dirks, also the haggle scene in the market. I was about eighteen when I got to travel to Tunisia (mother was friends w Cleese and Connie Booth), and hang out on the set Of LOB, and I got to be an extra in a few scenes.
I'm really glad these scenes were cut- I came close enough to wetting my pants the first time I saw it. I think Cleese as the giant woman would have put me over the edge.
Monty Python was very much ahead of their time predicting social media. " The only other animals that i would remotely be interested in watching will be Cats". 2.52 . #caturday
The 'shepherds' scene is in the Monty Python 'Life of Brian' script/book, in the form of a strip cartoon. Never knew they'd actually filmed it at the time! Thank you.
first one possibly keep in, but dragged a bit. That last one was probably a bit to close for European eyes and distracted from the subject. V funny and clever all the same. Film was cut so well and bang on to delete these scenes.
I've just finished Eric Idle's latest book and in that he mentions when they wrote the Last Supper scene (dropped) and trying to book the table at a restaurant - what do you mean you all want to sit on one side. Or, I can do you a table for five and another over by the window. Classic!
Just saw this movie on the cinema screen on its 40th year anniversary. Such a good comedy movie which makes the audience laugh even today. That's how a comedian movie should be. I really loved it and I have to watch the others too.
They say sheep are no trouble. Yeah, wait till Zootopia. As for the killer rabbit..... *Judith:* I mean, it's not like a _bunny_ could go savage? *Tim:* LOOK! *Rabbit of Caerbannog:* EEP! (Leaps at Sir Bors) *Sir Bors:* AAARRRRRRGGGHHH! (Head falls off) *Arthur:* JESUS CHRIST!
"Springtime for Hitler" was very funny. Otto, less so. "The problem with this" was it was relatively weak. Life of Brian was very funny pretty much all the way through. Ruthlessly cutting relatively weak parts makes the whole thing stronger.
Mel Brooks is Jewish. Python are not. Besides Brooks portrayed hitler in a ridiculous and absurd manner. While that cut scene literally portrayed Jewish nazis, or nazis pretending to be jews. the image of the stylized star of david merged with swastika is just .. man, no. just, no.
Someone said to me that this film is the funniest film ever made and I thought that it was a very bold statement and I disagreed at first so he said to me " name a film funnier then " after a while thinking I had to agree with him! to me the only films to come anywhere near are the other Monty python films.... coming in a very close 2nd , in my opinion , would be the holy grail
I agree with you. But at the time there was another movie that also changed my mind about comedies, and that was The Gods Must Be Crazy. The first movie of the series is hilarious 😂 Well I probably should see it again to check if I still find it funny, but at the time it was not only funny but also something completely different.
whoever made the editing decision to remove those parts, thank you. they were ... bad. maybe the shepards at begining was kinda funny but way too long. maybe if they started at the wolf part.
That scene with the Suicide Squad talking to Brian and "killing themselves" should have been kept in I think. It's hilarious satire of Hitler's regime.
I think it also gives due context to the end of the film - it isn't very obvious why a load of blokes kill themselves with swords before Brian, but this explains it rather well without being too obvious.
cutting the Hitler joke makes no sense since Otto and the suicide squad appear at the end of the movie. That last scene of the suicide squad makes no sense without the first one!
I couldn't disagree more. You only need to be aware of the existence of suicide squads in general to get the final joke and since it's Monty Python it doesn't have to make "sense". In fact having it come out of left field made the final joke a lot more effective and having the Otto scene in would have given it away. I'm all for taking the piss out of Zionism, but the Otto scene was a bit drawn out, and "oh look a Jewish Nazi" isn't enough of a joke to justify a scene that long IMO.
Fangs1978 I totally agree with you! I feel that Monty Python were also making fun of the deus ex machina troupe with the suicide squad, which makes it more effective just being shown at the end.
You're surprised? The movie is crammed with them. :-) Brian: Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't need to follow me. You don't need to follow anybody! You've got to think for yourselves! You're all individuals! Crowd: Yes! We're all individuals! Brian: You're all different! Crowd: Yes, we are all different! Man in crowd: I'm not...
+NoirOrchestre Read the Old Testament, especially when the finally enter the promised land, and see if there's any parallels between the Jews and the Nazis.
+NoirOrchestre Zionists are Jewish extremists. Practically joking about the irony of it. They missed a joke in my opinion by not calling them the Nationally Associated Zionist Initiative.
It's very interesting how that scene with Pilate's wife was edited out. Looking at the finished film, you can see how they switch location in the middle of the fight, which of course nobody notices. But I wonder how they did to make the fight start again after "Let's fight our common enemy". I mean, did they shoot new footage or were they able to put it together by using footage they had and just adding some lines of dialogue? ("Right, where were we" etc...) Watch the sequence and say what you think.
The only thing I find funny about this is the song at the end. "...and the chance to die in vain, and if we're one of the lucky ones we will live to die again!"
Great to see as outtakes. I'm glad they took them out, because I think they would have been boring as part of the movie. The shepherds go on for too long. I don't get the joke of Pilate's wife. Cleese does a great weird dance, but basically he's done that before. (Silly walks.) And the Otto scene would have taken away the suicidal squad surprise in the crucifixion scene.
I believe the Otto scene was chopped due to the Jews who own the rights objecting to not only his helmet insignia, but to references of lebensraum in Palestine and ethnic cleansing in Samaria. Personally, I love the shepherds, yapping on about sheep and missing all the angelic action!
Beats. Me how there is a Welshman there at that time.. Lol wasn't the girl Judith Welsh too? I remember Brian's mom mandy (Terry Jones) referring to her as a Welsh tart
I can't believe they cut the sheep scene. .. hilarious that they don't notice the angel descending behind them! The suicide scene is very python, can't believe that they cut either!
The scene at 4:34-5:30 w/ the argument between the guys from the Campaign for Free Galilee and the guys from the People's Front of Judea was in LoB when I saw it in the theater when it first came out. And maybe the continuing part (kidnapping attempt) from 5:30-6:34, though that I don't remember distinctly -- but there had to be some kind of follow through to the first part.
