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
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!
This is very intelligent humor... and if people get offended by this... well, it is up to them. Today's sensitive snowflakes get offended by anything. Monty Python was a fantastic movement really. Love them !
They have a trans character that's treated with respect... It's a lot more than what we normally get. I think that the purist suicide gang is a good view on how dumb and irresponsible the nazis were. And how dumb nationalism is.
I've always thought this movie contains some really weak and cringeworthy material, not a patch on Holy Grail or Meaning of Life. The suicide squad with German names, accents, helmets and moustaches is just pitifully bad and tasteless. Not surprised it was cut, yet they inexplicably turn up at the end crucifixion scene. Partly written on a jolly in the Caribbean - and it shows.
Like most of the comments here, I too understand why most of these were cut. They either do not contribute to the plot in a meaningful way, or go on for too long. I am glad that the Otto scene was cut not because it would have offended more people, but it would have ruined the surprise at the end. Monty Python definitely learned their lesson with that after the murder-of-the-historian subplot in "Holy Grail". However, I would have like seen them work more of the Pilate's wife scene into the final cut. I thought that they had a good idea with that, but they could have worked on the execution more.
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.
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
"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.
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.
+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 about time humankind started to take the piss out of Religion again! Believing on a man on a cloud has as much credibility as believing in the tooth fairy. I have been taking the piss out of Allah for 30 years and yet this all powerful God (according to Muslims) has failed to respond. Oh I am so fearful of when I die, yawn. No I'm not retards, because your idiotic Allah doesn't exist and your prophet was a murdering raping paedophile and warlord. I don't accept any ideology that calls for my death as an unbeliever and anybody who respects this bullshit is a retard!
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.
Too bad the suicide squad wasn’t in the finished film. It’s a funny idea and could have been tightened up a bit to be hysterical. The squad having a star of David/swaztika symbol is hilarious, as is their samurai uniforms. Love MP...their sort of humor is dead and gone in today’s let’s be offended mentality.
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.
Ive always wondered how hysterical the mysterious deleted jewish nazi bit was, and now i know. It wasnt cut because it would be offensive, MP didnt give two fucks about that. It wasnt funny is all. The movie wouldnt be as good with it in.
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.
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.
Edit out like two mins from the shepard's scene keeping the bit with knocking the snot out of the two strangers would have been an excellent after credits scene. The rest....meh.
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!
can anyone explain why Pilot's wife is some freakishly tall guy with an eery face mask on??!?!? I know Monty Python could be random and weird but WHAT IN THE FUUUUUCK!????
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!
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 remember when this movie came out and the uproar it caused, but I had no idea how involved it got, and how gd insecure and foolish little minds can be. It's comedy, have a good laugh - life is a pretty sad event.
@@williamlebotschy2729 Questions aren’t assumptions. You could have easily clarified your circumstances. What year did you acquire the pirate copy, and was it a VHS/Betamax tape (VCRs still being out of reach for many in the late ‘70s) or an actual film copy? Also, what country/state were you residing in that banned it? These were all things of which I was curious after reading your post, and they still haven’t been answered. You took my queries entirely the wrong way.
A 100 years ago in europe, monty python would have been trashed for this movie, so... A society has to be more educated to accept such satire . Most Muslims in more liberal Country would take it fairly easy.
@@leone.6190 I doubt it. they can be easy going but think of the uproar over the picture of Mohamod. A full skit like this would have caused more riots and calls for peoples deaths.
And I think The Meaning of Life is funnier than both of them. Nothing beats watching Terry Gilliam screaming while his innards are removed while the organ donation guy casually hits on his wife.
Didn't the spiked helmet give the hint, or the garish SofD, so similar to hand painted swastikas on the WW1 lids of the Nazi Street fighters a-roaming in the early days....
That wouldn't be funny: the point about the name "Brian" is that it is an Irish name, and so no Jew could ever have been called Brian - not back then, at any rate. If someone makes a film mocking Mohammed, it will be called The Life of Fred, or something like that.
No need. Anyone claiming such "balance" should be filmed, has not understood the full meaning of "Life of Brian". Monty Pythons wanted to mock the Bible, but after some study of it, they decided, that it would be an offence on Jesus and came up with the character of Brian to take the brunt. Please watch the film with more unbiased senses again.
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...
I'd heard about the Otto scenes but never seen them before. I think they were dead right to cut them out because they just aren't as good as most of the rest of the movie. Just a bit ponderous and heavy handed in comparison, and they jar a little bit thematically, as though the idea was grafted on to the rest. Too much like a sketch to be part of a self-contained movie. Others will disagree, no doubt, but I don't expect the Spanish Inquisition.
![Tee Grizzley - Blow for Blow (feat. J. Cole) [Official Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/wNLN5xsx5dc/mqdefault.jpg)
"Is it AD yet?"
"Quarter past"
I'm dying!
That was a very good line.
@@youbigtubership Not if it caused cremilar's death.
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!
"You will NOT watch this nasty film - ever!"
"Oo no! Not us! Absolutely not."
"Arrrre there any STUDENTS here today?" (Actually, Breaking Away was a fine flick, too).
I love it when the church does the job. :)
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.
This is one movie that should have a directors cut. RIP TJ & GC.
Hell yea. Hail Otto^^!
@@5eA5they reworked the suicide squad into the Judean People’s Front
Monty Python is the funniest comedy troop ever ,God bless them and all who appreciate their skills!!!
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
@@ROOKTABULA one can believe in god(s) and still find the bible stories to be absurd.
*troupe
j/s
First scene.....they just missed the angel, didn't they...with all that talking they did.
Good to see that someone with eyes can type a comment.
Yeh, the whole point of Christendom 😂 missed the whole point!
We are blessed by the silly constructs that her, or his, majesty provides. No outside scrutiny is needed, for the clueless fools are our sheep.
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!
Looks like they cut out the right bits. Quite liked the peeved shepherd who got hit in the face though.
"Is it AD yet?"
"Quarter past."
The "angel" at the back... did his thing to Mary, while they are deliberating about sheep... 😀
Demonstrating the suicide squad ruins the joke later.
I still do not get it.
This is very intelligent humor... and if people get offended by this... well, it is up to them. Today's sensitive snowflakes get offended by anything.
Monty Python was a fantastic movement really. Love them !
They have a trans character that's treated with respect... It's a lot more than what we normally get. I think that the purist suicide gang is a good view on how dumb and irresponsible the nazis were. And how dumb nationalism is.
"today"
The sued people for blasphemy over this sort of stuff around the time this movie was released. We're living in the most relaxed times ever.
These millennials, aka snowflakes, are the heart & soul of the US Military.
This is a step below 3 Stooges. At least the Stooges won an Oscar.
@@w6467 - Are you calling the Pythons millennials? If so, hardly.
is it A.D. yet? .... quater past :)))
Pretty glad they cut this stuff, except for the AD line
Yes that was a good one 🤣
Great to watch! Many thanks for uploading!
MP was right to delete the scenes. They don't work.
Equating Israel with Nazi Germany is insane.
The opening bit reminds me of Foggy, Clegg & Compo, for some reason...
Boredom.
Its like some strange alternate universe...
And if we're one of the lucky ones we'll live to die again LOL
I'm a lifelong Python fan. But what a steaming pile of turd! No wonder they were deleted!
Thanks be to Brian... if these scenes had been left in, it would have had the audiences rolling around the aisles in agony....
Pure class.
how come there was never an " extended special edition directors " cut ? to include all these pieces that were left out of the original .
Because the version we got already is the director's and Monty Python's vision.
I love sheep.
I've always thought this movie contains some really weak and cringeworthy material, not a patch on Holy Grail or Meaning of Life. The suicide squad with German names, accents, helmets and moustaches is just pitifully bad and tasteless. Not surprised it was cut, yet they inexplicably turn up at the end crucifixion scene. Partly written on a jolly in the Caribbean - and it shows.
Like most of the comments here, I too understand why most of these were cut. They either do not contribute to the plot in a meaningful way, or go on for too long. I am glad that the Otto scene was cut not because it would have offended more people, but it would have ruined the surprise at the end. Monty Python definitely learned their lesson with that after the murder-of-the-historian subplot in "Holy Grail".
However, I would have like seen them work more of the Pilate's wife scene into the final cut. I thought that they had a good idea with that, but they could have worked on the execution more.
There's a 'Pilate's wife scene'? It was so badly lit I could hardly make a thing out.
If that was the Suicide Squad in 2016's Suicide Squad, it would be a much better film.
12:00 Oh my cock!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Is it AD yet ? quarter passed ! Wonderful writing !
These should have been left in.. Funny scenes here
This is a Deleted said I know that but I don’t know how it could’ve fit in the movie anyways
Please put Otto back in. 🤣
0:42 wtf, what happened to his eye there... Freaks me out
Who's eye?
"Is it AD yet? Quarter past..."
Great line.
That should have made the cut!
4:06
@WylderWatkins AD doesnt mean after death, google it
Holy shit, they predicted internet cat videos. MOTHER OF GOD
they predicted SJWs too!
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
Gonna need a cat license for that one.
"- Is it AD yet?" ... LOL!
"- Quarter past" ___ *I died...
And you came back to life?! You are The Messiah!
Absolute gem that line. Pure Gold
It's hilarious....
Wait 'till Biggus Dickus hears about this
Already have
He's got a wife, you know.
@@MrRjhyt Incontinentia.....Incontinentia Buttocks
Bwaahahahahahaaa
Is it AD yet?
I love this shit
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.
Thanks for posting this! "Is it A.D. yet?" Classic Python!
Paul Kuhn about half a quarter
One of the best movies ever made. Thanks, George!
Harrison, right?
- Is it AD yet?
- A quarter past.
I yelled , * " OH FUCK!!!!!" "
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.
Which scenes???
You lucky, lucky bastard!
Why You lucky bastard, lol
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
they also predicted minecraft in the holy grail
they did? when?
Barney Os. The killer bunny in MInecraft was inspired by the scene in Monty Python. minecraft.gamepedia.com/Rabbit
It's not really a prediction though. Minecraft was just making a reference.
Rubbish. You could buy cat videos back then!
7:30 A little bit of the silly walk there.
I was always confused about those troops at the end of the movie but now it makes more sense (at least a bit).
Otto should have been left in , if Mel brooks could make fun of spring time for hitler then what's the problem with this
"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.
@@SorendeSelbyBowen word.
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.
Now otto at the end of the movie makes so much sense.
Thats why the suicide squad comes in at the end...
That WHOLE sheep scene was only 4min21sec in length?
Good grief, it felt like 30 minutes.
No wonder it was deleted!!
I guess you missed its endless between the lines comedy. Too bad.
Marvin, for real. i had to skip ahead.,
an no EOVA, that scene wasnt endless comedy. there were a few good parts ruined by the sheer length.
Must admit I expected, that when Otto asked "Is there not even one dead?", someone would've answered "Well, I'm a little dead, sir".:-D
"is it AD yet?" should have been left in.
i suppose they knew they`d have enough bother with followers of christianity to also include the jewish nazis!
Zionists actually.
Willie Finn Lest we forget that there were Jewish Nazis- George Soros is one of them!
Stick your antisemitism where the sun doesn't shine!!
Lucky them a certain turban head prophet didn't exist yet in that time period so there was no need to beware an exploding backlash
"Is it AD yet? - A quarter past" LOL
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!
Well it is a Monty Python movie, so just a touch of nonsense is expected.
I know why it was cut. I just say it shouldn't have been cut since we see the same suicide squad at the end of the movie.
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.
It does go on a bit
Can you imagine anybody even considering making up the joke about Jewishs nazis nowadays ?
Actually they were taking the piss out of the Zionist movement.
NoirOrchestre
The whole world has been trained to love jewnazis and eat their propaganda shite heartily with a smile of joy.
+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.
*****
No, I think the Babylonian captivity did them a lot of good.
+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.
erm... I'm beginning to think that shrewd editing contributed a great deal to how superb the finished film is...!!
One of the last films to be edited by shrews. It was outlawed the following year.
Costumes not by Edith Head.
It's about time humankind started to take the piss out of Religion again! Believing on a man on a cloud has as much credibility as believing in the tooth fairy. I have been taking the piss out of Allah for 30 years and yet this all powerful God (according to Muslims) has failed to respond. Oh I am so fearful of when I die, yawn. No I'm not retards, because your idiotic Allah doesn't exist and your prophet was a murdering raping paedophile and warlord. I don't accept any ideology that calls for my death as an unbeliever and anybody who respects this bullshit is a retard!
I can totally understand why they cut all these scenes... but that last one was friggin' hilarious.
Is it AD yet? A quarter past. Hilarious.
"Nothing creates atheists quicker or more reliably, than reading the dam bible" Penn Gillette
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.
Hmmm - I can see WHY they deleted them.
The Life Of Brian is perfect as it is. I can see why these scenes were cut.
Imagine Sputnik travelling across the skies back then. Only a proper laugh when they end up on that ship.
You’re right… but I do love ‘you’re a disgrace to the profession!’ and J. C.’s the Sign That Is The Sign. Idle’s Jewish Nazis not so much.
Honestly, I think the scene with the shepherds should have been kept in.
Time
The Otto scene shouldn't have been cut, its gold! Makes their appearance at the end make more sense too.
Not to mention they probably didn't even die on the scene, heck they were still moving by the time Bright Side of Life was being sung
Lillian2167 Nobody expects the thoroughly trained suicide squad
@@ArcturusOTE Right! That explains it!
Too bad the suicide squad wasn’t in the finished film. It’s a funny idea and could have been tightened up a bit to be hysterical. The squad having a star of David/swaztika symbol is hilarious, as is their samurai uniforms. Love MP...their sort of humor is dead and gone in today’s let’s be offended mentality.
@Pinkaugust YES they were in the film in the U.S. I just checked. NI!
@@JRaynor99 "Oh, you silly sods"
@Gamergal67 kept us in stitches for donkeys, back then, when... 💦
Great to see them, but good most of them where cut. Liked the Shepherds and the signalling-dance and the shot of the incurable.
To me the funniest scene here was when they simply couldn't apprehend the wife.
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.
Ive always wondered how hysterical the mysterious deleted jewish nazi bit was, and now i know. It wasnt cut because it would be offensive, MP didnt give two fucks about that. It wasnt funny is all. The movie wouldnt be as good with it in.
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.
well , I can see why the German soldier skit was banned. err deleted.
I don't think they should've cut out the Jewish nazis...the star of David turned into a swastika says it all.
I think I know why they left the Jewish Nazi suicide squad out of the movie. still funny
"ohhh my cock" never heard that before
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 is more an hilarious satire of how radical Jewish looked like Nazis....
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.
I can see why the last one was cut. A Star of David swastika was possibly a bit much even for Python.
7.30, the biblical precursor to the Ministry of Silly Walks.
Edit out like two mins from the shepard's scene keeping the bit with knocking the snot out of the two strangers would have been an excellent after credits scene. The rest....meh.
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!
Agreed, mostly these not published scenes, or also songs from bands, were cut out because they were not good enough.
the shepherds don't go on too long. they're boring people looking after boring animals in a boring place. Wit, you expect, with that? Hah!
Well they made a good decision to remove those parts. Too slow.
" Is it A.D. Yet ? " ... Coulda/Shoulda left *THAT* in !
And superfluous
Good decision; apart from is it AD yet, rest was poor compared to finished film. A classic indeed - probably their best.
can anyone explain why Pilot's wife is some freakishly tall guy with an eery face mask on??!?!? I know Monty Python could be random and weird but WHAT IN THE FUUUUUCK!????
"You bastards.... we've been planning this for months"!!
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!
Only a lonely shepherd can sing "There Will Never Be Another Ewe" with sheer passion.
"with shear passion" ;)
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
Not surprised they were deleted,they’re crap!
I remember when this movie came out and the uproar it caused, but I had no idea how involved it got, and how gd insecure and foolish little minds can be. It's comedy, have a good laugh - life is a pretty sad event.
No uproar here. You must have been in Amerika at the time.
Had to get a pirate copy. Still the best movie they ever made and just as funny today.
@@williamlebotschy2729 _Had_ to get a pirate copy?!? Do you mean that you couldn’t afford to buy one, or are you being absurdly cryptic?
@@anhedonianepiphany5588 Neither. The movies was banned. We had a very anal retentive censorship system. Never assume.
@@williamlebotschy2729 Questions aren’t assumptions. You could have easily clarified your circumstances. What year did you acquire the pirate copy, and was it a VHS/Betamax tape (VCRs still being out of reach for many in the late ‘70s) or an actual film copy? Also, what country/state were you residing in that banned it? These were all things of which I was curious after reading your post, and they still haven’t been answered. You took my queries entirely the wrong way.
Oh, my cock! I've always wanted to see the Otto scene.
I can see why they deleted the Shepherds Scene -- very weak.
like to see this done with Mohammad. i can hear the riots all the way from here.
Zionist Nazis aren't allowed
Such is the very real danger of religion.
A 100 years ago in europe, monty python would have been trashed for this movie, so... A society has to be more educated to accept such satire . Most Muslims in more liberal Country would take it fairly easy.
@@leone.6190
I doubt it. they can be easy going but think of the uproar over the picture of Mohamod. A full skit like this would have caused more riots and calls for peoples deaths.
Glad they deleted all the shit and left only the best bits in, can't say I found any of this even remotely funny.
i think "life of brian" is funnier than "holy grail"
If you think that... Then youre a very naughty boy!
And I think The Meaning of Life is funnier than both of them.
Nothing beats watching Terry Gilliam screaming while his innards are removed while the organ donation guy casually hits on his wife.
I think "Life of Brian" is funnier than the bible
@@robertramsbottom4158 no shit sherlock, *ANYTHING* is funnier than the bible
@@TheStupidBird nope, the bible is funnier than Adam Sandler.
And I like Sandler.
4:05 _"Is it AD yet"_ ? cut it out! my stomach's aching !
(note to self: 9:33 )
first time i realized that the suiciders are nazis ;-)
Didn't the spiked helmet give the hint, or the garish SofD, so similar to hand painted swastikas on the WW1 lids of the Nazi Street fighters a-roaming in the early days....
I wish to congratulate the original film-makers on their editing skills.
All those sheep jokes. You'd think they were talking about their wives or some such. BAAAAAH!
Except at shearing...
I wish someone would make a film called ''The Life of Abdul''
That wouldn't be funny: the point about the name "Brian" is that it is an Irish name, and so no Jew could ever have been called Brian - not back then, at any rate. If someone makes a film mocking Mohammed, it will be called The Life of Fred, or something like that.
No need. Anyone claiming such "balance" should be filmed, has not understood the full meaning of "Life of Brian". Monty Pythons wanted to mock the Bible, but after some study of it, they decided, that it would be an offence on Jesus and came up with the character of Brian to take the brunt. Please watch the film with more unbiased senses again.
Oh my god, "Is it A.D. yet?" That's a clever and intellectual joke!
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...
Very intellectual. What's your idea of 'non-intellectual' jokes, then?
I'd heard about the Otto scenes but never seen them before. I think they were dead right to cut them out because they just aren't as good as most of the rest of the movie. Just a bit ponderous and heavy handed in comparison, and they jar a little bit thematically, as though the idea was grafted on to the rest. Too much like a sketch to be part of a self-contained movie. Others will disagree, no doubt, but I don't expect the Spanish Inquisition.
No one expects it.
Did like the Pilots wife scene, maybe if the big woman did some more pulverising it might have worked??