This film was banned in various places as it was considered blasphemous. Aberystwyth in Wales still had the ban in force 30 years later until a new mayor took office. That mayor was the actress who played the Welsh Tart.
My favorite bit (among so many) is when Brian addresses the crowd and tells them "You are all individuals" and they all chant back "yes, we are all individuals" (thus proving they aren't) and then one little voice says "I'm not" (proving that HE is). Just genius.
It took me years before I realized that the crowd speaking in unison is a literal interpretation of the narrative convention in the Gospels in which a group of people says something (Mark 3:32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”) Absolute genius, and it makes me worry about the jokes I am still missing.
Also a favourite on the terraces when you’re absolutely smashing the other side. Heard it at Anfield this weekend after Liverpool scored their seventh against United…
The girl who played Brian's girlfriend, Judith Iscariot (and who we get a full frontal nudity clip of) went on to become Mayoress of my town from 2008 to 2009. When the local cinema wanted to screen it, many people objected, but she said, ''I want it shown, it's something I did and I'm not ashamed of it'' Good for her ... and good for full frontal nudity everywhere.
I love that the actual nudity was such an embarassing, nonsexual context. It was a punchline, not a prurient thing, and it shows that the people protesting hadn't watched it.
In the scene where Brian's followers were chasing him, the person who was left behind, and was looking lost was the great Spike Milligan. Spike was on holiday in Tunisia (where a lot of the film was shot). And they roped him in to play a small part...
@@traceyridsdill4439 By far the most comedic scene in that movie that still has me laughing my socks off!! I was really hoping that scene was going to be exposed and I wasn't disappointed!
I remember the part that made me laugh the hardest was the punchline after the whole alien spaceship scene when Brian walks away from the crash and the guy standing there says: “you lucky bastard.” 😂
@@TheGarethLusk Graham Chapman played Brian, which I already knew. But what I didn’t know was that (per Wikipedia, the font of all knowledge) was that he also played Biggus Dickus and the 2nd wise man. Charles Knode played the passer-by who says “Ooh, you lucky bastard”.
Terry Gilliam ( the One American member of Monty Python) did ALL the animation for the entire TV series as well as the films. He usually acted in the films as a grotesque or simpleton. He was integral to Monty Python, it simply wouldn’t have been the same without him.
Now do MP and the Holy Grail. You think life of Brian was batshit crazy, that film is a whole new level of shithousery .. and your “WHAT THE FUCK” had me in bits😂
This caused HUGE controversy when it was released in 1979 , bishops on tv lambasting it , crowds outside theatres protesting , even questions in Parliament. I just thought it was hugely funny and groundbreaking humour . As for the UFO moment … you have to suspend your disbelief and go with it as it’s as nutty as the rest of the movie . My biggest laugh throughout the film was “Wewease Woger” 😅. Some wag here in the uk named his racehorse after that quip and it had be in stitches listening to the racing commentator having to mention it’s name over and over again during the race . We’ve got a fantastic sense of humour in the uk and I wouldn’t have it any other way . 👍🏴
The “mad” jailer who said “There’s lumps of it round the back” was played by Terry Gilliam, who went on to direct such classic movies as Twelve Monkeys, Brazil, Time Bandits and more. He did all the surreal animations for Monty Python.
@@onastick2411 So do I! :-) I also have tinnitus which means I can’t always hear things said to me first time, so “there’s lumps of it round the back” is a stock response in those moments as well.
The Python team were an institution and defined us for decades. Surreal comedy at it's very best. "He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy" is now written into folk law. Some hated the allegory, but it was never banned. It was too good.
But it was actually banned from being shown in cinemas in many cities around the UK "On its initial release in the UK, the film was banned by several town councils - some of which had no cinemas within their boundaries, or had not even seen the film. A member of Harrogate council, one of those that banned the film, revealed during a television interview that the council had not seen the film, and had based their opinion on what they had been told by the Nationwide Festival of Light, a grouping with an evangelical Christian base, of which they knew nothing." Wikipedia,
@@stevenclarksongs and the funny thing is, the idiocy of their decision that was based on not even seeing the film first, was exactly the type of stupidity and bullshit that the film was about.
I watched this film when it was first released in 1979. I took a trip into London to the Leicester Square Odeon cinema. Never before, or since, been in an audience so convulsed with laughter.
Spike wasn’t supposed to be in the film, but when the Pythons were out for a drink one evening after finishing filming for the day he walked into the bar that they had gone to complaining about the noise that they were making when he was trying to get some sleep in his bedroom which was immediately above the hotel bar. After the Pythons gave him a few drinks one of them decided to ask Spike to make an appearance in the film and when he agreed they had to write a scene to include him. Also making a very small appearance in the film was George Harrison from the Beatles, who actually saved the entire film when the production ran out of money in the middle of shooting and he like Spike met the Pythons in a bar and after some negotiations he decided to fund the production on condition that he could have a small speaking role, so like Spike, George had a role created for him as one of the members of the peoples front for Palestine , or whichever the organisation was called.
It's a very cleverly written script with many historical and theological jokes. The Monty Python team didn't attend Cambridge University for nothing. I love the way the Romans are all modelled on British officers - all so terribly polite, even when crucifying people.
@@alisonhill3941 Only Terry Gilliam didn't attend Oxford or Cambridge, mainly because he is American. The rest all did. Two at Oxford and the majority at Cambridge. Don't nitpick - it comes to the same thing.
7:00 you're absolutely spot on. What's incredible about this film is how relevent it is today just as it was back then. It shows how ridiculous religion is and how the same issues have always been and will always be there. That's the genius of Monty Python.
The odd thing is that it doesn't show how ridiculous religion is - Jesus is portrayed reverently and the Nativity is seen as a supernatural event. It's more subversive than that: it shows how ridiculous supposedly religious _people_ are. People who witness the Sermon on the Mount at the back of the crowd and argue about 'blessed are the cheese-makers' and squabble idiotically. No wonder the self-righteous hate this film.
@@majkus Yeah, I agree with this. As a Christian, I find this movie even funnier after growing up in church. I've known people who act just like that crowds that think Brian is the Messiah, minus the British accents and the jokes about the sandal and the gourd of course 🤣
I fondly remember watching this with my best mate after skipping school and smoking a few joints, I was laughing so much I couldn’t catch my breath, I thought I was dying, or I was too stoned and just thought I was.
Hi King Boomer, I’m Clint or Clit as my mates call me. Yes I’m English proud southerner and aspiring actor. Playing a Gangster character on a tv series in the making. Love your work, this is a classic. Big respect from Brighton UK too Florida US. 👍🏽😎🎥
The song at the end ‘Always look on the bright side of life...’ is the most popular song played at UK funerals since 2014...superseding Frank’s ‘I did it my way’...proving the UK sense of humour stays strong and upbeat even with our final farewell
All members of Monty Python team played lots of different roles in the film. Some disguises are easier to spot than others! Wish it would do the rounds on the Cinemas, love to see it again on the big screen. Brilliant and hilarious! No one like them. Comedy gold. You must see the teams The Holy Grail another must watch comedy gold.
The Pythons played all the main characters in their films and tv . John Cleese is always recognisable , don't know if you had issues with the music but "Always look on the bright side of life " has become a National song for times of adversity , from when your football team is getting relegated to the Falklands . It was performed at the Olympic closing ceremony . Their films , shows and tv we're a mixture of fantastical comedy and social commentary much of which is relevant today . Life of Brian was their most controversial offering , and also the funniest .
The scene where Brian is picked up by the spaceship when he falls off the ledge, is known as a deus ex machina which comes from Roman plays meaning God in the machine- it is a common trope used in fiction where a character is suddenly saved by an unexpected and sudden event or character and Python are mocking it.
Also, this came out 2 years after the first Star Wars movie took the World by storm. Pretty much EVERY studio was jumping on the spacey, sci-fi bandwagon, and I think that they were poking a bit of fun at 'Hollywood' whilst also (briefly) jumping on that same bandwagon.
Glad you enjoyed such a classic. The movie was banned on release in 1979 in Ireland, but just before it was pulled from the shelves in record stores I managed to buy the movie soundtrack on long play vinyl, so I had sound but no picture. Some of my friends were in Holland at the time and saw it in a movie theatre, with Dutch subtitles, so they got the jokes before everyone else in the audience who were a little bemused by these 3 guys laughing at the punchlines a couple of seconds before everyone else. The movie was given a public release here eight years later.
When Life Of Brian was made, space films and TV shows were all the rage in the aftermath of Star Wars, so that’s probably why there was a satirical side-swipe at the genre in the film’s own space sequence
The older i get and more i watch this movie the more i realise how clever it actually us. Every detail that could be hilarious has been thought out. I love the spaceship scene also, so absurd 😂
_"An unbeliever! Persecute!"_ LMAO My favourite Terry Gilliam movie has to be *Time Bandits* (1981) and Boomer you should definitely review that one, it's a great movie. The bit that got me most in Time Bandits was when one of them gets turned into a pig and everyone starts having a shootout with lasers, the pig is running around (with a human mind) trying to find somewhere to hide. That bit got me so bad I had to pause it and was nearly hyperventilating from laughing so much, it's the the idea of a pig (that is aware of everything a human is) running around dodging lasers. It's beyond silly.
I saw this at the theater when it first came out I’m 70 years old. It’s still as funny as it was back then and I’m glad to see that you like you enjoy it and see it’s relevancy.
Spike Milligan was on holiday in Tunisia with his family, he walked down from his hotel to say hi to the cast , many of which were his friends and ended up making a guest appearances in the movie.
One part that was pretty Meta was when Brian's mother called Judith a "Welsh tart". Both Terry Jones (Brian's Mother) and Sue Jones-Davis (Judith) are Welsh. Sue went on to become mayor of the Welsh town of Aberystwyth. It was rumored that the town had banned the film (The film was quite controversial at the time.), but that was not the case. It had deemed her nude parts "inappropriate".
And Cleese as the centurion plays the arch-typical British Sergeant Major. Highly respectful to the rank status of officers but sometimes exasperated with the individuals who hold the rank. (Referred to as ‘Ruperts’ in the British armed services. Posh but inept) He plays it brilliantly. And he also plays the head of the Judean People’s Front as an arch-typical British 1970’s labour union shop steward in the mould of Fred Kite (Peter Sellers) in the film ‘l’m Alright Jack’… superb performance.
Brian's mum is what's called a "pepperpot lady" pretty much. In their sketch comedy TV show every once in a while one or two of them would play screeching elderly ladies like her - and because of their silly hats they'd be christened "pepperpots" by them. :)
The spaceship scene. We're following primitive religious beliefs while the universe is getting on with it. Loved the alien double take when they spotted Brian in the back seat. This is a very smart movie on many levels.
Great way to start a Friday seeing you react to one of my favourite films. Fun fact I'm called Roger and when I used to walk past my neighbours house he would shout 'welease woger'
Monty python were years ahead of their time with their comedy, absolute geniuses, especially The Holy Grail… the film was financed by eight investors: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, Holy Grail's co-producer Michael White, Heartaches (a cricket team founded by lyricist Tim Rice), and three record companies including Charisma Records..
@@shysociety39 The comment was that the film will never get old ... maybe if you're 70 (the film will get old) ... but I'm older than 70, and no, I don't tire of it. See?
I was waiting for you to see the spaceship part 😂😂. This is my favourite film, I often watch it on DVD (I’m old) and it makes me laugh every time, but also seeing how Americans react to it is just as funny 😆. The Monty Python team played multiple parts.
I went to see it at the cinema when it 1st came out and when the alien ship scooped him up I laughed so hard I couldn't get a breath in. In fact most of the film made me laugh that much. It's the funniest Python film in my opinion. There's only been one other film that made me laugh so much that I thought I would suffocate and that was Airplane.
You noticed John Cleese playing multiple characters, but the rest of the Monty Python group also play multiple characters, except for Graham Chapman who only plays Brian and one other character Bigus Dickus with the lisp. He only plays the main character in the Holy Grail too. It's like one continuous sketch. OIh and Brian's mother, that actor only plays that role ( I think) because he directed the film. The guy who did the animations plays some small characters too, like the jailer, because he was in charge of the sets and cinematography.
The Director, Terry Jones plays a number of other characters. Gilliam plays a number of secondary characters also, but h was never a "front" man like Cleese, Idle or Palin
Terry Gilliam was the only American born member of Monty Python and he mostly stayed on the technical side of things behind the camera, doing cinematography and the like. But he also made all their iconic surreal paper cutout stop motion animations, and the weird alien spaceship scene in this movie. He went on to be a director of his own movies and made Time Bandits, Brazil, and 12 Monkeys.
The only person I've seen get the Spartacus connection. Another thing to notice is that the potential kidnappers of Pilate's wife were all using battery powered lamps. George Harrison, who financed the film, was in one of the crowd shots.
Well, it looks like you'll be in for a treat when you decide to watch Monty Python's "The Holy Grail". You may note if you pay close attention that these 6 comedians who make up the Monty Python comedy troop play most of the main characters in their movies as they did in their BBC TV sitcom during the late 1960's into the 70's.
Same 🏆 I dearly love both films and couldn’t have wished for a better education in comedy but The Holy Grail has some purely genius moments and takes 1st place for me. The bit where they’re in the cave arguing about how to properly pronounce Castle Aaaargh tickles me endlessly 😂
All the external shots for this movie were done in Tunisia. The Ribat of Harthouma in Monastir doubled for central Jerusalem. My mate and I were fortunate the visit all the filming locations when we went there in 2004.
Some things in life are bad They can really make you mad Other things just make you swear and curse When you're chewing on life's gristle Don't grumble, give a whistle And this'll help things turn out for the best And Always look on the bright side of life Always look on the light side of life If life seems jolly rotten There's something you've forgotten And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing When you're feeling in the dumps Don't be silly chumps Just purse your lips and whistle, that's the thing And Always look on the bright side of life (Come on) Always look on the right side of life For life is quite absurd And death's the final word You must always face the curtain with a bow Forget about your sin Give the audience a grin Enjoy it, it's your last chance anyhow So always look on the bright side of death A just before you draw your terminal breath Life's a piece of shit When you look at it Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true You'll see it's all a show Keep 'em laughin' as you go Just remember that the last laugh is on you And Always look on the bright side of life Always look on the right side of life (C'mon Brian, cheer up) Always look on the bright side of life Always look on the bright side of life Always look on the bright side of life I mean, what have you got to lose? You know, you come from nothing You're going back to nothing What have you lost? Nothing Always look on the right side of life Nothing will come from nothing, ya know what they say Cheer up ya old bugga c'mon give us a grin (Always look on the right side of life) There ya are, see It's the end of the film Incidentally this record's available in the foyer (Always look on the right side of life) Some of us got to live as well, you know (Always look on the right side of life) Who do you think pays for all this rubbish (Always look on the right side of life) They're not gonna make their money back, you know I told them, I said to him, Bernie, I said they'll never make their money back (Always look on the right side of life)
I enjoyed your reaction, and your description of it being "absurd" is spot on; a word you should use instead of "stupid." I know what you mean by "stupid," and how you are using it. But this film is far from stupid. It's particularly smart, and I think you understand that. Great hilarity and entertainment don't come from stupid. Still, I really did like watching your reaction. I was laughing right along with you.
I experienced the ultimate reactions when watching The Life Of Brian at the cinema when it was released. People were in tears with laughter during this movie, the cineaa had the forethought to increase the volume so the inevitable laughter would not detract from actually hearing the audio.
On my first stay in a psychiatric ward back in 1991 we had three video cassettes that were on constant that were on constant rotation in the patient lounge: This, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and an 80s Italian zombie film entitled Demons. Ah, happy times and I know every word of every scene from all three.
When this came out there was uproar from the church who accused it of being blasphemous. There were serious debates on TV between John Cleese and Michael Palin defending it and bishops!
I was 10 when my dad first introduced me to Monty Python. I've seen it so many times, helped by my high school Latin teacher that let me watch it far too often!
Hilarious film. I saw this film when I was about 17 (many years ago!) and thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever seen. It still is (along with MP Holy Grail). Great reaction!!
Banned in Norway in 79. People went by bus to Sweden to see it. In Sweden they had a poster saying so funny they banned it in Norway. I am from Norway by the way.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone adore this movie. Next to Elton John and ween, the python crew are Parker's biggest influences. They love British comedy as much as KB here.
We must never forget that this film was made because of a Beatle. Yes, George Harrison put up the money so Life of Brian could be filmed. He mortgaged his house to get the Python's the money after investors EMI pulled out. When asked why he did it George said " I wanted to see it on the big screen. Python, Eric Idle called it the most expensive cinema ticket in history!
It might be apocryphal but I heard that in the bigus dickus scene, only Micheal Palin and Graham Chapman were in on it... the extras were told they Mustn't laugh at all as they had to get it in in one take
Absolute bullshit that keeps getting passed around as fact. For one there are no extras in this scene, they're all paid actors (you might recognize Chris Latham playing one of them). The cast have even confirmed many times over it's a myth.
Charles McKeown the first guard to laugh played 4 different roles in the film. Chris Langham, a well known comic actor and writer the guard pulling the face played 2 roles. Andrew Maclanhlen, the guard behind Brian on the right played 2 roles. Bernard McKenna the guard behind Brian on the left is an icon within British comedy, a writer, producer and director, he has written many hours of British television comedy shows and is personal friends with Michael Palin and John Cleese, he even helped on writing for The Life of Brian as well as playing 4 different roles in the movie.
An extra is a person put into a scene to make it look more realistic, people on a passing bus or at tables in a restaurant. None speaking actors are people in a scene without spoken dialogue, but they are involved in the plot and help to move the story forward and follow stage direction. Extras and none speaking actors are very different things.
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This film was banned in various places as it was considered blasphemous. Aberystwyth in Wales still had the ban in force 30 years later until a new mayor took office. That mayor was the actress who played the Welsh Tart.
Wait, really? In Aberystwyth? 🤣 I don't know why that's so funny
@@thatsthat2612 yeah you couldve started a business smuggling and selling it in aberystwyth, would've made a fortune
Probably the most Pythonesque thing she could have done
@@thatsthat2612 It's true though.
Down with this sort of thing
My favorite bit (among so many) is when Brian addresses the crowd and tells them "You are all individuals" and they all chant back "yes, we are all individuals" (thus proving they aren't) and then one little voice says "I'm not" (proving that HE is). Just genius.
-Now FUCK OFF!!
-Where shall we fuck off to Master?!
(or something close)
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Exactly👌🏼
It took me years before I realized that the crowd speaking in unison is a literal interpretation of the narrative convention in the Gospels in which a group of people says something (Mark 3:32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”) Absolute genius, and it makes me worry about the jokes I am still missing.
lol you should put this as a comment under this video
That line was improvised by an extra who was paid extra for it
In 2014, the most requested song at U.K. funerals was "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"
My old buddy had ,wish me luck as you wave me goodbye Gracie fields 😂
Voted funniest UK film,44 years on it's still monumentally silly especially the space ship.
Kadashianis, I'm on fire, ironic
Also a favourite on the terraces when you’re absolutely smashing the other side. Heard it at Anfield this weekend after Liverpool scored their seventh against United…
Played at my mother's at my mother's funeral recently.
The girl who played Brian's girlfriend, Judith Iscariot (and who we get a full frontal nudity clip of) went on to become Mayoress of my town from 2008 to 2009.
When the local cinema wanted to screen it, many people objected, but she said, ''I want it shown, it's something I did and I'm not ashamed of it''
Good for her ... and good for full frontal nudity everywhere.
If you saw my missis naked you'd have a different opinion!!
Diolch!
She was the one who paid money for it being shown. She was literally the sponsor of the event.
I love that the actual nudity was such an embarassing, nonsexual context. It was a punchline, not a prurient thing, and it shows that the people protesting hadn't watched it.
Amen!
In the scene where Brian's followers were chasing him, the person who was left behind, and was looking lost was the great Spike Milligan. Spike was on holiday in Tunisia (where a lot of the film was shot). And they roped him in to play a small part...
Perhaps the best comedy film ever made.
Agreed
I concur
Serious contender
My favourite film ever. "We've got lumps of it round the back!"😂
@@traceyridsdill4439 By far the most comedic scene in that movie that still has me laughing my socks off!! I was really hoping that scene was going to be exposed and I wasn't disappointed!
"You're not a Muppet, You're a very naughty boy!"
LMFAO!!
This movie never gets old and if you be honest, it's more actual than ever. Brilliant piece of fun.
You made this the best reaction ever to this movie with one sentence. “Look at that bush.” Absolute gold.
I remember the part that made me laugh the hardest was the punchline after the whole alien spaceship scene when Brian walks away from the crash and the guy standing there says: “you lucky bastard.” 😂
That was Graham Chapman (Brian's) real life partner I believe
@@TheGarethLusk Graham Chapman played Brian, which I already knew. But what I didn’t know was that (per Wikipedia, the font of all knowledge) was that he also played Biggus Dickus and the 2nd wise man. Charles Knode played the passer-by who says “Ooh, you lucky bastard”.
George Harrison, who put up the money,makes cameo appearance.
And the irony is - Brian was probably the most unlucky bastard ever; yet everyone keeps calling him "lucky".
Mine has to be 'You're fAKIN' NICKED me ol' BEAUTY!' 🤣
Terry Gilliam ( the One American member of Monty Python) did ALL the animation for the entire TV series as well as the films. He usually acted in the films as a grotesque or simpleton. He was integral to Monty Python, it simply wouldn’t have been the same without him.
Who was he in holy grail? To save me googling lol
One of the men with the coconuts lol
@@Kvothe1988 also the keeper of the bridge of death
@@realburglazofficial2613 aka the old man from scene 23.
“The Jabberwokky” too.
"Oh! You lucky bastard..." - King B 'What just happened?' 👍🤣🤣🤣
This may have won the poll, but Holy Grail is an A+ must watch, I know you're gonna love it!
Monty python is a great example of real British humour.
of real humour
One of the greatest films ever made.
Now do MP and the Holy Grail. You think life of Brian was batshit crazy, that film is a whole new level of shithousery .. and your “WHAT THE FUCK” had me in bits😂
Defo do holy grail …. A* must watch😂😂😂
One of the greatest things ever created by human beings.
Such a brilliant assessment of society. Yes, relevant as the day it was released.
This caused HUGE controversy when it was released in 1979 , bishops on tv lambasting it , crowds outside theatres protesting , even questions in Parliament. I just thought it was hugely funny and groundbreaking humour . As for the UFO moment … you have to suspend your disbelief and go with it as it’s as nutty as the rest of the movie . My biggest laugh throughout the film was “Wewease Woger” 😅. Some wag here in the uk named his racehorse after that quip and it had be in stitches listening to the racing commentator having to mention it’s name over and over again during the race . We’ve got a fantastic sense of humour in the uk and I wouldn’t have it any other way .
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Norway banned it. So the marketed it in Sweden as so funny it was banned in Norway.
The “mad” jailer who said “There’s lumps of it round the back” was played by Terry Gilliam, who went on to direct such classic movies as Twelve Monkeys, Brazil, Time Bandits and more. He did all the surreal animations for Monty Python.
Brazil is another off the wall movie..😂
Still use that line from time to time, when someone asks me something I don't fully understand.
@@onastick2411 So do I! :-) I also have tinnitus which means I can’t always hear things said to me first time, so “there’s lumps of it round the back” is a stock response in those moments as well.
The Python team were an institution and defined us for decades. Surreal comedy at it's very best. "He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy" is now written into folk law. Some hated the allegory, but it was never banned. It was too good.
*Folklore
But it was actually banned from being shown in cinemas in many cities around the UK
"On its initial release in the UK, the film was banned by several town councils - some of which had no cinemas within their boundaries, or had not even seen the film. A member of Harrogate council, one of those that banned the film, revealed during a television interview that the council had not seen the film, and had based their opinion on what they had been told by the Nationwide Festival of Light, a grouping with an evangelical Christian base, of which they knew nothing." Wikipedia,
@@jamespasifull Oops, sorry.
@@stevenclarksongs and the funny thing is, the idiocy of their decision that was based on not even seeing the film first, was exactly the type of stupidity and bullshit that the film was about.
It was banned in Norway, and Sweden used it as a slogan for the movie "So funny that it was banned in Norway!"
I watched this film when it was first released in 1979. I took a trip into London to the Leicester Square Odeon cinema. Never before, or since, been in an audience so convulsed with laughter.
I saw it in Leicster Square too.
Spike Milligan scene just after the shoe is the sign is one of the funniest moments of any python movie.
Check out Spike Milligan Irish spaceman.
Pakistani Dalek, or his award ceremony speech - best speech ever.
@@Cheepchipsable Grovelling Charlie.😄
Don't forget what it says on his gravestone...."I told you I was ill" ..genius
Spike wasn’t supposed to be in the film, but when the Pythons were out for a drink one evening after finishing filming for the day he walked into the bar that they had gone to complaining about the noise that they were making when he was trying to get some sleep in his bedroom which was immediately above the hotel bar. After the Pythons gave him a few drinks one of them decided to ask Spike to make an appearance in the film and when he agreed they had to write a scene to include him. Also making a very small appearance in the film was George Harrison from the Beatles, who actually saved the entire film when the production ran out of money in the middle of shooting and he like Spike met the Pythons in a bar and after some negotiations he decided to fund the production on condition that he could have a small speaking role, so like Spike, George had a role created for him as one of the members of the peoples front for Palestine , or whichever the organisation was called.
It's a very cleverly written script with many historical and theological jokes. The Monty Python team didn't attend Cambridge University for nothing. I love the way the Romans are all modelled on British officers - all so terribly polite, even when crucifying people.
Half the team didn't attend Cambridge University at all...
@@alisonhill3941 Only Terry Gilliam didn't attend Oxford or Cambridge, mainly because he is American. The rest all did. Two at Oxford and the majority at Cambridge. Don't nitpick - it comes to the same thing.
@@alisonhill3941 All but Gilliam were Oxbridge. Sam f***ing difference.
Michael Palin and Terry Jones were at Oxford. It does make a difference and Palin and Jones did quite a bit of work together as a duo.
@@iainsandon’t get upset. It’s called accuracy
7:00 you're absolutely spot on. What's incredible about this film is how relevent it is today just as it was back then. It shows how ridiculous religion is and how the same issues have always been and will always be there. That's the genius of Monty Python.
The odd thing is that it doesn't show how ridiculous religion is - Jesus is portrayed reverently and the Nativity is seen as a supernatural event. It's more subversive than that: it shows how ridiculous supposedly religious _people_ are. People who witness the Sermon on the Mount at the back of the crowd and argue about 'blessed are the cheese-makers' and squabble idiotically. No wonder the self-righteous hate this film.
@@majkus Yeah, I agree with this. As a Christian, I find this movie even funnier after growing up in church. I've known people who act just like that crowds that think Brian is the Messiah, minus the British accents and the jokes about the sandal and the gourd of course 🤣
I was a teenager when this came out. Glad you got round to watching it. Classic comedy 🤣
I fondly remember watching this with my best mate after skipping school and smoking a few joints, I was laughing so much I couldn’t catch my breath, I thought I was dying, or I was too stoned and just thought I was.
Quite possibly the best line in any comedy movie is when Brian says your all individuals and one lone voice in the crowd says 'im not.' brilliant 🤣🤣
"You are all invidividuals!" "Yes, we are all individuals!" "I'm not!"
that is brilliant!
UFO scene, greatest WTF moment in cinema history.
Hi King Boomer, I’m Clint or Clit as my mates call me. Yes I’m English proud southerner and aspiring actor. Playing a Gangster character on a tv series in the making. Love your work, this is a classic. Big respect from Brighton UK too Florida US. 👍🏽😎🎥
The song at the end ‘Always look on the bright side of life...’ is the most popular song played at UK funerals since 2014...superseding Frank’s ‘I did it my way’...proving the UK sense of humour stays strong and upbeat even with our final farewell
All members of Monty Python team played lots of different roles in the film. Some disguises are easier to spot than others!
Wish it would do the rounds on the Cinemas, love to see it again on the big screen. Brilliant and hilarious! No one like them. Comedy gold.
You must see the teams The Holy Grail another must watch comedy gold.
The Pythons played all the main characters in their films and tv . John Cleese is always recognisable , don't know if you had issues with the music but "Always look on the bright side of life " has become a National song for times of adversity , from when your football team is getting relegated to the Falklands . It was performed at the Olympic closing ceremony . Their films , shows and tv we're a mixture of fantastical comedy and social commentary much of which is relevant today . Life of Brian was their most controversial offering , and also the funniest .
When your football team is getting relegated to the Falklands? Blimey, that makes the Isthmian League North sound appealing!
@@TonyBloke 🤣🤣🤣
One of the funniest films ever made. Also one of the most truthful films about how religions form, have schisms and end up being good for laughs!
Biggus Dickus and his wife Incontinentia are absolutely side splitting hilarious 😂😂😂
Incontinentia buttox
When you've seen this film so many times, you always know what the next line is! Never gets old. 😂
I saw that in Leicester Square shortly after it's release, laughed myself sick at the time still love it after all these years.
Respect for the Spartacus reference, don't think I've seen any other reactor notice that!
The scene where Brian is picked up by the spaceship when he falls off the ledge, is known as a deus ex machina which comes from Roman plays meaning God in the machine- it is a common trope used in fiction where a character is suddenly saved by an unexpected and sudden event or character and Python are mocking it.
It's also a reference to the temptation in Luke's gospel 4:9-11. (Other gospels are available)
Thank you for clarifying that scene. I always wondered what part it played.
NO, it's Ezekiel - taken to the skies, shown the universe, understood nothing, taken back.
Also, this came out 2 years after the first Star Wars movie took the World by storm. Pretty much EVERY studio was jumping on the spacey, sci-fi bandwagon, and I think that they were poking a bit of fun at 'Hollywood' whilst also (briefly) jumping on that same bandwagon.
Glad you enjoyed such a classic. The movie was banned on release in 1979 in Ireland, but just before it was pulled from the shelves in record stores I managed to buy the movie soundtrack on long play vinyl, so I had sound but no picture. Some of my friends were in Holland at the time and saw it in a movie theatre, with Dutch subtitles, so they got the jokes before everyone else in the audience who were a little bemused by these 3 guys laughing at the punchlines a couple of seconds before everyone else. The movie was given a public release here eight years later.
For my 18th birthday, I got a pint glass that said, "Always Look on The Bright Cider Lifer". Still have it nearly ten years later lol
When Life Of Brian was made, space films and TV shows were all the rage in the aftermath of Star Wars, so that’s probably why there was a satirical side-swipe at the genre in the film’s own space sequence
Life if Brian and quite a bit of star wars was also filmed in the same place. Monastir, Tunisia
The older i get and more i watch this movie the more i realise how clever it actually us. Every detail that could be hilarious has been thought out. I love the spaceship scene also, so absurd 😂
_"An unbeliever! Persecute!"_ LMAO
My favourite Terry Gilliam movie has to be *Time Bandits* (1981) and Boomer you should definitely review that one, it's a great movie. The bit that got me most in Time Bandits was when one of them gets turned into a pig and everyone starts having a shootout with lasers, the pig is running around (with a human mind) trying to find somewhere to hide. That bit got me so bad I had to pause it and was nearly hyperventilating from laughing so much, it's the the idea of a pig (that is aware of everything a human is) running around dodging lasers. It's beyond silly.
Yeah Boomer must meet tha poor.
I like the Robin Hood bit where the poor line up to receive the treasures stolen from the rich, but also have to endure a punch in face.
@@Strange_Club exactly, LMFAO
don`t touch it mum its evil
So good to see someone enjoy Python's timeless humor.
Stwike him centurion vewy woughly!!
Hilarious reaction as always Bwian.
Your father was a woman?
I saw this at the theater when it first came out I’m 70 years old. It’s still as funny as it was back then and I’m glad to see that you like you enjoy it and see it’s relevancy.
You should do "This is Spinal Tap" also
first saw this when I was about 8 years old and was my favourite film for years, glad you enjoyed it
Spike Milligan was on holiday in Tunisia with his family, he walked down from his hotel to say hi to the cast , many of which were his friends and ended up making a guest appearances in the movie.
Well thanks King, that sure enhanced my lunch break and gave me the chuckles!
One part that was pretty Meta was when Brian's mother called Judith a "Welsh tart". Both Terry Jones (Brian's Mother) and Sue Jones-Davis (Judith) are Welsh. Sue went on to become mayor of the Welsh town of Aberystwyth. It was rumored that the town had banned the film (The film was quite controversial at the time.), but that was not the case. It had deemed her nude parts "inappropriate".
And Cleese as the centurion plays the arch-typical British Sergeant Major. Highly respectful to the rank status of officers but sometimes exasperated with the individuals who hold the rank. (Referred to as ‘Ruperts’ in the British armed services. Posh but inept) He plays it brilliantly.
And he also plays the head of the Judean People’s Front as an arch-typical British 1970’s labour union shop steward in the mould of Fred Kite (Peter Sellers) in the film ‘l’m Alright Jack’… superb performance.
John Cleese' series "Faulty Towers" is hilarious!!😄
Brian's mum is what's called a "pepperpot lady" pretty much. In their sketch comedy TV show every once in a while one or two of them would play screeching elderly ladies like her - and because of their silly hats they'd be christened "pepperpots" by them. :)
This movie hit the nail on the head all those years ago
That ‘What have the Romans ever done for us?’ Scene is ageless and priceless.
Huge thank you for this it is brilliant 😂
Top Class : ) Monty Pythons The Meaning of life is another masterpiece you must see !
I’m surprised you didn’t include “Blessed are the cheese makers”. That was hysterical.
blessed are the greek. OOOOH MEEK thats nice, im glad they got something..
"This bloke won't haggle" gets me every time.
Love your reaction , laughing my arse off at the legendary Monty Python, you forget how smart and funny they were ❤️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😎👍👍
The spaceship scene. We're following primitive religious beliefs while the universe is getting on with it. Loved the alien double take when they spotted Brian in the back seat. This is a very smart movie on many levels.
Great way to start a Friday seeing you react to one of my favourite films. Fun fact I'm called Roger and when I used to walk past my neighbours house he would shout 'welease woger'
Monty python were years ahead of their time with their comedy, absolute geniuses, especially The Holy Grail… the film was financed by eight investors: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, Holy Grail's co-producer Michael White, Heartaches (a cricket team founded by lyricist Tim Rice), and three record companies including Charisma Records..
Life of Brian was financed by George Harrison who also had a part In it.
Love your stuff man. This has to be one of the funniest movies ever made.
Officially the funniest movie in the English language.
Good to see you King. I love this movie. It has so many levels to it.
its a classic film, you can watch it over and over, it will never get old.
maybe if your 70...
Like the Blues Brothers cult following.
@@shysociety39 Nope ... 73 and it's still a favorite movie
@@corawheeler9355 no one under 70 could watch this shit you have just proved my point...
@@shysociety39 The comment was that the film will never get old ... maybe if you're 70 (the film will get old) ... but I'm older than 70, and no, I don't tire of it. See?
It's actually one of the two greatest political satires in my opinion - up there with Doctor Strangelove.
I was waiting for you to see the spaceship part 😂😂. This is my favourite film, I often watch it on DVD (I’m old) and it makes me laugh every time, but also seeing how Americans react to it is just as funny 😆. The Monty Python team played multiple parts.
MONTY PYTHONS FLYING CIRCUS opened all doors to satirical comedy😂😂😂😂
Ahh so happy to see this reaction. You NEED to do holy grail soon! Some real staples of British TV&Film getting reviewed on this channel. Keep it up!
You need to watch the other Monty Python movies. They never disappoint 💙
Mel Brooks "HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART ONE" IS HILARIOUS, TOO!!! ESPECIALLY THE MUSICAL NUMBER "THE INQUISITION" PURE MEL BROOKS!😂😂😂😂😂😂😄😄😄😄😄😄😅😅😅😅😅
dam i just said the same then found you had already posted it, grated minds think alike.😂
I went to see it at the cinema when it 1st came out and when the alien ship scooped him up I laughed so hard I couldn't get a breath in. In fact most of the film made me laugh that much. It's the funniest Python film in my opinion. There's only been one other film that made me laugh so much that I thought I would suffocate and that was Airplane.
The song at the end is the most played song at UK funerals
You noticed John Cleese playing multiple characters, but the rest of the Monty Python group also play multiple characters, except for Graham Chapman who only plays Brian and one other character Bigus Dickus with the lisp. He only plays the main character in the Holy Grail too. It's like one continuous sketch. OIh and Brian's mother, that actor only plays that role ( I think) because he directed the film. The guy who did the animations plays some small characters too, like the jailer, because he was in charge of the sets and cinematography.
The Director, Terry Jones plays a number of other characters.
Gilliam plays a number of secondary characters also, but h was never a "front" man like Cleese, Idle or Palin
Terry Jones (Brian's mother) also played the hermit who hadn't spoken for 30 years.
Graham Chapman also plays one of the wise men at the start.
Terry Gilliam was the only American born member of Monty Python and he mostly stayed on the technical side of things behind the camera, doing cinematography and the like. But he also made all their iconic surreal paper cutout stop motion animations, and the weird alien spaceship scene in this movie. He went on to be a director of his own movies and made Time Bandits, Brazil, and 12 Monkeys.
I saw this film 3 times in one week when it first came out. It is one of my all time favourite films.xxx
The only person I've seen get the Spartacus connection. Another thing to notice is that the potential kidnappers of Pilate's wife were all using battery powered lamps. George Harrison, who financed the film, was in one of the crowd shots.
Well, it looks like you'll be in for a treat when you decide to watch Monty Python's "The Holy Grail". You may note if you pay close attention that these 6 comedians who make up the Monty Python comedy troop play most of the main characters in their movies as they did in their BBC TV sitcom during the late 1960's into the 70's.
that UFO scene hits everyone like that ...WTF
I'm more of a Holy Grail fan personally but both films are genius! 👍
I think life of Brian was better ,but we'll call it a draw 😀
Same 🏆 I dearly love both films and couldn’t have wished for a better education in comedy but The Holy Grail has some purely genius moments and takes 1st place for me. The bit where they’re in the cave arguing about how to properly pronounce Castle Aaaargh tickles me endlessly 😂
All the external shots for this movie were done in Tunisia. The Ribat of Harthouma in Monastir doubled for central Jerusalem. My mate and I were fortunate the visit all the filming locations when we went there in 2004.
Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best
And
Always look on the bright side of life
Always look on the light side of life
If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle, that's the thing
And
Always look on the bright side of life
(Come on)
Always look on the right side of life
For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow
Forget about your sin
Give the audience a grin
Enjoy it, it's your last chance anyhow
So always look on the bright side of death
A just before you draw your terminal breath
Life's a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughin' as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you
And
Always look on the bright side of life
Always look on the right side of life
(C'mon Brian, cheer up)
Always look on the bright side of life
Always look on the bright side of life
Always look on the bright side of life
I mean, what have you got to lose?
You know, you come from nothing
You're going back to nothing
What have you lost? Nothing
Always look on the right side of life
Nothing will come from nothing, ya know what they say
Cheer up ya old bugga c'mon give us a grin (Always look on the right side of life)
There ya are, see
It's the end of the film
Incidentally this record's available in the foyer (Always look on the right side of life)
Some of us got to live as well, you know
(Always look on the right side of life)
Who do you think pays for all this rubbish
(Always look on the right side of life)
They're not gonna make their money back, you know
I told them, I said to him, Bernie, I said they'll never make their money back
(Always look on the right side of life)
13:27 - The gaoler did the animation for the opening credits, directed the time bandits, the fisher king, and whatnot. oh, and twelve monkeys.
I love this. Monty Python is satire and absurdism and it's amazing. You should look up the songs 'Sit on my face' and 'Lumberjack song'.
I used to work in a kitchen where every service ended with "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life". Perfect.
I enjoyed your reaction, and your description of it being "absurd" is spot on; a word you should use instead of "stupid." I know what you mean by "stupid," and how you are using it. But this film is far from stupid. It's particularly smart, and I think you understand that. Great hilarity and entertainment don't come from stupid. Still, I really did like watching your reaction. I was laughing right along with you.
Some of us here in the states use stupid to describe something outrageous or wild
It's got plenty of pointed satire, and it's mainly of the political kind
@@KingBoomer - Yeah, but that's because you're 'outrageous or wild'.
jk, I couldn't resist 😂
I experienced the ultimate reactions when watching The Life Of Brian at the cinema when it was released.
People were in tears with laughter during this movie, the cineaa had the forethought to increase the volume so the inevitable laughter would not detract from actually hearing the audio.
Men playing women characters who are pretending they aren't men at the stoning. Absolute classic
On my first stay in a psychiatric ward back in 1991 we had three video cassettes that were on constant that were on constant rotation in the patient lounge: This, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and an 80s Italian zombie film entitled Demons. Ah, happy times and I know every word of every scene from all three.
When this came out there was uproar from the church who accused it of being blasphemous. There were serious debates on TV between John Cleese and Michael Palin defending it and bishops!
Have you ever seen the sketch from Not The Nine O'clock News where they parody that debate ?
Thou shalt recite the Parrot sketch.
I was 10 when my dad first introduced me to Monty Python. I've seen it so many times, helped by my high school Latin teacher that let me watch it far too often!
This wonderful film wouldn't be, if it were not for George Harrison God bless you George we love you yeah yeah yeah 🇬🇧😂☺☺😊😊
Hilarious film. I saw this film when I was about 17 (many years ago!) and thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever seen. It still is (along with MP Holy Grail).
Great reaction!!
Banned in Norway in 79. People went by bus to Sweden to see it. In Sweden they had a poster saying so funny they banned it in Norway. I am from Norway by the way.
Is it true Donald Duck was banned in Norway because he doesn't wear TROUSERS
@@Pokemon-Kid112 Finland
Ah, knew it was one of the two lol
Awesome vid.. I cannot wait for you to react to The Holy Grail! You're in for a right treat.
'What have the Romans ever done for us!?'
'It's my right as a man to be a woman!'
...and many others. South Park levels of prescience.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone adore this movie. Next to Elton John and ween, the python crew are Parker's biggest influences. They love British comedy as much as KB here.
With my name, you can imagine that it became slightly "tiresome" at one point.....
Still hilariously funny.
@@WalkerTrips yeah they where python's from an early age and it comes out in south park brilliantly
We must never forget that this film was made because of a Beatle. Yes, George Harrison put up the money so Life of Brian could be filmed. He mortgaged his house to get the Python's the money after investors EMI pulled out. When asked why he did it George said " I wanted to see it on the big screen. Python, Eric Idle called it the most expensive cinema ticket in history!
It might be apocryphal but I heard that in the bigus dickus scene, only Micheal Palin and Graham Chapman were in on it... the extras were told they Mustn't laugh at all as they had to get it in in one take
Absolute bullshit that keeps getting passed around as fact. For one there are no extras in this scene, they're all paid actors (you might recognize Chris Latham playing one of them). The cast have even confirmed many times over it's a myth.
Yeah like I said, I thought it might be apocryphal
Charles McKeown the first guard to laugh played 4 different roles in the film.
Chris Langham, a well known comic actor and writer the guard pulling the face played 2 roles.
Andrew Maclanhlen, the guard behind Brian on the right played 2 roles.
Bernard McKenna the guard behind Brian on the left is an icon within British comedy, a writer, producer and director, he has written many hours of British television comedy shows and is personal friends with Michael Palin and John Cleese, he even helped on writing for The Life of Brian as well as playing 4 different roles in the movie.
An extra is a person put into a scene to make it look more realistic, people on a passing bus or at tables in a restaurant.
None speaking actors are people in a scene without spoken dialogue, but they are involved in the plot and help to move the story forward and follow stage direction.
Extras and none speaking actors are very different things.