Monty Python's Life of Brian 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. Some bans continued into the 21st century. In 2008, Torbay Council finally permitted the film to be shown after it won an online vote for the English Riviera International Comedy Film Festival. In 2009, it was announced that a thirty-year-old ban of the film in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth had finally been lifted, and the subsequent showing was attended by Terry Jones
Into the Storm (2009 film) Into the Storm (2009 film) Into the Storm or Churchill at War "(alt. title)" is a 2009 biographical film about Winston Churchill and his days in office during the Second World War. The movie is directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan and stars Brendan Gleeson as the British Prime Minister. "Into the Storm" is a sequel to the 2002 television film "The Gathering Storm", which details the life of Churchill in the years just prior the war. "Into the Storm" had its first public premiere on HBO and HBO Canada on 31 May 2009. "Into the Storm" was nominated for 14 Primetime