HandMade Films HandMade Films HandMade Films is a British film production and distribution company. Notable films from the studio include "Monty Python's Life of Brian", "Time Bandits" and "Withnail and I". HandMade Films was formed by former Beatle George Harrison and business partner Denis O'Brien in 1978 to finance the Monty Python film "Life of Brian". Harrison had first been introduced to O'Brien by actor Peter Sellers in 1973. Soon after, the two went into business together. When the original financiers of "Brian", EMI Films, pulled out of the project less than a week before filming was to commence, the creators had
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) is a comedic oratorio based on "Monty Python's Life of Brian". It was written by Python Eric Idle and collaborator John Du Prez, and commissioned by the Luminato festival. With the success of "Spamalot", Eric Idle's musical retelling of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", Idle announced that he was giving "Monty Python's Life of Brian" a similar treatment. The oratorio, called "Not the Messiah", was commissioned to be part of the Luminato arts festival in June 2007. It was written and scored by