Cinema of the United Kingdom as Goldcrest, HandMade Films and Merchant Ivory Productions. Handmade Films, which was partly owned by George Harrison, was originally formed to take over the production of "Monty Python's Life of Brian", after EMI's Bernard Delfont (Lew Grade's brother) had pulled out. Handmade also bought and released the gangster drama "The Long Good Friday" (1980), produced by a Lew Grade subsidiary, after its original backers became cautious. Members of the Python team were involved in other comedies during the decade, including Terry Gilliam's fantasy films "Time Bandits" (1981) and "Brazil" (1985), and John Cleese's hit "A Fish Called Wanda" (1988), while
Quest for the Grail Quest for the Grail Quest for the Grail is an out-of-print collectible card game by Horizon Games and Stone Ring. It was first released in August 1995. It had elements of Monty Python and preceded the "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" CCG released in June 1996. It also had elements taken from Arthurian legend. The game only had two editions: the "Preview Edition" consisting of 126 cards and the "Limited Edition" that was released in December 1995 and consisted of 280 cards. An expansion named "Knights of the Isle" based on Scottish and Irish elements was due in April