Monty Python's Life of Brian December 1976, with a first draft completed by mid-1977. The final pre-production draft was ready in January 1978, following "a concentrated two-week writing and water-skiing period in Barbados". The film would not have been made without Python fan former Beatle George Harrison, who set up HandMade Films to help fund it at a cost of £3 million. Harrison put up the money for it as he "wanted to see the movie" — later described by Terry Jones as the "world's most expensive cinema ticket." The original backers, EMI Films, had been scared off at the last minute by the subject
Culture of the United Kingdom adaptations of Agatha Christie stories "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974) and "Death on the Nile" (1978) were critically acclaimed. The film adaptation of the West End musical "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975) sees Tim Curry reprise his role as Dr Frank N Furter. Starring as James Bond in "Live and Let Die" (1973), Roger Moore would go on to play 007 seven times. In the mid-1970s, British comedy team Monty Python switched their attention to films, beginning with "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975), followed by "Monty Python's Life of Brian" (1979), the latter regularly voted the