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
Monty Python and the Holy Grail scenes that did not fit the Holy Grail motif. Neither Terry Gilliam nor Terry Jones had directed a film before, and described it as a learning experience in which they would learn to make a film by making an entire full-length film. The cast humorously described the novice directing style as employing the level of mutual disrespect always found in Monty Python's work. The film’s initial budget of approximately £200,000 was raised by convincing 10 separate investors to contribute £20,000 apiece. Three of those investors were the rock bands Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Genesis, who were persuaded to help