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
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life the Broadway musical "Spamalot", based on "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" – once in Act II and again during the curtain call. It is one of two Monty Python songs in the musical not taken from the original movie, along with the song "Finland"; other songs were either from "Holy Grail" or were new creations. The song was made popular as a football chant by Aston Villa F.C. supporters in the 1980s and adopted by other clubs. The song is used at the end of "Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)", the comedic oratorio written by Eric