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
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut) David Sherlock, along with commentary from modern comedians. The documentary is composed of six parts. The first part focuses on the Pythons' lives before "Flying Circus"; the second part covers their coming together and starting "Flying Circus"; the third part is about the Python records, their personal lives, and the end of "Flying Circus"; the fourth part looks at their transition to film with "And Now for Something Completely Different" and "Holy Grail", continuing in the fifth part with "Life of Brian" and the various controversies it caused; and the sixth and final part covers "Live at the Hollywood Bowl",