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
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) June 2010 in the United Kingdom and Germany. Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) is a comedic oratorio based on "Monty Python's Life of Brian". It was written by Python Eric Idle and collaborator John Du Prez, and commissioned by the Luminato festival. With the success of "Spamalot", Eric Idle's musical retelling of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", Idle announced that he was giving "Monty Python's Life of Brian" a similar treatment. The oratorio, called "Not the Messiah", was commissioned to be part of the Luminato arts festival in