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
The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail sketches, "Arrival At Castle" and "French Taunter". This CD reissue also contains "The Bridge of Death". These additions are not available on any other version of the album. In 2006 a special edition was released containing three bonus tracks, consisting of two demos of unused Neil Innes songs and an audio extract of a documentary from the film's DVD release. This version of the CD does not contain "The Bridge of Death" or the two extended sketches. Also in 2006, yet another CD reissue was included in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail: The Extraordinarily Deluxe DVD Edition". The bonus