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
Julian Doyle (filmmaker) compares the Monty Python film with the actual Biblical events and comes to the conclusion that this is the most accurate Biblical film ever made. Doyle also appeared in the Monty Python film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", playing the police sergeant who abruptly ends the film by putting his hand on the camera. Julian Doyle (filmmaker) Julian Doyle is a British filmmaker who is best known for editing "Monty Python's Life of Brian" and shooting the special effects for Terry Gilliam's films "Brazil" and "Time Bandits". Doyle was born in London from an Irish father, Bob Doyle, and