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
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