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's The Meaning of Life life. She reads it out: "Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations". The main company of Monty Python members, who appeared in multiple roles in nearly every section of the film, was supported by featured cast mates: According to Palin, "the writing process was quite cumbersome. An awful lot of material didn't get used. "Holy Grail" had a structure, a loose one: the search for the grail. Same with "Life