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
Black Knight (Monty Python) Black Knight (Monty Python) The Black Knight is a fictional character who appears in a scene of the feature film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". As his name suggests, he is a knight dressed in black and behaves similarly to the standard character, a black knight. He guards a "bridge" (in reality a short plank of wood) over a small stream — which could have been easily stepped over by King Arthur but, for unknown reasons, he does not. Although supremely skilled in swordplay, the Black Knight suffers from unchecked overconfidence and a staunch refusal ever to give up.