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
British comedy films Python team) is "A Fish Called Wanda", a multicultural movie between British and American cultures, with the American actress Jamie Lee Curtis. To finish, Monty Python produced in 1983 "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life". One of the major developments of the 1990s was the re-emergence of the romantic comedy film, like "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994), "Sliding Doors" (1998), and "Notting Hill" (1999). Recent successful films, more representative of British humour were the working class comedies "Brassed Off" (1996) and "The Full Monty" (1997). In 1990 Rowan Atkinson created a series for TV "Mr. Bean", which made the