TV Guide: Monty Python's Life Of Brian

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Trailer Addict — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Brian Cohen is born in a stable a few doors down from the one in which Jesus is born (a fact which initially confuses the three wise men who come to praise the baby Jesus, as they must put up with Brian's boorish mother Mandy until they realize their mistake). Brian grows up to be an idealistic young man who resents the continuing Roman occupation of Judea, even after learning his father was a Roman Centurion -- Naughtius Maximus (who may indeed have raped Brian's Mother initially, with her claiming "well, at first, yes"). While attending Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, he becomes infatuated with the attractive young female rebel, Judith. His desire for Judith and hatred for the Romans lead him to join the People's Front of Judea, one of many factious and bickering separatist movements, who spend more time fighting each other than the Romans. The group's cynical leader Reg gives Brian his first assignment as a rebel: an attempt at scrawling some graffiti ("Romanes eunt domus", poorly trans

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Trailer Addict — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A clip from the film Monty Python's Life of Brian.

Video: Monty Python's Life of Brian

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Brian is born on the original Christmas, in the stable next door. He spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.

Video: Monty Python's Life of Brian

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Brian is born on the original Christmas, in the stable next door. He spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.

Video: Monty Python's Life of Brian

iTunes — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

On a Midnight Clear 2000 years ago, three wise men enter a manger where a babe is wrapped in swaddling clothes. It is an infant called Brian...and the three wise men are in the wrong manger. For the rest of his life, Brian (Graham Chapman) finds himself regarded as something of a Messiah yet he's always in the shadow of this Other Guy from Galilee. Brian is witness to the Sermon of the Mount, but his seat is in such a bad location that he can't hear any of it ("Blessed are the cheesemakers?"). Ultimately he is brought before Pontius Pilate and sentenced to crucifixion, which takes place at that crowded, non-exclusive execution site a few blocks shy of Calvary. Rather than utter the Last Six Words, Brian leads his fellow crucifixees in a spirited rendition of a British music hall cheer-up song "Always Look On The Bright Side of Life." The whole Monty Python gang (Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, and Terry Gilliam) are on hand in multiple roles, playing such sacred charact