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'''The Life of Brian''' (1979) was a film made by the [[Monty python]] team.
'''The Life of Brian''' (1979) was a film made by the [[Monty python]] team.
The film was set in first century [[Palestine]] and centred on a character called Brian, whose life paralleled that of [[Jesus Christ]]. It’s now hard to imagine the furor that surrounded the film's release, especially as it appeared to end on such a positive finishing song. Up to that point, no film had received the ferocity or amount of protests by religious groups as the Pythons did. Of course most of the protesters never saw the film – they had only heard rumors <ref> quote from a review: http://www.toxicuniverse.com/review.php?rid=10000748 </ref>.
The film was set in first century [[Palestine]] and centred on a character called Brian, whose life paralleled that of [[Jesus Christ]]. It’s now hard to imagine the furore that surrounded the film's release, especially as it appeared to end on such a positive finishing song. Up to that point, no film had received the ferocity or amount of protests by religious groups as the Pythons did. Of course most of the protesters never saw the film – they had only heard rumors <ref> quote from a review: http://www.toxicuniverse.com/review.php?rid=10000748 </ref>.
The film was banned in several countries as blasphemous <ref> cited in: http://www.georgetown.edu/users/aws23/LOB%20controversy.htm </ref>. In the United States, for example where Catholic groups wanted attendance to be declared a sin, according to Richard Stern , the film was condemned by "no less than three rabbinical organizations as 'a crime against religion'" <ref> Stern, Richard C., Clayton Jefford, and Guerric DeBona, 1999, Savior on the Silver Screen. Boston: Paulist </ref>.
The film was banned in several countries as blasphemous <ref> cited in: http://www.georgetown.edu/users/aws23/LOB%20controversy.htm </ref>. In the United States, for example where Catholic groups wanted attendance to be declared a sin, according to Richard Stern , the film was condemned by "no less than three rabbinical organizations as 'a crime against religion'" <ref> Stern, Richard C., Clayton Jefford, and Guerric DeBona, 1999, Savior on the Silver Screen. Boston: Paulist </ref>.