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[[Image:Lifeofbrianfilmposter.jpg|thumb|200px|right| Film Poster of the 1979 release]]

[[Image:Lifeofbrianfilmposter.jpg|thumb|200px|right| Film Poster of the 1979 release]]

'''''Life of Brian''''' (1979) was a film made by the [[Monty Python]] team, blasphemously spoofing religious faith and devotion. Following the success of their 1975 film ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' the Pythons sought another "epic" theme to cover. The working title for their chosen project was ''Jesus Christ - Lust for Glory''.  This subsequently evolved into ''Life of Brian''.  According to the Pythons the more they researched Jesus looking for things he said to satirize they more they realised that the subject matter did not lend itself to satire but that other people's reaction to it did. The result of this research was ''Life of Brian'', one of the highest-grossing movies ever produced by the Pythons.

'''''Life of Brian''''' (1979) was a film made by the [[Monty Python]] team, potentially blasphemously<ref>http://www.mccmanchester.co.uk/sermons/sermon_21jan07.htm</ref> <ref>http://old.shipoffools.com/Cargo/Features99/Features/Brian.html</ref> spoofing religious faith and devotion. Following the success of their 1975 film ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' the Pythons sought another "epic" theme to cover. The working title for their chosen project was ''Jesus Christ - Lust for Glory''.  This subsequently evolved into ''Life of Brian''.  According to the Pythons the more they researched Jesus looking for things he said to satirize they more they realised that the subject matter did not lend itself to satire but that other people's reaction to it did. The result of this research was ''Life of Brian'', one of the highest-grossing movies ever produced by the Pythons.

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 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>.