Product Description

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 characters as Stan Called Loretta Deadly Dirk Casts the First Stone and Intensely Dull Youth; also showing up are Goon Show veteran Spike Milligan and a Liverpool musician named George Harrison.System Requirements:Run Time: 94 Mins. Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 043396225947 Manufacturer No: 22594

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3924 in DVD
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2008-01-29
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English, Latin
• Subtitled in: Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
• Dubbed in: French, Hungarian
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 93 minutes

Amazon.com
"Blessed are the cheesemakers," a wise man once said. Or maybe not. But the point is Monty Python's Life of Brian is a religious satire that does not target specific religions or religious leaders (like, say, Jesus of Nazareth). Instead, it pokes fun at the mindless and fanatical among their followers--it's an attack on religious zealotry and hypocrisy--things that that fellow from Nazareth didn't particularly care for either. Nevertheless, at the time of its release in 1979, those who hadn't seen it considered it to be quite "controversial." Life of Brian, you see, is about a chap named Brian (Graham Chapman) born December 25 in a hovel not far from a soon-to-be-famous Bethlehem manger. Brian is mistaken for the messiah and therefore manipulated, abused, and exploited by various religious and political factions. And it's really, really funny. Particularly memorable bits include the brassy Shirley Bassey/James Bond-like title song; the bitter rivalry between the anti-Roman resistance groups, the Judean People's Front and the People's Front of Judea; Michael Palin's turn as a lisping, risible Pontius Pilate; Brian urging a throng of false-idol worshippers to think for themselves--to which they reply en masse "Yes, we must think for ourselves!"; the fact that everything Brian does, including losing his sandal in an attempt to flee these wackos, is interpreted as "a sign." Life of Brian is not only one of Monty Python's funniest achievements, it's also the group's sharpest and smartest sustained satire. Blessed are the Pythons. --Jim Emerso

Customer Reviews

Mony Python at its best.
If you've ever seen a Monty Python and like then but haven't seen Life of Brian you will love this as it is one of their best.

If you're not a Monty Python I encourage you to go pick up Life of Brian as well as Monty Python and the Holy Grail immediately if not sooner.

If you don't like Monty Python there is a small chance you will like this, but really... why watch one more movie to find out how much you lack a sense of humor. ;)

The reshot Blu-Ray edition is great. Everything is so clean and crisp without destroying the gritty comedy of the show.

Amazing
I got the Immaculate Edition last week and I was amazed at the quality of it. The film is only a year younger than me but it looks so much better! :) Seriously, the transfer is great, especially considering the really disappointing first DVD release from 2001 (which luckily the Criterion Edition later corrected). The included documentary about making the film is fun to watch (this is one "Making of" that is more fun than some feature films). I just hope the other Python movies get the same treatment. I for one can't wait to have the complete set on Blu-Ray. Hail Brian!

Life keeps gettin better
The life of Brian - blu-ray, is the clearest and near ost complete version of the film I've ever seen. I'm not going to review LOB here, since it is a true classic. I will, however, point outy that DVD has included the reading of the script by the cast they performed back in 1977; his alone is worth the price of the dvd. Also included are the radio ads that ran on the BBC back in the day - wonderful as well. The movie, itself is perfectly clear - obviously cleaned up and remastered for this effort. I've noticed dtails (and sounds) I hadn't in other reditions.
Buy this bu-ray by all means.