Directed by:
Terry JonesCinematography:
Peter BiziouComposer:
Geoffrey BurgonCast:
Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terence Bayler, Carol Cleveland, Kenneth Colley, George Harrison (more)Plots(1)
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." (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Graham Chapman
UK
Best movies:
Iron Maiden: Visions of the Beast (2003) (music video)
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) (theatrical recording)
Life of Brian (1979)
John Cleese
UK
Best movies:
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) (theatrical recording)
Life of Brian (1979)
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989) (TV movie)
Terry Gilliam
USA
Best movies:
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) (theatrical recording)
Life of Brian (1979)
Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy (2010) (theatrical recording)
Eric Idle
UK
Best movies:
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) (theatrical recording)
Life of Brian (1979)
Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy (2010) (theatrical recording)
Terry Jones
UK
Best movies:
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) (theatrical recording)
Life of Brian (1979)
Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy (2010) (theatrical recording)
Michael Palin
UK
Best movies:
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) (theatrical recording)
Life of Brian (1979)
Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy (2010) (theatrical recording)
Terence Bayler
New Zealand
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV movie)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Carol Cleveland
UK
Best movies:
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) (theatrical recording)
Life of Brian (1979)
Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy (2010) (theatrical recording)
Kenneth Colley
UK
Best movies:
George Harrison
UK
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV movie)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Spike Milligan
India
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
Gormenghast (2000) (series)
Richard Lester's The Three Musketeers (1973)
Chris Langham
UK
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
My Family and Other Animals (2005) (TV movie)
Neil Innes
UK
Best movies:
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) (theatrical recording)
Life of Brian (1979)
Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy (2010) (theatrical recording)
John Young
UK
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
My Way Home (1978)
Charles Knode
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Peter Brett
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
Gwen Taylor
UK
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV movie)
Another Mother's Son (2017)
Charles McKeown
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
Brazil (1985)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Andrew MacLachlan
UK
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)