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Can skip to 18:40 in this interview documentary of making the Monty Python movie The Life of Brian

He even sold his house in London

No studios would due to christian groups outrage

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[–] Nuke_the_whales 39 points 2 months ago

He's also in it. Plays one of the members of the People's front of Judea

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Best ever movie ending so far.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Always look on the bright side of life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

tudu tudutudutudu

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

this movie is hilarious but i somehow fell asleep before the ending 3 seperate times and i still dont know how it ends

[–] Lost_My_Mind 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just wait until this guy falls asleep while watching Clue, and lets see his confusion after that crazyness!

[–] teft 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It can never be as confusing as immediately after it was released. Three different endings had everyone arguing over what happened. Best troll by a director, ever.

[–] Lost_My_Mind 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes......that was the joke.

[–] teft 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I assumed you were making a joke about the three endings the way they are presented when you watch it now, not how they were originally presented since you said falling asleep would confuse them. The original way was each theater had a different ending play which made people argue.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

IIRC he took a second mortgage on his house to fund it. He also has a cameo in the movie.

Harrison and Eric Idle were good friends, and Harrison even appeared in Eric Idles Beatles parody movie.

[–] Burn_The_Right 5 points 2 months ago

I'm not a Beatles fan, but George Harrison was a genius and a hell of an artist. I really wish he were still with us.

[–] IchNichtenLichten 4 points 2 months ago

He helped out with Withnail & I too.