Monty Python's Life of Brian/Trivia: Difference between revisions

** A rare positive example. The original production company canned this movie at the last minute, fearful that the religious subject matter would offend people. So [[The Beatles (Music)|ex-Beatle]] [[George Harrison]] stepped in, paid a few million pounds, and more or less let the Pythons do whatever they wanted... for the sole reason that he was a huge Python fan and wanted to see their next movie. Eric Idle later described it as "the most expensive movie ticket ever purchased."

** The one thing they did cut to avoid offending people was a Jewish Nazi-esque character named Otto, who wore a combination Star of David/swastika and wanted to make Israel a racially pure Jewish nation. He shows up at the end as the leader of the "suicide squad" that tries to help the crucified convicts by [[Stupid Sacrifice|pointlessly killing themselves]] on the ground under the crosses.

** Guess who played Jesus in this movie. It was [[A New Hope (Film)|Admiral Piett]].

** [[Spike Milligan]] makes a cameo appearance (he just happened to be around when they were filming... in Tunisia).