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Author Topic: The Life of Brian Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 04-25-2004 10:28 PM                        There was a funny article written by Eric Idle in today's Los Angeles Times Calendar about the upcoming US re-release of this. Can't link to the article without paying for it, so here's a BBC News link from last month about the re-release: Python Film to Challenge Passion Monty Python's film The Life of Brian is to return to US cinemas next month following the success of The Passion of the Christ. The Biblical satire will be re-released in Los Angeles, New York and other US cities to mark its 25th anniversary. Adverts will challenge Mel Gibson's blockbuster with the lines "Mel or Monty?", "The Passion or the Python?" Distributor Rainbow said it hoped the film would "serve as an antidote to all the hysteria about Mel's movie". The Life of Brian follows a Jewish character from Nazareth who is worshipped as the Messiah then crucified by Romans. It was condemned as blasphemous before its original release, although Monty Python said it was intended as a spoof on Bible films and intolerance rather than Christianity. The film could not be completed until former Beatle George Harrison stepped in to finance it after EMI Films withdrew, fearing it was too controversial. Rainbow president Henry Jaglom said: "We decided this is an important time to re-release this film, to provide some counter-programming to The Passion." He said the surviving members of the Monty Python comedy team "all agreed this was a good time" to bring back the film and would help promote it. Mr. Jaglom, whose partner John Goldstone produced the original film, said trailers for the comedy would start to appear in cinemas on Good Friday. #####  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-21-2004 10:20 AM                        I had went to see "Shaolin Soccer" at the Landmark E-Street Cinema in downtown DC. They played a trailer for "Life of Brian". I will say this - it looked like an original trailer from the orginal release - dug right out of trash can somehwere. Holy Cow!  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-21-2004 06:24 PM                        well, it is about the shittiest looking green band i've ever seen, but the body of the trailer doesn't look too bad. the rerelease prints come complete with negative damage, though. still a great film. carl  |  IP: Logged

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