"Life of Brian" to be resurrected in wake of "Passion"

[villager]

'BRIAN' GETS SECOND LIFE

ADAM DAWTRY

LONDON (Variety) --- In direct response to the American uproar over Mel Gibson (news)'s "The Passion of the Christ," the Monty Python team is planning a 25th anniversary Stateside re-release of its comedy "Life of Brian."


The 1979 movie, about the hapless Brian of Nazareth who spends his life (and death) being mistaken for the Messiah, will be distributed by Rainbow Releasing, which previously handled the U.S. re-release of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."


Plan is to open the pic at the end of April in New York and Los Angeles. Columbia TriStar, which owns the international distribution rights, may also consider a re-release in selected foreign territories.


"A lot of people in America have said that they couldn't figure out a way to deal with the public reaction to Mel's movie," producer John Goldstone told Daily Variety. "This is a kind of antidote to Mel."

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[mopinko]

1. perfect

that is absolutely perfect. i love it. i think i will go see it on the big screen.
everybody, now

always look on the bright side of life....

[indigo32]

2. Always look on the bright side of life...

[ET Awful]

4. Some things in life are bad

They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best...

And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...

If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing.

And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin
Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow.

So always look on the bright side of death
Just before you draw your terminal breath

Life's a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

And always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the right side of life...
(Come on guys, cheer up!)
Always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the bright side of life...
(Worse things happen at sea, you know.)
Always look on the bright side of life...
(I mean - what have you got to lose?)
(You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing.
What have you lost? Nothing!)
Always look on the right side of life...

[BootinUp]

3. They love tickling up some controversy :)

[emad]

5. First time round in UK kids were told they'd be excommunicated

if they went to see Life of Brian......

[historian]

9. shrug

most kids in the uk could give a damm about so called excommunication

[derby378]

6. We watched "Brian" on "Passion" opening night

...and I'm not the least bit sorry.

So, are we the Judean People's Front or the People's Front of Judea?

"SPLITTER!!"

[Torgo4]

7. Quotable

Brian: Are you the "Judean People's Front?"
Reg: "Fuck OFF!!! We're the People's Front of JUDEA!!!!"

[Zero Gravitas]

17. If you want to join the PFJ...

you gotta really hate the Romans!

Brian: I do!

Reg: oh yeah, how much?

Brian: a lot!

Reg: right, you're in.

[historian]

8. wonderful

that movies ticks off the religious loonies no end. that should have them chomping at the mouth if nothing else does. Time to rattle a new generation of loonies.

[proud patriot]

10. Wooooooooo Hoooooooooo !

Now that's a movie I'd go see in the theatres..

[Ladyhawk]

11. I'm going for sure!

I loved that totally incongruous scene where the aliens abduct Brian for about five minutes. WTF was that about? :)

[Ganja Ninja]

12. I've already got it on DVD.

Bought it a Wal-Mart as part of a package with Time Bandits.

[villager]

13. they allowed it to be sold at Wal-Mart?

I bet that'll change...

[Zero Gravitas]

14. He's not the Messiah

he's a very naughty boy!

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. Makes sense to me *l*

[Viking12]

16. The Last Temptation of Christ

is being resurrected (pun intended) too. It was aired on Bravo (or some other cable outlet) last night.

[truthspeaker]

18. Brian: "I am not the Messiah!"

Crowd: "Only the true Messiah would deny his divinity."

Brian: "OK, I am the Messiah!"

Crowd: "Hail the Messiah!"

Good stuff.

[pagerbear]

19. Wewease Wodawick!

[Ganja Ninja]

21. Do you find something funny about the name Bigus Dickus?

[Kat45]

20. But will they have to cut the full-frontal nudity scene?

This country has become much more prudish (to put it mildly) since then.

I love that movie; it's such a riot!