0 00:00:06,767 --> 00:00:10,442 X1:097 X2:620 Y1:426 Y2:498 And now, a short introduction from the producers' legal representative, 1 00:00:10,487 --> 00:00:12,125 X1:217 X2:500 Y1:466 Y2:498 Mr Abe Appenheimer. 2 00:00:12,807 --> 00:00:15,367 X1:101 X2:620 Y1:466 Y2:498 Hello, and welcome to this documentary 3 00:00:15,407 --> 00:00:17,716 X1:101 X2:617 Y1:466 Y2:498 containing new and exclusive interviews 4 00:00:17,767 --> 00:00:20,600 X1:155 X2:563 Y1:426 Y2:498 with the five surviving members of Monty Python. 5 00:00:20,647 --> 00:00:24,276 X1:127 X2:593 Y1:426 Y2:498 The producers wish to make it clear that any opinions expressed herein 6 00:00:24,327 --> 00:00:27,558 X1:123 X2:594 Y1:426 Y2:492 are those of the individuals speaking and hold no truth whatsoever. 7 00:00:27,607 --> 00:00:29,598 X1:144 X2:575 Y1:466 Y2:496 Pursuant, therefore, to clause 4.6 8 00:00:29,647 --> 00:00:32,605 X1:184 X2:534 Y1:426 Y2:496 of the Broadcasting, Video, Television Act, 1989, 9 00:00:32,647 --> 00:00:35,445 X1:157 X2:560 Y1:466 Y2:496 subsection 4, 3 and 2, clause... 10 00:00:46,127 --> 00:00:48,482 X1:199 X2:521 Y1:466 Y2:498 ..subject to clause 4.123, 11 00:00:48,527 --> 00:00:52,236 X1:107 X2:611 Y1:426 Y2:498 no viewer or watcher may copy, repeat, impersonate, mime, 12 00:00:52,287 --> 00:00:54,755 X1:117 X2:600 Y1:466 Y2:498 either contextually or noncontextually, 13 00:00:54,807 --> 00:00:57,241 X1:197 X2:520 Y1:426 Y2:498 any material whatsoever, in any public place 14 00:00:57,287 --> 00:01:02,441 X1:144 X2:573 Y1:426 Y2:498 such as a street, pub, club, hotel, oil rig, Baptist church... 15 00:01:24,767 --> 00:01:26,758 X1:315 X2:404 Y1:466 Y2:498 Python 16 00:01:26,807 --> 00:01:29,446 X1:135 X2:584 Y1:466 Y2:498 l'm so fucking sick of Monty Python 17 00:01:30,287 --> 00:01:33,359 X1:176 X2:542 Y1:466 Y2:498 And this damn documentary 18 00:01:33,407 --> 00:01:36,797 X1:157 X2:563 Y1:466 Y2:498 lt just ain't what it's meant to be 19 00:01:36,847 --> 00:01:40,078 X1:144 X2:573 Y1:466 Y2:498 And if you're still bloody watching 20 00:01:40,127 --> 00:01:43,403 X1:199 X2:519 Y1:466 Y2:498 Why don't you get a life? 21 00:01:43,447 --> 00:01:47,156 X1:179 X2:539 Y1:466 Y2:498 Six sodding hours of Python 22 00:01:47,207 --> 00:01:50,517 X1:138 X2:581 Y1:466 Y2:498 l can't sing any more about Python 23 00:01:50,567 --> 00:01:55,118 X1:159 X2:558 Y1:466 Y2:498 There must be life after Python 24 00:01:55,167 --> 00:01:56,805 X1:241 X2:478 Y1:466 Y2:496 No more, no more 25 00:01:56,847 --> 00:02:00,806 X1:104 X2:614 Y1:466 Y2:498 Monty, Monty, bloody, fucking, fucking... 26 00:02:04,767 --> 00:02:07,645 X1:128 X2:588 Y1:466 Y2:498 And they weren't that funny anyway! 27 00:02:32,127 --> 00:02:35,517 X1:201 X2:516 Y1:426 Y2:498 And the bezan shall be huge and black, 28 00:02:35,567 --> 00:02:40,163 X1:145 X2:571 Y1:426 Y2:498 and the eyes thereof red with the blood of living creatures, 29 00:02:40,207 --> 00:02:46,362 X1:123 X2:596 Y1:426 Y2:498 and the whore of Babylon shall ride forth on a three-headed serpent, 30 00:02:46,407 --> 00:02:51,162 X1:136 X2:581 Y1:426 Y2:498 and throughout the lands, there'll be a great rubbing of parts. 31 00:02:51,207 --> 00:02:56,918 X1:196 X2:524 Y1:080 Y2:152 lt was at the opening of Holy Grail in New York 32 00:02:56,967 --> 00:03:00,084 X1:193 X2:523 Y1:426 Y2:498 and there was a question from a journalist, he said, 33 00:03:00,127 --> 00:03:01,845 X1:169 X2:550 Y1:466 Y2:498 ''So, what's your next movie?'' 34 00:03:01,887 --> 00:03:05,243 X1:173 X2:545 Y1:426 Y2:498 and l said, Jesus Christ - Lust for Glory. 35 00:03:05,287 --> 00:03:06,925 X1:204 X2:513 Y1:466 Y2:498 And there was laughter. 36 00:03:06,967 --> 00:03:12,405 X1:111 X2:606 Y1:426 Y2:498 And then, a few months later, we went off to open the movie in Amsterdam... 37 00:03:12,447 --> 00:03:15,439 X1:167 X2:551 Y1:080 Y2:152 And we were all on a little pub crawl that evening, 38 00:03:15,487 --> 00:03:19,366 X1:113 X2:605 Y1:080 Y2:146 all except for John, who scarpered off, l don't know what became of him. 39 00:03:19,407 --> 00:03:22,922 X1:161 X2:557 Y1:426 Y2:498 But Eric was talking... Because Eric has always got... 40 00:03:22,967 --> 00:03:24,958 X1:202 X2:516 Y1:466 Y2:496 Eric is a forward thinker, 41 00:03:25,007 --> 00:03:29,000 X1:142 X2:575 Y1:426 Y2:498 and that's when he came up with Jesus Christ - Lust for Glory. 42 00:03:29,047 --> 00:03:32,676 X1:192 X2:527 Y1:426 Y2:498 l fell off the stool l was on. lt was just brilliant. 43 00:03:32,727 --> 00:03:35,161 X1:154 X2:565 Y1:466 Y2:498 So, you're astrologers, are you? 44 00:03:35,207 --> 00:03:37,437 X1:209 X2:508 Y1:466 Y2:496 Well, what is he, then? 45 00:03:37,487 --> 00:03:40,524 X1:219 X2:498 Y1:466 Y2:498 What star sign is he? 46 00:03:40,567 --> 00:03:41,682 X1:290 X2:427 Y1:466 Y2:498 Capricorn. 47 00:03:41,727 --> 00:03:43,922 X1:134 X2:585 Y1:466 Y2:498 Capricorn, eh? What are they like? 48 00:03:43,967 --> 00:03:46,640 X1:185 X2:532 Y1:426 Y2:492 Well, he is the son of God, our Messiah. 49 00:03:46,687 --> 00:03:48,518 X1:248 X2:470 Y1:466 Y2:498 King of the Jews. 50 00:03:48,567 --> 00:03:50,239 X1:187 X2:531 Y1:466 Y2:498 And that's Capricorn, is it? 51 00:03:50,287 --> 00:03:51,845 X1:215 X2:504 Y1:466 Y2:498 No, no, that's just him. 52 00:03:51,887 --> 00:03:54,606 X1:139 X2:578 Y1:426 Y2:492 l was going to say, otherwise there'd be a lot of them. 53 00:03:54,647 --> 00:03:57,400 X1:150 X2:567 Y1:426 Y2:498 We did a series of very blasphemous jokes about... 54 00:03:57,447 --> 00:04:00,245 X1:179 X2:538 Y1:426 Y2:498 Loved the idea that Christ was a carpenter, 55 00:04:00,287 --> 00:04:03,199 X1:193 X2:528 Y1:426 Y2:498 but it was very bad joinery and it kept falling over. 56 00:04:03,247 --> 00:04:08,640 X1:143 X2:574 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''No, you need to put a 2x4 divot... Just... No! Wedge it. Yeah.'' 57 00:04:10,327 --> 00:04:11,726 X1:218 X2:501 Y1:466 Y2:498 ''Fuck! Just get this...'' 58 00:04:11,767 --> 00:04:14,156 X1:174 X2:544 Y1:466 Y2:492 That was a whole riff we did. 59 00:04:14,207 --> 00:04:17,324 X1:179 X2:539 Y1:426 Y2:498 lt was like, ''Well, we can't... This can't possibly be it.'' 60 00:04:17,367 --> 00:04:20,325 X1:167 X2:551 Y1:426 Y2:498 We went back and there was a Chinese restaurant meeting 61 00:04:20,367 --> 00:04:24,201 X1:120 X2:597 Y1:426 Y2:498 where l think people did then start to take the concept seriously, saying, 62 00:04:24,247 --> 00:04:30,083 X1:127 X2:591 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''Wait a minute. Nobody's ever done a comedy set in biblical times.'' 63 00:04:30,127 --> 00:04:33,199 X1:206 X2:510 Y1:426 Y2:498 lt really felt like we were a group again. 64 00:04:33,247 --> 00:04:36,159 X1:178 X2:539 Y1:426 Y2:498 Everybody was there and ideas were flowing fast. 65 00:04:36,207 --> 00:04:38,323 X1:141 X2:576 Y1:426 Y2:492 Everybody had done an incredible amount of research. 66 00:04:38,367 --> 00:04:44,602 X1:135 X2:583 Y1:426 Y2:496 So we watched all these terrible biblical films with Charlton Heston, 67 00:04:44,647 --> 00:04:47,525 X1:225 X2:492 Y1:426 Y2:492 ''And surely this man is the Son of God.'' 68 00:04:47,567 --> 00:04:49,046 X1:209 X2:507 Y1:466 Y2:498 All these sort of things. 69 00:04:49,087 --> 00:04:52,204 X1:124 X2:594 Y1:466 Y2:498 ''Yonder lies the castle of my father.'' 70 00:04:52,247 --> 00:04:55,080 X1:214 X2:503 Y1:426 Y2:498 There were all these awful Hollywood films. 71 00:04:55,127 --> 00:04:59,006 X1:124 X2:592 Y1:426 Y2:498 We realised, that's the target, really, the portrayal. 72 00:04:59,047 --> 00:05:02,756 X1:136 X2:582 Y1:426 Y2:498 And so then we spent three weeks reading the Bible, 73 00:05:02,807 --> 00:05:06,436 X1:098 X2:619 Y1:426 Y2:498 and reading the Dead Sea Scrolls, doing research into what people believe, 74 00:05:06,487 --> 00:05:10,639 X1:101 X2:616 Y1:426 Y2:498 what really happened, what was history, what was made up in the 13th century. 75 00:05:10,687 --> 00:05:15,317 X1:171 X2:547 Y1:080 Y2:152 And we began to write things like the stoning scene, 76 00:05:15,367 --> 00:05:18,837 X1:184 X2:532 Y1:080 Y2:152 just to kind of get a feeling, to create an atmosphere. 77 00:05:18,887 --> 00:05:20,798 X1:192 X2:524 Y1:426 Y2:498 We didn't know what the story was going to be. 78 00:05:20,847 --> 00:05:23,202 X1:215 X2:501 Y1:080 Y2:152 And in all our reading, in all our thoughts 79 00:05:23,247 --> 00:05:26,637 X1:186 X2:532 Y1:080 Y2:152 we read about the fact that at that period in Palestine, 80 00:05:26,687 --> 00:05:28,518 X1:184 X2:532 Y1:466 Y2:496 there was a Messiah fever, 81 00:05:28,567 --> 00:05:31,035 X1:220 X2:498 Y1:426 Y2:492 everyone was looking for the new Messiah. 82 00:05:31,087 --> 00:05:35,524 X1:142 X2:576 Y1:426 Y2:496 We worship you, O Brian, who are Lord over us all. 83 00:05:35,567 --> 00:05:39,719 X1:186 X2:532 Y1:426 Y2:492 Praise unto you, Brian, and to the Lord our Father. 84 00:05:39,767 --> 00:05:41,086 X1:315 X2:402 Y1:466 Y2:492 Amen. 85 00:05:41,127 --> 00:05:42,879 X1:165 X2:553 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Do you do a lot of this, then? - What? 86 00:05:42,927 --> 00:05:45,122 X1:261 X2:457 Y1:426 Y2:496 - This praising. - No, no, no. 87 00:05:45,167 --> 00:05:48,204 X1:146 X2:570 Y1:426 Y2:498 Well, if you're dropping by again, do pop in. 88 00:05:48,247 --> 00:05:51,080 X1:166 X2:551 Y1:426 Y2:498 And thanks a lot for the gold and frankincense, 89 00:05:51,127 --> 00:05:54,483 X1:129 X2:589 Y1:426 Y2:498 but don't worry too much about the myrrh next time. All right? 90 00:05:54,527 --> 00:05:56,518 X1:221 X2:497 Y1:466 Y2:498 Thank you. Goodbye. 91 00:05:58,887 --> 00:06:03,483 X1:138 X2:579 Y1:426 Y2:498 Well, weren't they nice? Out of their bloody minds, but still. 92 00:06:03,527 --> 00:06:05,597 X1:279 X2:438 Y1:466 Y2:492 Look at that! 93 00:06:05,647 --> 00:06:07,922 X1:193 X2:526 Y1:466 Y2:496 Here! Here! Here, that's... 94 00:06:07,967 --> 00:06:10,356 X1:164 X2:551 Y1:466 Y2:498 that's mine, you gave me that! 95 00:06:10,407 --> 00:06:13,922 X1:140 X2:579 Y1:426 Y2:498 Although we could never probably have agreed for a moment 96 00:06:13,967 --> 00:06:16,800 X1:138 X2:580 Y1:466 Y2:498 on what religion was or should be, 97 00:06:16,847 --> 00:06:19,486 X1:181 X2:536 Y1:426 Y2:492 we could certainly all agree on what it wasn't. 98 00:06:19,527 --> 00:06:21,836 X1:189 X2:529 Y1:426 Y2:498 And because humour is basically always critical, 99 00:06:21,887 --> 00:06:25,197 X1:166 X2:551 Y1:426 Y2:498 that was why there was a cohesion of viewpoint there. 100 00:06:25,247 --> 00:06:30,719 X1:115 X2:601 Y1:426 Y2:498 And so once we had taken on religion and the Bible story as the subject, 101 00:06:30,767 --> 00:06:33,406 X1:175 X2:541 Y1:426 Y2:498 l think we knew we were on delicate ground, 102 00:06:33,447 --> 00:06:38,237 X1:107 X2:610 Y1:426 Y2:498 and certain people were going to get very offended if we didn't do it properly. 103 00:06:38,287 --> 00:06:39,766 X1:217 X2:500 Y1:080 Y2:106 We went to Barbados 104 00:06:39,807 --> 00:06:43,004 X1:162 X2:556 Y1:080 Y2:152 and spent two weeks together, working on the script. 105 00:06:43,047 --> 00:06:45,436 X1:114 X2:603 Y1:426 Y2:498 l was on holiday in Barbados and they wanted to go back to London 106 00:06:45,487 --> 00:06:47,796 X1:108 X2:611 Y1:466 Y2:498 and l thought, ''No, come to Barbados.'' 107 00:06:47,847 --> 00:06:52,602 X1:086 X2:630 Y1:080 Y2:150 And we rented this huge, brilliant mansion on the beach, and we wrote there. 108 00:06:52,647 --> 00:06:53,921 X1:233 X2:486 Y1:080 Y2:112 lt was very efficient. 109 00:06:53,967 --> 00:06:57,596 X1:084 X2:634 Y1:426 Y2:498 No wives, no Cleese answering the phone, ''l've got to do a commercial on Tuesday.'' 110 00:06:57,647 --> 00:06:58,636 X1:276 X2:442 Y1:466 Y2:492 None of that. 111 00:06:58,687 --> 00:07:04,444 X1:150 X2:569 Y1:426 Y2:498 All l remember is, we were in the tree house, this great villa, 112 00:07:04,487 --> 00:07:09,003 X1:104 X2:614 Y1:426 Y2:498 and l thought it was the height of luxury, and Python getting together... 113 00:07:09,047 --> 00:07:11,402 X1:147 X2:572 Y1:466 Y2:498 Keith Moon came to play with us. 114 00:07:11,447 --> 00:07:13,961 X1:166 X2:551 Y1:426 Y2:498 He was like a little boy, waiting for us to finish writing. 115 00:07:14,007 --> 00:07:17,238 X1:106 X2:612 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''You going to come and swim now?'' ''All right, we'll be with you in a minute.'' 116 00:07:17,287 --> 00:07:19,881 X1:153 X2:564 Y1:426 Y2:498 And then he'd play Scrabble with us in the evening. 117 00:07:19,927 --> 00:07:24,796 X1:103 X2:615 Y1:426 Y2:492 Cleese and Chapman would put down words like ''abracadabra'' and ''sortifact'' 118 00:07:24,847 --> 00:07:28,283 X1:197 X2:521 Y1:426 Y2:498 and Keith would put ''cat'' and play happily along. 119 00:07:28,327 --> 00:07:29,316 X1:242 X2:477 Y1:466 Y2:498 lt was really great. 120 00:07:29,367 --> 00:07:32,837 X1:146 X2:573 Y1:426 Y2:498 l think early decisions were taken which were actually quite brave. 121 00:07:32,887 --> 00:07:34,559 X1:111 X2:606 Y1:466 Y2:492 There were some wonderful sketches. 122 00:07:34,607 --> 00:07:37,360 X1:144 X2:575 Y1:426 Y2:498 John and Graham came up with something about the Last Supper 123 00:07:37,407 --> 00:07:40,717 X1:173 X2:543 Y1:426 Y2:498 where Jesus is going in, trying to book the restaurant. 124 00:07:40,767 --> 00:07:42,758 X1:107 X2:612 Y1:466 Y2:498 ''You want to book for the Last Supper? 125 00:07:42,807 --> 00:07:46,516 X1:168 X2:550 Y1:426 Y2:492 ''Thirteen? No, we can do you one of six and one of seven.'' 126 00:07:46,567 --> 00:07:49,400 X1:115 X2:604 Y1:426 Y2:492 Perhaps put them round... ''We all need to be on the same side.'' 127 00:07:49,447 --> 00:07:52,837 X1:085 X2:634 Y1:426 Y2:492 ''Well, that's going to make it very difficult.'' Great stuff. 128 00:07:52,887 --> 00:07:55,321 X1:164 X2:554 Y1:426 Y2:498 l remember it didn't seem right at the time. 129 00:07:55,367 --> 00:08:01,840 X1:139 X2:580 Y1:426 Y2:498 That it... The humour wasn't... it wasn't really about Jesus, really. 130 00:08:04,087 --> 00:08:06,078 X1:103 X2:615 Y1:466 Y2:498 lt was all about pushing tables together. 131 00:08:06,127 --> 00:08:08,163 X1:136 X2:582 Y1:466 Y2:498 l just remember us talking about it. 132 00:08:08,207 --> 00:08:10,801 X1:185 X2:532 Y1:426 Y2:492 l don't think anybody ever sat down and wrote it. 133 00:08:10,847 --> 00:08:12,644 X1:160 X2:558 Y1:426 Y2:498 Because what used to happen, at the beginning, 134 00:08:12,687 --> 00:08:15,963 X1:120 X2:597 Y1:426 Y2:498 we always had a couple of days when we got together and had ideas. 135 00:08:16,007 --> 00:08:18,601 X1:176 X2:542 Y1:426 Y2:492 And then people went off and never wrote those ideas 136 00:08:18,647 --> 00:08:20,444 X1:103 X2:616 Y1:466 Y2:498 because they didn't feel fresh any more. 137 00:08:20,487 --> 00:08:25,197 X1:103 X2:615 Y1:426 Y2:498 And then the other one was that JC has just given the Sermon on the Mount. 138 00:08:25,247 --> 00:08:26,726 X1:145 X2:572 Y1:466 Y2:498 All the disciples have their notes, 139 00:08:26,767 --> 00:08:29,486 X1:155 X2:562 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''Keep the thing about the leper. That was very good. 140 00:08:29,527 --> 00:08:33,998 X1:112 X2:605 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''Lose the whole thing about the camel and the big head.'' 141 00:08:34,047 --> 00:08:36,925 X1:182 X2:534 Y1:426 Y2:492 Doing it like a Frost Report with notes from the writers. 142 00:08:36,967 --> 00:08:40,880 X1:185 X2:533 Y1:426 Y2:498 l loved that concept, but that fell by the wayside. 143 00:08:40,927 --> 00:08:43,441 X1:206 X2:511 Y1:426 Y2:498 We thought at the time, God, it made us laugh, 144 00:08:43,487 --> 00:08:46,001 X1:139 X2:580 Y1:466 Y2:498 but we thought, ''Hang on, this is... 145 00:08:46,047 --> 00:08:49,881 X1:125 X2:591 Y1:426 Y2:492 ''We've got to decide how we deal with the character of Jesus. 146 00:08:49,927 --> 00:08:52,157 X1:152 X2:567 Y1:466 Y2:498 ''Do we make jokes about Jesus 147 00:08:52,207 --> 00:08:54,163 X1:153 X2:564 Y1:466 Y2:492 ''or do we have Jesus in the film 148 00:08:54,207 --> 00:08:57,244 X1:160 X2:558 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''but make the jokes somehow separate from him?'' 149 00:08:57,287 --> 00:08:58,686 X1:191 X2:526 Y1:466 Y2:498 The interesting thing was, 150 00:08:58,727 --> 00:09:03,801 X1:161 X2:556 Y1:426 Y2:498 we found out that Jesus Christ was not pervious to comedy. 151 00:09:03,847 --> 00:09:06,361 X1:204 X2:515 Y1:426 Y2:498 There's nothing he says that you can laugh at. 152 00:09:06,407 --> 00:09:08,557 X1:234 X2:485 Y1:426 Y2:496 Look after the poor, the meek, the sick. 153 00:09:08,607 --> 00:09:11,838 X1:152 X2:566 Y1:426 Y2:496 Well, that's not... ''He said, 'Look after the meek!''' 154 00:09:11,887 --> 00:09:13,639 X1:201 X2:515 Y1:466 Y2:498 We got near it, but not... 155 00:09:13,687 --> 00:09:17,999 X1:156 X2:563 Y1:426 Y2:492 Nobody ever mocks what's said in the Sermon on the Mount. 156 00:09:18,047 --> 00:09:20,641 X1:101 X2:615 Y1:466 Y2:498 We wanted to focus on what was funny. 157 00:09:20,687 --> 00:09:24,282 X1:124 X2:593 Y1:466 Y2:498 What is funny isn't what Jesus says, 158 00:09:24,327 --> 00:09:27,683 X1:172 X2:547 Y1:426 Y2:498 it's about how people misinterpret that. 159 00:09:27,727 --> 00:09:28,716 X1:256 X2:462 Y1:466 Y2:492 What was that? 160 00:09:28,767 --> 00:09:30,758 X1:196 X2:522 Y1:426 Y2:498 l don't know. l was talking to Big Nose. 161 00:09:30,807 --> 00:09:33,685 X1:140 X2:579 Y1:426 Y2:492 l think it was, ''Blessed are the cheese makers.'' 162 00:09:33,727 --> 00:09:37,083 X1:187 X2:532 Y1:426 Y2:492 What's so special about the cheese makers? 163 00:09:37,127 --> 00:09:38,958 X1:144 X2:575 Y1:466 Y2:498 lt's not meant to be taken literally. 164 00:09:39,007 --> 00:09:42,238 X1:170 X2:550 Y1:426 Y2:498 lt refers to any manufacturers of dairy products. 165 00:09:42,287 --> 00:09:45,677 X1:101 X2:619 Y1:080 Y2:152 lts intention was kind. ln fact, it really was getting at the people 166 00:09:45,727 --> 00:09:49,402 X1:194 X2:525 Y1:080 Y2:152 that we really thought must have bugged Christ. 167 00:09:49,447 --> 00:09:51,483 X1:190 X2:529 Y1:426 Y2:498 People who constantly got the message wrong. 168 00:09:51,527 --> 00:09:53,404 X1:199 X2:519 Y1:426 Y2:492 Hear that? ''Blessed are the Greek.'' 169 00:09:53,447 --> 00:09:54,436 X1:281 X2:438 Y1:466 Y2:492 The Greek? 170 00:09:54,487 --> 00:09:57,081 X1:168 X2:551 Y1:426 Y2:498 Apparently, he's going to inherit the earth. 171 00:09:57,127 --> 00:09:58,355 X1:176 X2:544 Y1:466 Y2:498 Did anyone catch his name? 172 00:09:58,407 --> 00:10:01,604 X1:161 X2:558 Y1:426 Y2:498 The more blasphemous things got filtered out, 173 00:10:01,647 --> 00:10:05,242 X1:186 X2:531 Y1:426 Y2:498 and rightly so, l think, and then it found its target. 174 00:10:05,287 --> 00:10:09,075 X1:138 X2:580 Y1:426 Y2:498 l'm a great fan of Henri Bergson's theory of humour, 175 00:10:09,127 --> 00:10:10,719 X1:190 X2:526 Y1:466 Y2:498 which is about inflexibility. 176 00:10:10,767 --> 00:10:13,679 X1:142 X2:577 Y1:426 Y2:496 And the point about Jesus Christ, he would not have been inflexible, 177 00:10:13,727 --> 00:10:17,640 X1:125 X2:595 Y1:426 Y2:498 he would have been infinitely flexible because he would have had no ego. 178 00:10:17,687 --> 00:10:19,757 X1:141 X2:577 Y1:466 Y2:498 lt's the ego that makes us flexible, 179 00:10:19,807 --> 00:10:22,082 X1:135 X2:584 Y1:426 Y2:498 and that's what we tend to laugh at in character comedy. 180 00:10:22,127 --> 00:10:26,200 X1:112 X2:607 Y1:426 Y2:492 That is why some nice sketches about sort of Jesus sort of... 181 00:10:26,247 --> 00:10:30,638 X1:151 X2:566 Y1:426 Y2:498 as l say, booking the restaurant, things like that, weren't suitable, 182 00:10:30,687 --> 00:10:37,206 X1:095 X2:624 Y1:426 Y2:498 and we realised, well, you've got to make the comedy work besides Jesus. 183 00:10:37,247 --> 00:10:38,362 X1:191 X2:527 Y1:466 Y2:498 Jesus has got to be there, 184 00:10:38,407 --> 00:10:41,797 X1:185 X2:533 Y1:426 Y2:498 but he has got to be shown to be an historical figure, 185 00:10:41,847 --> 00:10:43,565 X1:176 X2:543 Y1:466 Y2:498 not sent-up, not joked about, 186 00:10:43,607 --> 00:10:46,280 X1:207 X2:512 Y1:426 Y2:492 he appears, as he does at the birth in the film 187 00:10:46,327 --> 00:10:47,840 X1:143 X2:574 Y1:466 Y2:492 and on the Sermon on the Mount. 188 00:10:47,887 --> 00:10:50,720 X1:214 X2:504 Y1:426 Y2:492 lt's the meek. Blessed are the meek. 189 00:10:50,767 --> 00:10:51,961 X1:222 X2:497 Y1:466 Y2:496 Oh, that's nice, innit? 190 00:10:52,007 --> 00:10:54,919 X1:143 X2:576 Y1:426 Y2:498 l'm glad they're getting something cos they have a hell of a time. 191 00:10:54,967 --> 00:10:57,037 X1:229 X2:487 Y1:426 Y2:498 An idea that we had at the very start, 192 00:10:57,087 --> 00:11:00,762 X1:161 X2:556 Y1:426 Y2:498 which l almost felt sad that we dropped, it didn't work, 193 00:11:00,807 --> 00:11:03,844 X1:125 X2:592 Y1:466 Y2:498 was that Brian was the 13th disciple 194 00:11:03,887 --> 00:11:06,276 X1:183 X2:533 Y1:426 Y2:498 but he was married to a slightly difficult woman 195 00:11:06,327 --> 00:11:08,716 X1:194 X2:525 Y1:426 Y2:492 and could never get away at the crucial moment. 196 00:11:08,767 --> 00:11:10,758 X1:235 X2:485 Y1:426 Y2:498 He was going to be at the Last Supper, 197 00:11:10,807 --> 00:11:13,526 X1:154 X2:564 Y1:426 Y2:498 but his wife had friends coming, so he couldn't get away, 198 00:11:13,567 --> 00:11:15,683 X1:165 X2:553 Y1:426 Y2:492 but he was going to go on to the Garden of Gethsemane 199 00:11:15,727 --> 00:11:19,276 X1:135 X2:582 Y1:426 Y2:496 but he went to the nightclub called the Garden of Gethsemane, 200 00:11:19,327 --> 00:11:20,965 X1:172 X2:547 Y1:466 Y2:498 he missed the actual garden. 201 00:11:21,007 --> 00:11:23,885 X1:141 X2:575 Y1:426 Y2:498 So he kept missing what was going on in Christ's life. 202 00:11:23,927 --> 00:11:29,763 X1:111 X2:609 Y1:426 Y2:498 l remember being very, very favourably disposed towards that idea. 203 00:11:29,807 --> 00:11:32,640 X1:212 X2:506 Y1:466 Y2:492 But it didn't hold water. 204 00:11:32,687 --> 00:11:35,838 X1:205 X2:514 Y1:426 Y2:496 So then, whoever it was or however it was, 205 00:11:35,887 --> 00:11:38,321 X1:223 X2:495 Y1:426 Y2:498 the idea of having an alternative person 206 00:11:38,367 --> 00:11:41,643 X1:130 X2:587 Y1:426 Y2:496 who lived exactly the same life at the same time, but wasn't Jesus, 207 00:11:41,687 --> 00:11:44,281 X1:103 X2:613 Y1:426 Y2:498 but was this Messiah who got put upon all the time, came up, 208 00:11:44,327 --> 00:11:45,726 X1:187 X2:531 Y1:466 Y2:498 and that was the key thing. 209 00:11:45,767 --> 00:11:48,281 X1:143 X2:574 Y1:466 Y2:492 What is the secret of eternal life? 210 00:11:48,327 --> 00:11:49,442 X1:272 X2:445 Y1:466 Y2:498 He won't say! 211 00:11:49,487 --> 00:11:52,285 X1:158 X2:560 Y1:426 Y2:498 Course not. lf l knew the secret of eternal life, l wouldn't say. 212 00:11:52,327 --> 00:11:54,522 X1:219 X2:498 Y1:426 Y2:498 - Leave me alone! - Just tell me, please! 213 00:11:54,567 --> 00:11:57,127 X1:129 X2:588 Y1:466 Y2:496 Tell us, master. We were here first. 214 00:11:57,167 --> 00:11:58,998 X1:260 X2:456 Y1:426 Y2:498 - Five! - Just go away! 215 00:11:59,047 --> 00:12:00,878 X1:228 X2:490 Y1:466 Y2:498 l can't go above five. 216 00:12:00,927 --> 00:12:04,124 X1:187 X2:530 Y1:426 Y2:496 - ls that his gourd? - Yeah, but it's under offer. 217 00:12:04,167 --> 00:12:07,557 X1:237 X2:480 Y1:426 Y2:492 - This is his gourd. - Ten! 218 00:12:07,607 --> 00:12:12,886 X1:157 X2:560 Y1:426 Y2:498 lt is his gourd. We will carry it for you, master. 219 00:12:12,927 --> 00:12:14,645 X1:306 X2:413 Y1:466 Y2:492 Master? 220 00:12:14,687 --> 00:12:18,236 X1:157 X2:561 Y1:466 Y2:498 He's gone! He's been taken up! 221 00:12:18,287 --> 00:12:21,916 X1:203 X2:513 Y1:426 Y2:498 - He has been taken up! - Eighteen! 222 00:12:21,967 --> 00:12:22,956 X1:260 X2:458 Y1:466 Y2:496 No, there he is! 223 00:12:23,007 --> 00:12:25,475 X1:163 X2:556 Y1:426 Y2:498 lt was a very inspiring moment because you felt 224 00:12:25,527 --> 00:12:29,406 X1:106 X2:611 Y1:426 Y2:498 the script was growing and blossoming into something that was real, 225 00:12:29,447 --> 00:12:32,041 X1:199 X2:517 Y1:426 Y2:498 something that was talking about something. 226 00:12:32,087 --> 00:12:37,207 X1:114 X2:602 Y1:426 Y2:498 We read out some very good material about what was going on at the time. 227 00:12:37,247 --> 00:12:40,637 X1:146 X2:571 Y1:426 Y2:498 On the very last day of the month of writing that we'd all put aside, 228 00:12:40,687 --> 00:12:45,602 X1:091 X2:628 Y1:426 Y2:498 Michael came and read out the Pontius Pilate talking to the crowd sketch. 229 00:12:45,647 --> 00:12:47,922 X1:193 X2:524 Y1:466 Y2:498 To pwove our fwiendship, 230 00:12:47,967 --> 00:12:53,519 X1:111 X2:608 Y1:426 Y2:498 it is customawy at this time to welease a wongdoer fwom our pwisons. 231 00:12:57,647 --> 00:13:02,402 X1:120 X2:597 Y1:466 Y2:498 Whom would you have me welease? 232 00:13:02,447 --> 00:13:03,766 X1:246 X2:469 Y1:466 Y2:498 Welease Woger! 233 00:13:03,807 --> 00:13:06,480 X1:213 X2:503 Y1:426 Y2:498 Yes! Welease Woger! Welease Woger! 234 00:13:06,527 --> 00:13:09,439 X1:188 X2:530 Y1:426 Y2:492 And, at that moment, l saw that we had a movie. 235 00:13:09,487 --> 00:13:14,163 X1:134 X2:584 Y1:426 Y2:498 l suddenly began to see, ''That's a huge chunk in the jigsaw. 236 00:13:14,207 --> 00:13:17,916 X1:157 X2:561 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''Now l begin to get some idea of what the story might be like.'' 237 00:13:17,967 --> 00:13:20,401 X1:139 X2:577 Y1:426 Y2:496 - Let me thpeak to them, Pontiuth! - Oh, no. Oh. 238 00:13:20,447 --> 00:13:22,642 X1:208 X2:509 Y1:466 Y2:498 Ah. Good idea, Biggus. 239 00:13:22,687 --> 00:13:23,961 X1:290 X2:427 Y1:466 Y2:492 Thitizenth! 240 00:13:24,007 --> 00:13:27,238 X1:180 X2:536 Y1:426 Y2:498 We have Thamthon the Thadduthee Thtrangler, 241 00:13:27,287 --> 00:13:31,246 X1:163 X2:554 Y1:426 Y2:492 Thilath the Athyrian Athathin, theveral theditiouth thcribeth... 242 00:13:31,287 --> 00:13:33,562 X1:180 X2:537 Y1:426 Y2:496 We wrote The Life Of Brian in Barbados, 243 00:13:33,607 --> 00:13:36,644 X1:216 X2:502 Y1:466 Y2:492 and on the island also 244 00:13:36,687 --> 00:13:39,724 X1:158 X2:559 Y1:466 Y2:498 was a guy who worked for EMl. 245 00:13:39,767 --> 00:13:44,158 X1:121 X2:597 Y1:080 Y2:152 Barry Spikings, who was joint managing director of EMl at the time, 246 00:13:44,207 --> 00:13:46,675 X1:194 X2:525 Y1:466 Y2:492 had a house in Barbados. 247 00:13:46,727 --> 00:13:50,766 X1:149 X2:570 Y1:426 Y2:492 l kept saying, ''He won't like it. He won't like it.'' 248 00:13:50,807 --> 00:13:53,719 X1:186 X2:534 Y1:426 Y2:498 Finally l said, ''All right, l'll let you have a look at it.'' 249 00:13:53,767 --> 00:13:56,406 X1:160 X2:558 Y1:426 Y2:498 He read it and he fell out of bed laughing. 250 00:13:56,447 --> 00:14:00,156 X1:180 X2:540 Y1:426 Y2:498 He called me two days later and he says, 251 00:14:00,207 --> 00:14:05,201 X1:125 X2:594 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''We've got to make this film. Meet with me on Saturday morning.'' 252 00:14:05,247 --> 00:14:07,078 X1:319 X2:397 Y1:466 Y2:492 And... 253 00:14:07,127 --> 00:14:09,516 X1:224 X2:494 Y1:426 Y2:498 l went to his house on Saturday morning 254 00:14:09,567 --> 00:14:12,035 X1:223 X2:494 Y1:466 Y2:492 and we made a deal. 255 00:14:12,087 --> 00:14:14,078 X1:223 X2:496 Y1:466 Y2:498 lt was simple as that. 256 00:14:14,127 --> 00:14:15,879 X1:173 X2:545 Y1:466 Y2:498 Probably too good to be true. 257 00:14:15,927 --> 00:14:19,363 X1:210 X2:509 Y1:426 Y2:498 And then it went up the chain to Delfont. 258 00:14:19,407 --> 00:14:23,036 X1:160 X2:556 Y1:426 Y2:498 Lord Delfont, who suddenly read the script... 259 00:14:23,087 --> 00:14:26,796 X1:127 X2:590 Y1:426 Y2:496 And said, as he put the script down, the immortal words, 260 00:14:26,847 --> 00:14:29,315 X1:183 X2:534 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''What are they trying to do, crucify me?'' 261 00:14:29,367 --> 00:14:32,803 X1:175 X2:544 Y1:426 Y2:492 l mean, he actually said that, which is wonderful. 262 00:14:34,367 --> 00:14:36,323 X1:147 X2:572 Y1:466 Y2:498 l had arranged to have a meeting 263 00:14:36,367 --> 00:14:39,882 X1:137 X2:581 Y1:426 Y2:498 with Barry Spikings and his lawyer and our lawyer 264 00:14:39,927 --> 00:14:42,282 X1:177 X2:540 Y1:426 Y2:496 to go through the fine points of the contract, 265 00:14:42,327 --> 00:14:46,878 X1:171 X2:548 Y1:466 Y2:498 and he started trying to make 266 00:14:46,927 --> 00:14:48,918 X1:151 X2:566 Y1:466 Y2:498 the fine points into major points, 267 00:14:48,967 --> 00:14:52,084 X1:147 X2:572 Y1:426 Y2:498 and l suddenly thought, ''There's something wrong here.'' 268 00:14:52,127 --> 00:14:56,484 X1:166 X2:552 Y1:426 Y2:498 And l said, ''What's this all about, Barry?'' 269 00:14:56,527 --> 00:15:00,122 X1:162 X2:556 Y1:426 Y2:498 He was very sheepish about it. He says, ''l've been overruled.'' 270 00:15:00,167 --> 00:15:04,319 X1:126 X2:591 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''EMl can't touch it. lt's disrespectful, it's rude, it's blasphemous.'' 271 00:15:04,367 --> 00:15:06,756 X1:234 X2:482 Y1:466 Y2:498 And we were just... 272 00:15:06,807 --> 00:15:09,241 X1:254 X2:465 Y1:466 Y2:496 l mean, breath... 273 00:15:10,287 --> 00:15:15,725 X1:184 X2:535 Y1:426 Y2:492 breathless, at this sort of lateness of this conclusion. 274 00:15:15,767 --> 00:15:17,837 X1:081 X2:636 Y1:466 Y2:498 We had already begun to look for locations 275 00:15:17,887 --> 00:15:20,720 X1:152 X2:565 Y1:426 Y2:498 and spend money on costumes, and that sort of thing, 276 00:15:20,767 --> 00:15:22,166 X1:179 X2:539 Y1:466 Y2:498 so we were a little bit angry. 277 00:15:22,207 --> 00:15:25,882 X1:189 X2:529 Y1:426 Y2:498 Well, when EMl pulled out on the Thursday 278 00:15:25,927 --> 00:15:28,487 X1:179 X2:539 Y1:426 Y2:498 before the crew was leaving on the Saturday, 279 00:15:28,527 --> 00:15:31,724 X1:138 X2:580 Y1:426 Y2:498 l said, ''lt's Holy Grail again. lt's the National Trust, once again. 280 00:15:31,767 --> 00:15:35,043 X1:194 X2:526 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''They're pulling the rug right from under our feet.'' 281 00:15:35,087 --> 00:15:37,396 X1:266 X2:451 Y1:466 Y2:496 We sued EMl, 282 00:15:37,447 --> 00:15:41,156 X1:193 X2:526 Y1:080 Y2:150 and l think they eventually settled out of court, 283 00:15:41,207 --> 00:15:45,439 X1:108 X2:611 Y1:080 Y2:146 because, fortunately, somebody leaked to us some internal memos 284 00:15:45,487 --> 00:15:49,685 X1:082 X2:635 Y1:426 Y2:498 saying, ''As you know, we are lucky enough to have the new Python movie,'' 285 00:15:49,727 --> 00:15:51,922 X1:233 X2:485 Y1:466 Y2:498 and things like that. 286 00:15:51,967 --> 00:15:56,119 X1:130 X2:587 Y1:426 Y2:492 So, we did have them over a barrel, l think. 287 00:15:56,167 --> 00:15:58,635 X1:138 X2:578 Y1:426 Y2:498 And of course, they did pay us off to some extent, 288 00:15:58,687 --> 00:16:01,599 X1:155 X2:563 Y1:426 Y2:498 they paid us some money, but there was a secrecy clause. 289 00:16:01,647 --> 00:16:05,242 X1:199 X2:519 Y1:426 Y2:498 They settled with us and paid us a lump sum, 290 00:16:05,287 --> 00:16:09,280 X1:117 X2:601 Y1:426 Y2:498 which carried us over and actually paid for what we'd spent, 291 00:16:09,327 --> 00:16:14,037 X1:134 X2:582 Y1:426 Y2:498 but on the condition that we wouldn't reveal this to anybody. 292 00:16:14,087 --> 00:16:16,601 X1:112 X2:605 Y1:426 Y2:498 So now l'll probably have to give them back the hundred thousand. 293 00:16:16,647 --> 00:16:18,683 X1:129 X2:588 Y1:466 Y2:498 God, l shouldn't have said anything. 294 00:16:18,727 --> 00:16:23,118 X1:115 X2:604 Y1:426 Y2:498 But l was able to use my legal training at Cambridge, just once in my life, 295 00:16:23,167 --> 00:16:24,646 X1:189 X2:529 Y1:466 Y2:498 and l was able to point out 296 00:16:24,687 --> 00:16:29,203 X1:138 X2:579 Y1:426 Y2:498 that there wasn't a secrecy clause about the secrecy clause. 297 00:16:29,247 --> 00:16:31,238 X1:110 X2:607 Y1:466 Y2:498 You've got an infinite regression there. 298 00:16:31,287 --> 00:16:34,085 X1:120 X2:598 Y1:466 Y2:498 So we got a little bit of fun out of that. 299 00:16:34,127 --> 00:16:37,278 X1:220 X2:499 Y1:426 Y2:498 l don't think any of us, at that point, felt, 300 00:16:37,327 --> 00:16:39,761 X1:176 X2:542 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''This is it. We won't get to do the film.'' 301 00:16:39,807 --> 00:16:43,004 X1:167 X2:552 Y1:426 Y2:498 Almost as if that reaction had strengthened our resolve. 302 00:16:43,047 --> 00:16:46,676 X1:171 X2:548 Y1:426 Y2:498 His disapproval strengthened our own feelings of approval 303 00:16:46,727 --> 00:16:48,638 X1:150 X2:568 Y1:466 Y2:498 about what we were going to do. 304 00:16:48,687 --> 00:16:53,044 X1:182 X2:536 Y1:426 Y2:498 But we were still screwed because we had no money. 305 00:16:53,087 --> 00:16:56,682 X1:195 X2:523 Y1:426 Y2:492 So, John Goldstone and l set off for America 306 00:16:56,727 --> 00:16:59,719 X1:144 X2:574 Y1:426 Y2:498 and we go round all these people in New York, we go to meetings. 307 00:16:59,767 --> 00:17:01,280 X1:177 X2:542 Y1:466 Y2:498 They say, ''What's it about?'' 308 00:17:01,327 --> 00:17:04,285 X1:223 X2:495 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''Well, it's a sort of...'' and they go, ''Out!'' 309 00:17:04,327 --> 00:17:06,522 X1:219 X2:498 Y1:426 Y2:498 lt was like selling Springtime For Hitler. 310 00:17:06,567 --> 00:17:11,163 X1:112 X2:604 Y1:426 Y2:498 Well, thank God that George Harrison was a big Python fan, 311 00:17:11,207 --> 00:17:15,405 X1:144 X2:574 Y1:426 Y2:498 that's really it, and that Eric had gotten quite close to George. 312 00:17:15,447 --> 00:17:18,837 X1:149 X2:569 Y1:426 Y2:498 l met him out here at a screening of The Holy Grail. 313 00:17:18,887 --> 00:17:20,684 X1:254 X2:465 Y1:466 Y2:498 Partied for days. 314 00:17:22,247 --> 00:17:23,396 X1:246 X2:472 Y1:466 Y2:498 He was good fun. 315 00:17:23,447 --> 00:17:25,039 X1:171 X2:547 Y1:466 Y2:498 So, we were getting nowhere 316 00:17:25,087 --> 00:17:28,045 X1:162 X2:556 Y1:426 Y2:498 and l would be calling George, who was living out here, 317 00:17:28,087 --> 00:17:30,885 X1:128 X2:590 Y1:426 Y2:498 and he would say, ''Don't worry, l'll get you the money.'' 318 00:17:30,927 --> 00:17:34,761 X1:146 X2:573 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''George, it's four million dollars!'' ''Don't worry, don't worry.'' 319 00:17:34,807 --> 00:17:38,402 X1:150 X2:569 Y1:426 Y2:498 But only George had the amount of money to be able to say, 320 00:17:38,447 --> 00:17:41,564 X1:152 X2:565 Y1:426 Y2:492 ''George, why would you put five million in a movie like this?'' 321 00:17:41,607 --> 00:17:44,644 X1:198 X2:522 Y1:426 Y2:492 ''Well, you know, because l want to see it.'' 322 00:17:44,687 --> 00:17:46,723 X1:135 X2:582 Y1:466 Y2:492 That's... He could afford to do that. 323 00:17:46,767 --> 00:17:50,476 X1:173 X2:546 Y1:426 Y2:498 Basically, that's it, l suppose. l just wanted to see the film. 324 00:17:50,527 --> 00:17:54,202 X1:143 X2:567 Y1:080 Y2:152 There wasn't too much... really wasn't that much thought... 325 00:17:54,247 --> 00:17:56,886 X1:180 X2:538 Y1:080 Y2:112 lt was just George and Eric. 326 00:17:56,927 --> 00:18:01,159 X1:103 X2:615 Y1:426 Y2:498 He and his business manager, Denis O'Brien, set up HandMade Films. 327 00:18:01,207 --> 00:18:04,358 X1:143 X2:575 Y1:426 Y2:498 George just didn't think about it. He was really good in his instinct. 328 00:18:04,407 --> 00:18:06,841 X1:169 X2:549 Y1:426 Y2:498 lf he wanted to do something, he just did it. 329 00:18:06,887 --> 00:18:11,756 X1:101 X2:616 Y1:426 Y2:492 You know, it's a leap of faith, and l think that's what l loved about him. 330 00:18:11,807 --> 00:18:13,604 X1:137 X2:581 Y1:466 Y2:498 He was always taking those leaps. 331 00:18:13,647 --> 00:18:20,086 X1:102 X2:615 Y1:080 Y2:146 What we did was we pawned my house and the office in London 332 00:18:21,807 --> 00:18:23,957 X1:238 X2:478 Y1:080 Y2:112 to get a bank loan. 333 00:18:24,567 --> 00:18:26,762 X1:146 X2:570 Y1:466 Y2:498 And that was a bit nerve-racking. 334 00:18:26,807 --> 00:18:31,244 X1:082 X2:636 Y1:426 Y2:498 lf l'd known that, l would have been terrified about doing the movie 335 00:18:31,287 --> 00:18:34,677 X1:172 X2:545 Y1:426 Y2:492 thinking that George's house was on the line. 336 00:18:34,727 --> 00:18:39,039 X1:127 X2:591 Y1:426 Y2:498 But fortunately l didn't know about it, so l was blissfully unaware. 337 00:18:39,087 --> 00:18:42,124 X1:194 X2:524 Y1:426 Y2:496 l thought, ''Well, they can afford that, so that's fine.'' 338 00:18:42,167 --> 00:18:46,445 X1:107 X2:611 Y1:426 Y2:498 lt's still the most anybody has ever paid for a cinema ticket in history. 339 00:18:46,487 --> 00:18:49,638 X1:182 X2:534 Y1:426 Y2:496 We didn't really know that much about the movie, 340 00:18:49,687 --> 00:18:52,599 X1:142 X2:575 Y1:426 Y2:498 that much about what a big deal it was going to be 341 00:18:52,647 --> 00:18:56,526 X1:084 X2:635 Y1:426 Y2:498 or what a big investment it was going to be and what a chance he was taking. 342 00:18:56,567 --> 00:18:59,525 X1:206 X2:513 Y1:426 Y2:492 But he definitely wanted to see the movie made 343 00:18:59,567 --> 00:19:02,604 X1:134 X2:582 Y1:426 Y2:498 and, you know, they just wanted to have some fun. 344 00:19:02,647 --> 00:19:03,796 X1:243 X2:474 Y1:466 Y2:498 Come on, haggle. 345 00:19:03,847 --> 00:19:06,202 X1:194 X2:524 Y1:426 Y2:492 - All right, l'll give you ten. - That's more like it. 346 00:19:06,247 --> 00:19:10,559 X1:123 X2:596 Y1:426 Y2:498 Ten? Are you trying to insult me? Me, with a poor, dying grandmother? 347 00:19:10,607 --> 00:19:12,484 X1:172 X2:546 Y1:426 Y2:498 - Ten? - All right, l'll give you eleven. 348 00:19:12,527 --> 00:19:15,678 X1:174 X2:546 Y1:426 Y2:498 Now you're getting it. Eleven? Did l hear you right? 349 00:19:15,727 --> 00:19:18,878 X1:170 X2:547 Y1:426 Y2:492 Eleven? This cost me twelve! You want to ruin me? 350 00:19:18,927 --> 00:19:21,487 X1:202 X2:515 Y1:426 Y2:496 - Seventeen? - No, no, no. Seventeen. 351 00:19:21,527 --> 00:19:24,200 X1:145 X2:572 Y1:426 Y2:498 - Eighteen? - No, no. You go to fourteen now. 352 00:19:24,247 --> 00:19:27,125 X1:180 X2:539 Y1:426 Y2:498 - l'll give you fourteen. - Fourteen? Are you joking? 353 00:19:27,167 --> 00:19:30,876 X1:159 X2:559 Y1:426 Y2:498 That's what you told me to say. Tell me what to say. Please! 354 00:19:31,927 --> 00:19:33,918 X1:218 X2:500 Y1:426 Y2:498 - Offer me fourteen. - l'll give you fourteen. 355 00:19:33,967 --> 00:19:37,084 X1:134 X2:584 Y1:426 Y2:492 - He's offering me fourteen for this. - Fifteen. 356 00:19:37,127 --> 00:19:40,517 X1:121 X2:597 Y1:426 Y2:498 Seventeen. My last word. l won't take a penny less or strike me dead. 357 00:19:40,567 --> 00:19:42,398 X1:297 X2:420 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Sixteen. - Done. 358 00:19:42,447 --> 00:19:47,885 X1:102 X2:615 Y1:426 Y2:496 When we were doing The Life Of Brian, which we shot in '78, 359 00:19:47,927 --> 00:19:50,122 X1:155 X2:563 Y1:466 Y2:498 so l was nearly 40 years of age, 360 00:19:50,167 --> 00:19:53,876 X1:144 X2:575 Y1:426 Y2:498 l was aware that, although l didn't think of myself as an actor, 361 00:19:53,927 --> 00:19:58,364 X1:146 X2:574 Y1:426 Y2:498 l certainly acted some of the time and l thought to myself, 362 00:19:58,407 --> 00:20:00,602 X1:179 X2:539 Y1:466 Y2:498 it would be really interesting 363 00:20:00,647 --> 00:20:03,605 X1:173 X2:545 Y1:426 Y2:498 to play a character who went all the way through a movie. 364 00:20:03,647 --> 00:20:07,560 X1:198 X2:521 Y1:426 Y2:498 l think John was rather keen to play Brian. 365 00:20:07,607 --> 00:20:10,804 X1:129 X2:589 Y1:426 Y2:498 l thought that would be a thoroughly interesting experience. 366 00:20:10,847 --> 00:20:14,123 X1:147 X2:572 Y1:426 Y2:498 l couldn't see John playing Brian. l really couldn't see it. 367 00:20:14,167 --> 00:20:17,159 X1:085 X2:634 Y1:466 Y2:498 l kind of felt we needed Graham's integrity. 368 00:20:17,207 --> 00:20:21,200 X1:145 X2:573 Y1:426 Y2:498 l didn't think there was anybody else in the Python group 369 00:20:21,247 --> 00:20:26,241 X1:160 X2:557 Y1:426 Y2:498 who had that integrity that shows up on a big screen. 370 00:20:26,287 --> 00:20:28,676 X1:225 X2:494 Y1:080 Y2:106 l'm of course biased. 371 00:20:28,727 --> 00:20:32,515 X1:183 X2:537 Y1:080 Y2:146 Graham was the best actor of the crowd. 372 00:20:32,567 --> 00:20:34,444 X1:229 X2:488 Y1:466 Y2:492 l'm not the Messiah! 373 00:20:34,487 --> 00:20:37,877 X1:113 X2:605 Y1:426 Y2:496 l say you are, Lord, and l should know, l've followed a few. 374 00:20:37,927 --> 00:20:40,395 X1:267 X2:451 Y1:466 Y2:496 Hail, Messiah! 375 00:20:40,447 --> 00:20:42,722 X1:211 X2:506 Y1:426 Y2:498 l am not the Messiah! Will you please listen? 376 00:20:42,767 --> 00:20:45,076 X1:220 X2:497 Y1:426 Y2:498 l am not the Messiah! Do you understand? 377 00:20:45,127 --> 00:20:46,685 X1:298 X2:419 Y1:466 Y2:498 Honestly! 378 00:20:47,367 --> 00:20:51,155 X1:217 X2:500 Y1:426 Y2:498 Only the true Messiah denies his divinity. 379 00:20:51,207 --> 00:20:54,438 X1:146 X2:572 Y1:426 Y2:498 What? Well, what sort of chance does that give me? 380 00:20:54,487 --> 00:20:56,876 X1:185 X2:531 Y1:466 Y2:498 All right! l am the Messiah! 381 00:20:56,927 --> 00:21:00,636 X1:197 X2:521 Y1:466 Y2:492 He is! He is the Messiah! 382 00:21:00,687 --> 00:21:03,076 X1:275 X2:443 Y1:466 Y2:492 Now fuck off! 383 00:21:03,127 --> 00:21:05,482 X1:159 X2:558 Y1:426 Y2:498 All these things are happening around Graham 384 00:21:05,527 --> 00:21:08,519 X1:207 X2:511 Y1:426 Y2:498 and he's sort of slightly puzzled by it all. 385 00:21:08,567 --> 00:21:13,846 X1:121 X2:597 Y1:426 Y2:498 lt's a wonderful quality and it's something you can't act, l don't think. 386 00:21:13,887 --> 00:21:17,357 X1:209 X2:508 Y1:426 Y2:492 The others, very kindly, made it clear to me 387 00:21:17,407 --> 00:21:19,443 X1:089 X2:629 Y1:466 Y2:498 that they thought that was not a good idea 388 00:21:19,487 --> 00:21:24,038 X1:079 X2:640 Y1:426 Y2:498 and that Gray was better at it and that l was more valuable doing the other parts. 389 00:21:24,087 --> 00:21:26,760 X1:202 X2:519 Y1:426 Y2:498 You know the penalty laid down by Roman law 390 00:21:26,807 --> 00:21:28,923 X1:145 X2:572 Y1:466 Y2:498 for harbouring a known criminal? 391 00:21:28,967 --> 00:21:30,719 X1:277 X2:441 Y1:426 Y2:492 - No. - Crucifixion. 392 00:21:33,727 --> 00:21:36,366 X1:244 X2:474 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Nasty, eh? - Could be worse. 393 00:21:37,487 --> 00:21:39,603 X1:231 X2:486 Y1:426 Y2:492 What do you mean, ''could be worse''? 394 00:21:39,647 --> 00:21:43,925 X1:176 X2:541 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Well, could be stabbed. - Stabbed? Takes a second. 395 00:21:43,967 --> 00:21:48,438 X1:194 X2:524 Y1:426 Y2:496 Crucifixion lasts hours. lt's a slow, horrible death. 396 00:21:48,487 --> 00:21:51,160 X1:178 X2:539 Y1:426 Y2:498 Well, at least it gets you out in the open air. 397 00:21:52,487 --> 00:21:53,715 X1:272 X2:444 Y1:466 Y2:492 You're weird. 398 00:21:53,767 --> 00:21:57,726 X1:099 X2:618 Y1:426 Y2:498 There's no question that they were right. l'm very glad that they got it right. 399 00:22:09,287 --> 00:22:11,676 X1:207 X2:511 Y1:466 Y2:498 Ooh, you lucky bastard. 400 00:22:12,967 --> 00:22:16,642 X1:122 X2:597 Y1:466 Y2:498 Before Graham started filming Brian, 401 00:22:16,687 --> 00:22:22,637 X1:136 X2:581 Y1:426 Y2:498 he had been told that if he ever drank alcohol again, 402 00:22:22,687 --> 00:22:25,724 X1:217 X2:502 Y1:426 Y2:498 probably he'd be dead within two years. 403 00:22:25,767 --> 00:22:28,725 X1:129 X2:588 Y1:080 Y2:112 Once l decided to stop, it was easy, 404 00:22:28,767 --> 00:22:32,806 X1:200 X2:519 Y1:080 Y2:152 except for the three days of unpleasantness. 405 00:22:32,847 --> 00:22:37,398 X1:136 X2:582 Y1:466 Y2:498 Then, after that, a week in hospital 406 00:22:37,447 --> 00:22:42,123 X1:171 X2:546 Y1:426 Y2:492 just cooling off on Valium, and l've been fine ever since. 407 00:22:42,167 --> 00:22:47,287 X1:170 X2:549 Y1:426 Y2:498 He had been given a reprieve and a totally new life. 408 00:22:47,327 --> 00:22:49,795 X1:229 X2:488 Y1:466 Y2:492 The reborn Graham 409 00:22:49,847 --> 00:22:54,637 X1:197 X2:522 Y1:426 Y2:498 was part of the character he put into Brian. 410 00:23:24,647 --> 00:23:29,357 X1:169 X2:547 Y1:426 Y2:492 Look! There he is! The Chosen One has woken! 411 00:23:31,607 --> 00:23:33,643 X1:123 X2:593 Y1:466 Y2:492 What l love most about Life Of Brian 412 00:23:33,687 --> 00:23:36,201 X1:172 X2:544 Y1:426 Y2:498 was the fact we were shooting in Tunisia, 413 00:23:36,247 --> 00:23:39,956 X1:111 X2:607 Y1:426 Y2:492 and when you woke up in the morning, it was warm and the sun was out. 414 00:23:40,007 --> 00:23:42,680 X1:155 X2:564 Y1:426 Y2:498 l remember the delight of sitting on the balcony 415 00:23:42,727 --> 00:23:44,319 X1:169 X2:549 Y1:466 Y2:498 and having your orange juice, 416 00:23:44,367 --> 00:23:47,120 X1:224 X2:494 Y1:426 Y2:498 and then going down and feeling good. 417 00:23:48,327 --> 00:23:51,876 X1:190 X2:529 Y1:426 Y2:498 Yes, it's another edition of Graham Chapman Rests, 418 00:23:51,927 --> 00:23:55,317 X1:114 X2:604 Y1:080 Y2:112 a series of 400 half-hour programmes 419 00:23:55,367 --> 00:23:58,006 X1:165 X2:551 Y1:080 Y2:146 which look at the life of a man who rests a lot. 420 00:23:58,047 --> 00:24:01,562 X1:188 X2:531 Y1:080 Y2:152 Playing Graham Chapman is Graham Chapman. 421 00:24:01,607 --> 00:24:03,120 X1:225 X2:493 Y1:466 Y2:492 Last week he rested. 422 00:24:03,167 --> 00:24:05,556 X1:164 X2:554 Y1:426 Y2:498 This week he starts off resting yet again. 423 00:24:05,607 --> 00:24:09,486 X1:116 X2:602 Y1:426 Y2:498 l remember the first morning shooting was the stoning scene. 424 00:24:09,527 --> 00:24:13,406 X1:183 X2:535 Y1:426 Y2:498 You have been found guilty by the elders of the town 425 00:24:13,447 --> 00:24:16,439 X1:151 X2:567 Y1:466 Y2:498 of uttering the name of our Lord, 426 00:24:16,487 --> 00:24:19,285 X1:186 X2:531 Y1:466 Y2:498 and so, as a blasphemer... 427 00:24:20,807 --> 00:24:23,082 X1:161 X2:559 Y1:466 Y2:498 ..you are to be stoned to death. 428 00:24:23,127 --> 00:24:26,597 X1:148 X2:568 Y1:426 Y2:498 And l was wearing a beard, which l hate more than anything. 429 00:24:26,647 --> 00:24:29,445 X1:136 X2:582 Y1:426 Y2:492 lt was extraordinary, by lunch time, the beard was off 430 00:24:29,487 --> 00:24:31,318 X1:116 X2:602 Y1:466 Y2:498 and l was in the hotel swimming pool. 431 00:24:31,367 --> 00:24:34,882 X1:173 X2:544 Y1:426 Y2:498 l'd had a lovely supper and all l said to my wife was, 432 00:24:34,927 --> 00:24:39,000 X1:155 X2:563 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah.'' 433 00:24:39,047 --> 00:24:41,356 X1:174 X2:544 Y1:466 Y2:498 Blasphemy! He said it again! 434 00:24:41,407 --> 00:24:42,840 X1:196 X2:520 Y1:466 Y2:496 Yes! Yes, he did! He did! 435 00:24:42,887 --> 00:24:43,876 X1:241 X2:478 Y1:466 Y2:498 Did you hear him? 436 00:24:43,927 --> 00:24:45,918 X1:189 X2:527 Y1:466 Y2:496 Yes! Yes, we did! We did! 437 00:24:45,967 --> 00:24:47,082 X1:314 X2:403 Y1:466 Y2:498 Really! 438 00:24:51,327 --> 00:24:53,238 X1:140 X2:577 Y1:466 Y2:498 Are there any women here today? 439 00:24:59,127 --> 00:25:00,116 X1:294 X2:422 Y1:466 Y2:498 Very well. 440 00:25:00,167 --> 00:25:04,001 X1:205 X2:516 Y1:426 Y2:492 By virtue of the authority vested in me... 441 00:25:04,847 --> 00:25:07,122 X1:160 X2:558 Y1:466 Y2:498 Lay off! We haven't started yet! 442 00:25:07,167 --> 00:25:08,759 X1:184 X2:535 Y1:466 Y2:492 Come on! Who threw that? 443 00:25:10,647 --> 00:25:12,205 X1:144 X2:573 Y1:466 Y2:492 Who threw that stone? Come on. 444 00:25:13,007 --> 00:25:15,043 X1:247 X2:470 Y1:466 Y2:492 She did! She did! 445 00:25:15,087 --> 00:25:17,601 X1:250 X2:467 Y1:466 Y2:492 He did! He! Him! 446 00:25:17,647 --> 00:25:19,922 X1:174 X2:543 Y1:466 Y2:498 Sorry. l thought we'd started. 447 00:25:19,967 --> 00:25:22,561 X1:251 X2:467 Y1:426 Y2:498 - Go to the back. - All right, dear. 448 00:25:22,607 --> 00:25:24,518 X1:154 X2:565 Y1:466 Y2:498 There's always one, isn't there? 449 00:25:24,567 --> 00:25:29,880 X1:135 X2:582 Y1:426 Y2:498 The filming of Life Of Brian was a breeze, l really enjoyed that. 450 00:25:29,927 --> 00:25:34,125 X1:131 X2:589 Y1:426 Y2:496 Terry Jones had taken it on himself to be the sole director, 451 00:25:34,167 --> 00:25:39,002 X1:117 X2:602 Y1:426 Y2:498 but Terry Gilliam was heavily involved because he was designing it. 452 00:25:39,047 --> 00:25:42,483 X1:164 X2:554 Y1:080 Y2:152 My feeling on the last film was that with two of us directing, 453 00:25:42,527 --> 00:25:45,564 X1:150 X2:567 Y1:080 Y2:150 we were always shouting, we both of us run on adrenaline, 454 00:25:45,607 --> 00:25:47,199 X1:165 X2:551 Y1:466 Y2:498 we were both shouting madly, 455 00:25:47,247 --> 00:25:48,999 X1:128 X2:591 Y1:466 Y2:498 and l found it confusing for the crew 456 00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:52,323 X1:224 X2:492 Y1:426 Y2:498 and l think the crew found it that way too. 457 00:25:52,367 --> 00:25:54,278 X1:173 X2:546 Y1:466 Y2:498 lt wasn't really the best thing. 458 00:25:54,327 --> 00:25:56,477 X1:153 X2:566 Y1:466 Y2:496 l think, fascism or whatever it is, 459 00:25:56,527 --> 00:25:59,121 X1:164 X2:554 Y1:426 Y2:498 dictatorship is really important in film making. 460 00:25:59,167 --> 00:26:01,522 X1:241 X2:477 Y1:426 Y2:498 lt needs one voice to hold it together. 461 00:26:01,567 --> 00:26:03,285 X1:227 X2:492 Y1:426 Y2:498 - l can't see. - Where's he going? 462 00:26:03,327 --> 00:26:06,399 X1:167 X2:550 Y1:466 Y2:498 Terry J was so well prepared. 463 00:26:06,447 --> 00:26:07,596 X1:237 X2:479 Y1:466 Y2:496 We walked on set, 464 00:26:07,647 --> 00:26:11,117 X1:167 X2:551 Y1:426 Y2:498 there wasn't the usual anxiety or getting to know each other. 465 00:26:11,167 --> 00:26:13,362 X1:181 X2:537 Y1:466 Y2:498 lt all happened so flowingly. 466 00:26:13,407 --> 00:26:16,922 X1:143 X2:574 Y1:426 Y2:492 And, from then on, l had the best time l think l've ever had. 467 00:26:16,967 --> 00:26:19,959 X1:182 X2:537 Y1:466 Y2:498 ls there another way down? 468 00:26:20,007 --> 00:26:23,920 X1:226 X2:493 Y1:426 Y2:492 ls there another path down to the river? 469 00:26:23,967 --> 00:26:26,765 X1:113 X2:604 Y1:466 Y2:498 The hermit in the hole was a bit tricky, 470 00:26:26,807 --> 00:26:29,321 X1:195 X2:524 Y1:426 Y2:498 because, of course, my costume was nothing. 471 00:26:29,367 --> 00:26:30,925 X1:282 X2:436 Y1:466 Y2:492 l had beard. 472 00:26:30,967 --> 00:26:35,438 X1:149 X2:570 Y1:426 Y2:498 The make-up girl had to attach it with a bit of Sellotape my willy. 473 00:26:35,487 --> 00:26:37,557 X1:201 X2:517 Y1:426 Y2:498 Please! Please help me! l've got to get... 474 00:26:37,607 --> 00:26:39,916 X1:257 X2:460 Y1:466 Y2:492 Master! Master! 475 00:26:42,087 --> 00:26:44,476 X1:308 X2:410 Y1:466 Y2:498 My foot. 476 00:26:44,527 --> 00:26:48,156 X1:185 X2:531 Y1:426 Y2:498 - Oh, damn! Damn! Damn! - l'm sorry! 477 00:26:48,207 --> 00:26:52,041 X1:161 X2:555 Y1:426 Y2:498 - Oh, damn, damn and blast it! - l'm sorry. 478 00:26:52,087 --> 00:26:54,362 X1:156 X2:563 Y1:426 Y2:498 To make it easier for the others and give them a later call, 479 00:26:54,407 --> 00:26:57,240 X1:191 X2:528 Y1:466 Y2:498 l did all my close-ups first, 480 00:26:57,287 --> 00:27:00,723 X1:160 X2:557 Y1:426 Y2:496 and then worked with Graham, when Graham came in, 481 00:27:00,767 --> 00:27:03,406 X1:082 X2:636 Y1:466 Y2:492 and then the rest of the crowd arrived later. 482 00:27:03,447 --> 00:27:06,041 X1:190 X2:527 Y1:466 Y2:498 And we were just sort of... 483 00:27:06,087 --> 00:27:11,081 X1:080 X2:638 Y1:426 Y2:498 l was directing the crowd and Michael Palin came up behind me and said, 484 00:27:11,127 --> 00:27:14,005 X1:161 X2:556 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''Terry, you do realise you're stark naked, don't you?'' 485 00:27:14,047 --> 00:27:18,677 X1:151 X2:567 Y1:426 Y2:498 But by then it had just become my costume, so l hadn't noticed. 486 00:27:18,727 --> 00:27:20,001 X1:233 X2:483 Y1:466 Y2:498 Tell them to stop it! 487 00:27:20,047 --> 00:27:23,403 X1:114 X2:605 Y1:426 Y2:498 l hadn't said a word for eighteen years till he came along. 488 00:27:23,447 --> 00:27:27,235 X1:167 X2:549 Y1:466 Y2:492 A miracle! He is the Messiah! 489 00:27:27,287 --> 00:27:29,039 X1:218 X2:497 Y1:466 Y2:498 Well, he hurt my foot! 490 00:27:29,087 --> 00:27:32,557 X1:197 X2:522 Y1:426 Y2:498 Hurt my foot, Lord! Hurt my foot. Hurt mine... 491 00:27:32,607 --> 00:27:34,359 X1:271 X2:447 Y1:466 Y2:492 Hail Messiah! 492 00:27:34,407 --> 00:27:37,877 X1:178 X2:540 Y1:426 Y2:498 The writing, l think, is the best writing in Python. 493 00:27:37,927 --> 00:27:41,681 X1:168 X2:551 Y1:426 Y2:496 Particularly its political writing is what so brilliant about it, 494 00:27:41,727 --> 00:27:43,319 X1:171 X2:547 Y1:466 Y2:492 because it's not about Jesus. 495 00:27:43,367 --> 00:27:49,124 X1:109 X2:609 Y1:426 Y2:492 lt's about prejudices, unions, terrorists, it's all that nonsense. 496 00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:53,001 X1:138 X2:579 Y1:426 Y2:498 ln those five minutes of the sandal, the shoe, the gourd, 497 00:27:53,047 --> 00:27:55,515 X1:180 X2:538 Y1:426 Y2:498 it tells you everything about the history of religion. 498 00:27:55,567 --> 00:27:59,526 X1:177 X2:542 Y1:426 Y2:498 Boom, it's the most concise, wonderful bit of prejudice, 499 00:27:59,567 --> 00:28:02,525 X1:107 X2:612 Y1:466 Y2:498 heresy and everything and punishment. 500 00:28:05,047 --> 00:28:06,719 X1:208 X2:510 Y1:466 Y2:498 He has given us a sign! 501 00:28:06,767 --> 00:28:09,235 X1:184 X2:533 Y1:466 Y2:498 He has given us...his shoe! 502 00:28:09,287 --> 00:28:11,960 X1:192 X2:526 Y1:426 Y2:498 The shoe is the sign. Let us follow his example. 503 00:28:12,007 --> 00:28:13,156 X1:314 X2:404 Y1:466 Y2:492 What? 504 00:28:13,207 --> 00:28:17,439 X1:140 X2:577 Y1:426 Y2:498 Let us, like him, hold up one shoe and let the other be upon our foot, 505 00:28:17,487 --> 00:28:20,763 X1:147 X2:570 Y1:426 Y2:492 for this is his sign, that all who follow him shall do likewise. 506 00:28:20,807 --> 00:28:26,359 X1:082 X2:639 Y1:426 Y2:498 No. The shoe is a sign that we must gather shoes together in abundance. 507 00:28:26,407 --> 00:28:29,046 X1:117 X2:600 Y1:466 Y2:492 Cast off the shoes! Follow the Gourd! 508 00:28:29,087 --> 00:28:32,124 X1:143 X2:575 Y1:426 Y2:492 No! Let us gather shoes together! Let me! 509 00:28:32,167 --> 00:28:33,156 X1:286 X2:431 Y1:466 Y2:498 Oh, get off! 510 00:28:33,207 --> 00:28:38,679 X1:122 X2:595 Y1:426 Y2:492 The Life Of Brian isn't blasphemous, because it doesn't touch on belief. 511 00:28:38,727 --> 00:28:44,324 X1:083 X2:635 Y1:426 Y2:498 lt's heretical because it touches on dogma and it touches on the priesthood 512 00:28:44,367 --> 00:28:49,487 X1:162 X2:556 Y1:426 Y2:492 and the interpretation of belief, rather than belief itself. 513 00:28:49,527 --> 00:28:52,883 X1:163 X2:554 Y1:426 Y2:498 Follow the Gourd! The Holy Gourd of Jerusalem! 514 00:28:52,927 --> 00:28:53,916 X1:283 X2:433 Y1:466 Y2:492 The Gourd! 515 00:28:53,967 --> 00:28:55,958 X1:186 X2:530 Y1:426 Y2:492 Hold up the sandal as he has commanded us! 516 00:28:56,007 --> 00:28:58,760 X1:267 X2:449 Y1:426 Y2:492 - lt is a shoe! - lt's a sandal! 517 00:28:58,807 --> 00:29:00,206 X1:290 X2:427 Y1:466 Y2:496 No, it isn't! 518 00:29:00,247 --> 00:29:01,680 X1:275 X2:442 Y1:466 Y2:498 Cast it away! 519 00:29:01,727 --> 00:29:03,558 X1:263 X2:454 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Put it on! - And clear off! 520 00:29:03,607 --> 00:29:07,361 X1:194 X2:524 Y1:080 Y2:152 lt became a classic film. l mean, you could see it... 521 00:29:07,407 --> 00:29:11,195 X1:137 X2:580 Y1:080 Y2:152 When l was getting the material in for cutting it, it was just... 522 00:29:11,247 --> 00:29:14,922 X1:218 X2:500 Y1:080 Y2:152 it was funny, but sustainable funny. 523 00:29:14,967 --> 00:29:18,721 X1:109 X2:612 Y1:426 Y2:498 l could watch the scenes over and over again and they just made you laugh, 524 00:29:18,767 --> 00:29:22,646 X1:125 X2:593 Y1:426 Y2:496 or there was something to enjoy in it all the time, and it was clever. 525 00:29:22,687 --> 00:29:25,759 X1:118 X2:601 Y1:466 Y2:498 Don't pass judgment on other people, 526 00:29:25,807 --> 00:29:27,877 X1:148 X2:569 Y1:466 Y2:498 or you might get judged yourself. 527 00:29:27,927 --> 00:29:28,996 X1:314 X2:404 Y1:466 Y2:492 What? 528 00:29:29,047 --> 00:29:31,641 X1:179 X2:541 Y1:426 Y2:498 l said, ''Don't pass judgment on other people, 529 00:29:31,687 --> 00:29:34,485 X1:138 X2:581 Y1:466 Y2:498 ''or else you might get judged too.'' 530 00:29:34,527 --> 00:29:35,960 X1:281 X2:437 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Who, me? - Yes. 531 00:29:36,007 --> 00:29:37,645 X1:195 X2:523 Y1:466 Y2:498 Oh, thank you very much. 532 00:29:37,687 --> 00:29:39,803 X1:174 X2:542 Y1:466 Y2:498 Well, not just you. All of you. 533 00:29:39,847 --> 00:29:42,156 X1:221 X2:497 Y1:426 Y2:492 - That's a nice gourd. - What? 534 00:29:42,207 --> 00:29:44,437 X1:105 X2:614 Y1:426 Y2:492 - How much do you want for the gourd? - You can have it. 535 00:29:44,487 --> 00:29:45,476 X1:296 X2:422 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Have it? - Yes. 536 00:29:45,527 --> 00:29:47,165 X1:230 X2:488 Y1:466 Y2:492 Consider the lilies... 537 00:29:47,207 --> 00:29:48,720 X1:183 X2:536 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Don't you want to haggle? - No. 538 00:29:48,767 --> 00:29:49,802 X1:281 X2:438 Y1:466 Y2:492 ..in the field. 539 00:29:49,847 --> 00:29:52,042 X1:210 X2:508 Y1:426 Y2:498 - What's wrong with it? - Nothing. Take it. 540 00:29:52,087 --> 00:29:55,204 X1:215 X2:503 Y1:426 Y2:496 - Consider the lilies? - Well, the birds, then. 541 00:29:55,247 --> 00:29:56,965 X1:270 X2:449 Y1:426 Y2:498 - What birds? - Any birds. 542 00:29:57,007 --> 00:30:00,238 X1:187 X2:532 Y1:426 Y2:498 - Why? - Well, have they got jobs? 543 00:30:00,287 --> 00:30:02,005 X1:283 X2:434 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Who? - The birds. 544 00:30:02,047 --> 00:30:03,878 X1:203 X2:517 Y1:466 Y2:498 Have the birds got jobs? 545 00:30:03,927 --> 00:30:07,078 X1:153 X2:565 Y1:426 Y2:498 - What's the matter with him? - Says the birds are scrounging. 546 00:30:07,127 --> 00:30:09,357 X1:165 X2:555 Y1:426 Y2:496 l remember saying to the guys at the time, 547 00:30:09,407 --> 00:30:14,800 X1:148 X2:570 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''You know, we might get people, religious nutheads, 548 00:30:14,847 --> 00:30:16,565 X1:171 X2:547 Y1:466 Y2:498 ''sort of taking pot shots at us 549 00:30:16,607 --> 00:30:23,718 X1:108 X2:609 Y1:426 Y2:492 ''and, you know, it might be quite tricky, difficult when it comes out.'' 550 00:30:23,767 --> 00:30:29,319 X1:153 X2:565 Y1:426 Y2:498 Please, please, listen. l've got one or two things to say. 551 00:30:29,367 --> 00:30:31,961 X1:173 X2:544 Y1:466 Y2:492 Tell us. Tell us both of them. 552 00:30:32,007 --> 00:30:34,840 X1:175 X2:544 Y1:466 Y2:498 Look. You've got it all wrong. 553 00:30:34,887 --> 00:30:40,803 X1:141 X2:574 Y1:426 Y2:498 You don't need to follow me. You don't need to follow anybody! 554 00:30:40,847 --> 00:30:43,315 X1:142 X2:575 Y1:466 Y2:498 You've got to think for yourselves. 555 00:30:43,367 --> 00:30:46,120 X1:220 X2:496 Y1:466 Y2:492 You're all individuals. 556 00:30:46,167 --> 00:30:49,603 X1:194 X2:522 Y1:466 Y2:496 Yes, we're all individuals. 557 00:30:49,647 --> 00:30:51,478 X1:236 X2:481 Y1:466 Y2:492 You're all different. 558 00:30:51,527 --> 00:30:54,564 X1:201 X2:516 Y1:466 Y2:496 Yes, we are all different. 559 00:30:54,607 --> 00:30:55,801 X1:312 X2:407 Y1:466 Y2:492 l'm not. 560 00:30:55,847 --> 00:30:59,203 X1:146 X2:571 Y1:426 Y2:498 l was well aware of the storm that was coming and l loved that. 561 00:30:59,247 --> 00:31:01,966 X1:214 X2:504 Y1:426 Y2:498 l loved the thought of what we were doing 562 00:31:02,007 --> 00:31:04,680 X1:223 X2:495 Y1:426 Y2:498 that it would really open a hornets' nest. 563 00:31:04,727 --> 00:31:07,287 X1:210 X2:507 Y1:426 Y2:492 We knew that there would be some trouble 564 00:31:07,327 --> 00:31:10,000 X1:217 X2:501 Y1:426 Y2:498 but, you know, in a funny kind of way, 565 00:31:10,047 --> 00:31:13,198 X1:134 X2:582 Y1:466 Y2:498 there wasn't that much in England. 566 00:31:13,247 --> 00:31:17,206 X1:099 X2:620 Y1:080 Y2:146 l know that it passed the British censors, but the local Whitehouse... 567 00:31:17,247 --> 00:31:19,761 X1:214 X2:502 Y1:080 Y2:150 whatever her name is, Grandma Blow Job, 568 00:31:19,807 --> 00:31:21,957 X1:210 X2:508 Y1:466 Y2:498 gave them a hard time. 569 00:31:22,007 --> 00:31:23,406 X1:232 X2:486 Y1:466 Y2:498 l always remember, 570 00:31:23,447 --> 00:31:27,122 X1:142 X2:576 Y1:426 Y2:498 when we heard Mary Whitehouse was making a noise about it, 571 00:31:27,167 --> 00:31:29,078 X1:175 X2:543 Y1:466 Y2:498 about Life Of Brian, thinking, 572 00:31:29,127 --> 00:31:31,960 X1:141 X2:577 Y1:426 Y2:492 ''That's going to be good publicity. lt can't be bad.'' 573 00:31:32,007 --> 00:31:35,238 X1:139 X2:578 Y1:080 Y2:152 Mary Whitehouse of course was an amazing figure at the time 574 00:31:35,287 --> 00:31:38,563 X1:133 X2:586 Y1:080 Y2:146 and specialised in criticising things she hadn't seen. 575 00:31:38,607 --> 00:31:42,441 X1:078 X2:641 Y1:426 Y2:498 l know she was making noise out there, but she was making noise about everything, 576 00:31:42,487 --> 00:31:44,523 X1:114 X2:603 Y1:466 Y2:498 so it became background white noise. 577 00:31:44,567 --> 00:31:46,922 X1:085 X2:633 Y1:426 Y2:498 Mary Whitehouse, she's always going to go off on something. 578 00:31:46,967 --> 00:31:51,279 X1:147 X2:571 Y1:426 Y2:498 We kind of felt Mary Whitehouse was making the big faux pas - 579 00:31:51,327 --> 00:31:53,522 X1:213 X2:506 Y1:426 Y2:498 in trying to stop people going to see it 580 00:31:53,567 --> 00:31:55,842 X1:167 X2:550 Y1:426 Y2:498 she was actually encouraging people to go and see it. 581 00:31:55,887 --> 00:31:59,675 X1:107 X2:611 Y1:080 Y2:150 The fact it was being banned in Britain, in Eastbourne, l couldn't see it. 582 00:31:59,727 --> 00:32:02,844 X1:125 X2:594 Y1:080 Y2:112 But that just made it better, in a way, 583 00:32:02,887 --> 00:32:05,879 X1:115 X2:604 Y1:426 Y2:498 because then you could go... because you had to go and see it at that point. 584 00:32:05,927 --> 00:32:08,600 X1:178 X2:541 Y1:426 Y2:498 But we knew that in London, Oxford, Cambridge, 585 00:32:08,647 --> 00:32:11,684 X1:192 X2:526 Y1:426 Y2:498 the usual sort of places, Manchester, Birmingham, 586 00:32:11,727 --> 00:32:14,116 X1:175 X2:542 Y1:426 Y2:492 there was never any attempt to take it off there. 587 00:32:14,167 --> 00:32:19,605 X1:160 X2:560 Y1:426 Y2:492 So, in a sense, the controversy added this sort of frisson 588 00:32:19,647 --> 00:32:22,480 X1:201 X2:518 Y1:426 Y2:498 which l think probably helped the film. 589 00:32:22,527 --> 00:32:25,439 X1:215 X2:503 Y1:426 Y2:498 The first time l was really aware of... 590 00:32:26,687 --> 00:32:29,759 X1:172 X2:546 Y1:426 Y2:492 the greatness of the moment of what we'd done 591 00:32:29,807 --> 00:32:34,198 X1:203 X2:513 Y1:426 Y2:492 was with Mike and John on the television show. 592 00:32:34,247 --> 00:32:36,124 X1:198 X2:520 Y1:426 Y2:498 Our guest reviewers are Malcolm Muggeridge 593 00:32:36,167 --> 00:32:38,158 X1:198 X2:519 Y1:426 Y2:498 and Mervyn Stockwood, the bishop of Southwark. 594 00:32:38,207 --> 00:32:42,120 X1:142 X2:578 Y1:426 Y2:492 The great event was the interview on the Tim Rice show 595 00:32:42,167 --> 00:32:45,204 X1:158 X2:560 Y1:426 Y2:498 where the bishop of Southwark and Malcolm Muggeridge 596 00:32:45,247 --> 00:32:50,719 X1:138 X2:578 Y1:426 Y2:498 were brought in to attack the film with John and myself defending it. 597 00:32:50,767 --> 00:32:52,519 X1:227 X2:490 Y1:466 Y2:498 My recollection was, 598 00:32:52,567 --> 00:32:55,320 X1:150 X2:567 Y1:426 Y2:498 there was a programme that was done on Saturday night 599 00:32:55,367 --> 00:33:00,157 X1:165 X2:551 Y1:466 Y2:498 that was directed or produced 600 00:33:00,207 --> 00:33:03,517 X1:160 X2:556 Y1:426 Y2:492 by lain Johnstone, who was a friend of all of ours. 601 00:33:03,567 --> 00:33:09,085 X1:142 X2:575 Y1:426 Y2:492 And he set this up and asked Sir Tim Rice to be the moderator. 602 00:33:09,127 --> 00:33:11,561 X1:138 X2:579 Y1:080 Y2:152 With us tonight, another one third of Monty Python, 603 00:33:11,607 --> 00:33:13,723 X1:154 X2:563 Y1:080 Y2:106 John Cleese and Michael Palin. 604 00:33:23,287 --> 00:33:28,805 X1:128 X2:591 Y1:426 Y2:498 Tim created a pleasant atmosphere at the beginning, 605 00:33:28,847 --> 00:33:31,202 X1:217 X2:502 Y1:426 Y2:498 but l don't remember his participating much 606 00:33:31,247 --> 00:33:35,684 X1:194 X2:525 Y1:426 Y2:498 because l think it became rather gripping television. 607 00:33:35,727 --> 00:33:37,797 X1:079 X2:639 Y1:466 Y2:498 l don't think we needed a great deal of help. 608 00:33:37,847 --> 00:33:41,078 X1:092 X2:625 Y1:426 Y2:498 You keep making the basic assumption... Sorry, let me say this. 609 00:33:41,127 --> 00:33:43,118 X1:104 X2:613 Y1:466 Y2:498 You keep making the basic assumption 610 00:33:43,167 --> 00:33:47,126 X1:179 X2:538 Y1:426 Y2:498 that we are ridiculing Christ and Christ's teaching 611 00:33:47,167 --> 00:33:48,805 X1:197 X2:521 Y1:466 Y2:498 and l say that we are not. 612 00:33:48,847 --> 00:33:52,556 X1:091 X2:626 Y1:426 Y2:496 Do you imagine that your scene, for instance, of the Sermon on the Mount, 613 00:33:52,607 --> 00:33:56,077 X1:169 X2:548 Y1:426 Y2:496 the scene in this, in your film, of the Sermon on the Mount, 614 00:33:56,127 --> 00:33:59,199 X1:131 X2:588 Y1:426 Y2:492 is not ridiculing one of the most sublime utterances 615 00:33:59,247 --> 00:34:02,717 X1:109 X2:608 Y1:426 Y2:492 that any human being has ever spoken on this earth? Of course it is. 616 00:34:02,767 --> 00:34:05,235 X1:178 X2:539 Y1:426 Y2:498 lt's making fun of the guy who's remembered it wrong 617 00:34:05,287 --> 00:34:08,006 X1:203 X2:513 Y1:426 Y2:492 and of the people who don't understand it. 618 00:34:08,047 --> 00:34:10,641 X1:143 X2:575 Y1:426 Y2:498 That's unfair, because a lot of people looking in 619 00:34:10,687 --> 00:34:14,475 X1:187 X2:532 Y1:426 Y2:498 will think we have actually ridiculed Christ, physically. 620 00:34:14,527 --> 00:34:16,643 X1:179 X2:538 Y1:426 Y2:498 Christ is played by an actor, Ken Colley, 621 00:34:16,687 --> 00:34:20,043 X1:157 X2:560 Y1:426 Y2:492 he speaks the words from the Sermon on the Mount. 622 00:34:20,087 --> 00:34:21,805 X1:199 X2:519 Y1:466 Y2:498 He's treated respectfully. 623 00:34:21,847 --> 00:34:24,600 X1:157 X2:560 Y1:426 Y2:498 The camera pans away, we go to the back of the crowd, 624 00:34:24,647 --> 00:34:28,356 X1:120 X2:597 Y1:426 Y2:498 to someone who shouts, ''Speak up!'' because they cannot hear him. 625 00:34:28,407 --> 00:34:32,400 X1:163 X2:557 Y1:426 Y2:492 Now, if that utterly undermines one's faith in Christ... 626 00:34:32,447 --> 00:34:34,119 X1:189 X2:529 Y1:466 Y2:496 No, it doesn't undermine... 627 00:34:34,167 --> 00:34:35,805 X1:224 X2:494 Y1:466 Y2:492 That was kind of fun. 628 00:34:36,767 --> 00:34:40,999 X1:091 X2:625 Y1:426 Y2:492 What was particularly funny, it was the crossest l've ever seen Michael Palin. 629 00:34:42,287 --> 00:34:46,439 X1:166 X2:552 Y1:426 Y2:498 Not a man who's easily upset. He was almost apoplectic. 630 00:34:46,487 --> 00:34:49,957 X1:150 X2:566 Y1:426 Y2:492 l started off by saying that this is such a tenth-rate film 631 00:34:50,007 --> 00:34:52,237 X1:128 X2:588 Y1:426 Y2:498 that l don't believe that it would disturb anybody's faith. 632 00:34:52,287 --> 00:34:54,676 X1:157 X2:560 Y1:426 Y2:492 You started with an open mind, l realise that. 633 00:34:57,007 --> 00:35:00,556 X1:118 X2:600 Y1:426 Y2:498 That was fun, but disappointing cos it was so funny. 634 00:35:00,607 --> 00:35:03,599 X1:125 X2:592 Y1:426 Y2:498 And l remember Mervyn Stockwood, the pompous twerp, 635 00:35:03,647 --> 00:35:08,038 X1:093 X2:624 Y1:466 Y2:498 you know, an alcoholic and gay, l mean... 636 00:35:09,567 --> 00:35:11,523 X1:236 X2:481 Y1:466 Y2:498 The hypocrisy of it. 637 00:35:11,567 --> 00:35:14,240 X1:178 X2:539 Y1:426 Y2:492 Ah, yes, fingering the cross, that was it. 638 00:35:14,287 --> 00:35:17,040 X1:136 X2:582 Y1:466 Y2:498 The way people react to the cross, 639 00:35:17,087 --> 00:35:20,045 X1:158 X2:560 Y1:426 Y2:496 and after all, l am not ashamed to wear the cross here, 640 00:35:20,087 --> 00:35:22,317 X1:170 X2:546 Y1:466 Y2:498 which is the sign of a bishop. 641 00:35:23,887 --> 00:35:26,082 X1:191 X2:525 Y1:466 Y2:498 When l look at that figure, 642 00:35:26,127 --> 00:35:29,517 X1:079 X2:639 Y1:426 Y2:498 l know you're going to say Brian isn't Jesus, but that's just rubbish. 643 00:35:29,567 --> 00:35:34,083 X1:156 X2:561 Y1:426 Y2:492 Muggeridge is such a twerp and he makes a fool of himself. 644 00:35:34,127 --> 00:35:37,802 X1:182 X2:534 Y1:426 Y2:498 Remember that that story of the incarnation 645 00:35:37,847 --> 00:35:41,556 X1:158 X2:558 Y1:426 Y2:498 was what our whole civilisation began with. 646 00:35:41,607 --> 00:35:45,885 X1:192 X2:526 Y1:426 Y2:498 Remember that it has inspired every great artist, 647 00:35:45,927 --> 00:35:48,600 X1:214 X2:503 Y1:426 Y2:498 every great writer, every great composer, 648 00:35:48,647 --> 00:35:51,684 X1:223 X2:494 Y1:426 Y2:498 every great builder, every great architect. 649 00:35:51,727 --> 00:35:54,116 X1:219 X2:498 Y1:426 Y2:498 That's to celebrate, that marvellous thing. 650 00:35:54,167 --> 00:35:57,477 X1:132 X2:586 Y1:426 Y2:498 The Thirty Years' War in Germany, the lnquisition and so forth. 651 00:35:57,527 --> 00:35:59,916 X1:170 X2:546 Y1:466 Y2:498 Yes, the lnquisition is there... 652 00:36:01,887 --> 00:36:03,366 X1:183 X2:536 Y1:466 Y2:498 Muggeridge and the bishop 653 00:36:03,407 --> 00:36:06,877 X1:141 X2:575 Y1:426 Y2:498 tended to assume that they were more popular than we were, 654 00:36:06,927 --> 00:36:10,681 X1:189 X2:528 Y1:426 Y2:498 which was a fatal, fatal mistake they'd made. 655 00:36:10,727 --> 00:36:12,126 X1:178 X2:540 Y1:466 Y2:498 The bishop was able to say, 656 00:36:12,167 --> 00:36:14,965 X1:200 X2:518 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''l hope you'll make your 30 pieces of silver,'' 657 00:36:15,007 --> 00:36:17,441 X1:118 X2:598 Y1:426 Y2:498 which was a pretty awful thing to say, but he was saying it... 658 00:36:17,487 --> 00:36:20,320 X1:132 X2:585 Y1:426 Y2:498 cos he was getting a great reaction from the audience. 659 00:36:20,367 --> 00:36:22,722 X1:135 X2:581 Y1:426 Y2:496 When we finished the whole thing, shock, horror, 660 00:36:22,767 --> 00:36:26,282 X1:097 X2:620 Y1:426 Y2:498 we're all backstage and the bishop says, ''That seemed to go well.'' 661 00:36:26,327 --> 00:36:30,559 X1:143 X2:575 Y1:426 Y2:492 What are you really trying to say? l wasn't in the least bit horrified. 662 00:36:30,607 --> 00:36:34,202 X1:095 X2:623 Y1:426 Y2:498 People said, ''Bishop, when you go there, you'll be absolutely horrified.'' 663 00:36:34,247 --> 00:36:37,683 X1:133 X2:585 Y1:426 Y2:498 l wasn't at all. l wasn't vicar of the university church for nothing. 664 00:36:37,727 --> 00:36:41,163 X1:102 X2:616 Y1:466 Y2:498 l'm familiar with undergraduate humour. 665 00:36:44,647 --> 00:36:48,117 X1:196 X2:521 Y1:426 Y2:496 They were using every old man trick in the book, 666 00:36:48,167 --> 00:36:50,317 X1:133 X2:584 Y1:466 Y2:498 every headmaster trick in the book. 667 00:36:50,367 --> 00:36:53,564 X1:155 X2:564 Y1:426 Y2:498 l know people of Clifton College of exactly your own period 668 00:36:53,607 --> 00:36:55,598 X1:130 X2:586 Y1:466 Y2:498 who are now priests in my diocese. 669 00:36:55,647 --> 00:36:58,366 X1:177 X2:540 Y1:426 Y2:492 - l remember the sermons. - You don't remember mine. 670 00:36:58,407 --> 00:37:00,557 X1:169 X2:548 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Tell me what l preached on. - No idea. 671 00:37:00,607 --> 00:37:03,485 X1:163 X2:556 Y1:466 Y2:498 l only remember the bad ones. 672 00:37:03,527 --> 00:37:05,916 X1:200 X2:518 Y1:426 Y2:498 l remember a gentleman coming and telling us 673 00:37:05,967 --> 00:37:09,562 X1:165 X2:553 Y1:426 Y2:498 how very difficult it had proved to get the Bible into Tibet. 674 00:37:09,607 --> 00:37:12,485 X1:126 X2:591 Y1:426 Y2:496 Seven occasions. The first time there were landslides, 675 00:37:12,527 --> 00:37:15,280 X1:143 X2:574 Y1:426 Y2:498 the second time, rains and the pages got stuck together, 676 00:37:15,327 --> 00:37:17,966 X1:159 X2:558 Y1:466 Y2:496 the third time... No, this is true. 677 00:37:18,007 --> 00:37:20,441 X1:184 X2:535 Y1:426 Y2:496 The third time the mules had fallen off the mountain, 678 00:37:20,487 --> 00:37:23,718 X1:099 X2:617 Y1:426 Y2:496 the fourth time, there were thunderbolts, and the seventh time, he said, 679 00:37:23,767 --> 00:37:26,918 X1:146 X2:573 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''God helped us and we got the Bibles into Tibet.'' 680 00:37:26,967 --> 00:37:30,846 X1:097 X2:621 Y1:426 Y2:498 The obvious conclusion was that he was trying to stop them getting the Bibles. 681 00:37:34,167 --> 00:37:39,161 X1:150 X2:567 Y1:426 Y2:498 Mike and John were just fantastic on that show. 682 00:37:39,207 --> 00:37:44,440 X1:152 X2:565 Y1:426 Y2:498 And l thought, ''OK, this is good. We've started the controversy.'' 683 00:37:44,487 --> 00:37:47,479 X1:155 X2:564 Y1:426 Y2:498 And then l loved, in New York is where it really got interesting. 684 00:37:47,527 --> 00:37:52,806 X1:123 X2:593 Y1:080 Y2:150 Life Of Brian was in perfect territory for humour, as far as l'm concerned. 685 00:37:52,847 --> 00:37:55,839 X1:114 X2:605 Y1:080 Y2:152 Now, there were many groups in the United States that objected to it. 686 00:37:55,887 --> 00:38:00,961 X1:126 X2:591 Y1:426 Y2:498 We were about to go to New York for the opening of The Life Of Brian, 687 00:38:01,007 --> 00:38:05,398 X1:189 X2:528 Y1:426 Y2:492 and one forgets the fanaticism in America. 688 00:38:05,447 --> 00:38:08,245 X1:191 X2:528 Y1:426 Y2:496 l suppose with all things it was more extreme here, 689 00:38:08,287 --> 00:38:13,600 X1:122 X2:597 Y1:426 Y2:498 because you do have very deep religious factions, and many of them, 690 00:38:13,647 --> 00:38:19,438 X1:081 X2:635 Y1:080 Y2:152 and ones that are much more likely to demonstrate and get cross about things. 691 00:38:19,487 --> 00:38:23,844 X1:106 X2:611 Y1:426 Y2:498 A group of rabbis and priests held demonstrations over this past weekend 692 00:38:23,887 --> 00:38:27,084 X1:120 X2:598 Y1:426 Y2:492 and they were demonstrating against a movie called The Life Of Brian. 693 00:38:27,127 --> 00:38:31,996 X1:094 X2:625 Y1:426 Y2:498 A thousand rabbis came out in New York protesting about The Life Of Brian. 694 00:38:32,047 --> 00:38:35,562 X1:172 X2:546 Y1:466 Y2:498 And we went, ''What? Why?'' 695 00:38:35,607 --> 00:38:39,566 X1:107 X2:611 Y1:426 Y2:498 Evidently the rabbis were complaining about the headdress 696 00:38:39,607 --> 00:38:42,246 X1:093 X2:624 Y1:466 Y2:498 that John wears in the stoning sequence. 697 00:38:42,287 --> 00:38:45,404 X1:141 X2:577 Y1:426 Y2:498 They said that was a religious garment or something. 698 00:38:45,447 --> 00:38:47,438 X1:083 X2:634 Y1:466 Y2:498 We just thought it was a piece of costume. 699 00:38:47,487 --> 00:38:50,285 X1:191 X2:526 Y1:426 Y2:498 We didn't know it had any religious significance. 700 00:38:50,327 --> 00:38:53,205 X1:178 X2:540 Y1:426 Y2:492 The new Monty Python film is entitled The Life Of Brian. 701 00:38:53,247 --> 00:38:55,078 X1:163 X2:556 Y1:466 Y2:498 lt is a spoof of the life of Christ 702 00:38:55,127 --> 00:38:58,244 X1:115 X2:604 Y1:426 Y2:498 and has managed to offend just about every religious group in this city. 703 00:38:58,287 --> 00:39:02,599 X1:130 X2:588 Y1:426 Y2:496 Once it's picked up by the networks and it's on the news, 704 00:39:02,647 --> 00:39:04,239 X1:172 X2:545 Y1:466 Y2:498 you don't have to publicise it, 705 00:39:04,287 --> 00:39:07,279 X1:159 X2:558 Y1:426 Y2:498 it's already wider than you can possibly imagine. 706 00:39:07,327 --> 00:39:10,524 X1:120 X2:599 Y1:426 Y2:498 Monty Python's Life Of Brian, a film attracting much attention today 707 00:39:10,567 --> 00:39:12,842 X1:120 X2:597 Y1:426 Y2:492 outside the Warner Brothers building in Rockefeller Center. 708 00:39:12,887 --> 00:39:15,526 X1:172 X2:545 Y1:426 Y2:498 Demonstrators gathered to call the film blasphemous. 709 00:39:15,567 --> 00:39:18,604 X1:141 X2:578 Y1:426 Y2:498 Catholic, Jewish, Greek Orthodox and Protestant religious leaders 710 00:39:18,647 --> 00:39:20,365 X1:174 X2:545 Y1:466 Y2:496 have all condemned the film, 711 00:39:20,407 --> 00:39:23,080 X1:174 X2:544 Y1:426 Y2:498 the New York Archdiocese officially on record against it. 712 00:39:23,127 --> 00:39:26,722 X1:109 X2:607 Y1:080 Y2:150 And people were walking up and down with billboards outside the cinema, 713 00:39:26,767 --> 00:39:28,598 X1:091 X2:625 Y1:080 Y2:112 which of course did us tremendous good, 714 00:39:28,647 --> 00:39:31,445 X1:123 X2:596 Y1:080 Y2:146 and got millions of people to watch it who wouldn't otherwise. 715 00:39:31,487 --> 00:39:34,843 X1:109 X2:609 Y1:426 Y2:498 One billboard said, ''Monty Python is an agent of the devil.'' 716 00:39:34,887 --> 00:39:39,483 X1:105 X2:614 Y1:426 Y2:498 l remember thinking, ''God, l'd like to be getting 10 of what he makes.'' 717 00:39:39,527 --> 00:39:42,405 X1:154 X2:563 Y1:080 Y2:112 Very early days of Life Of Brian, 718 00:39:42,447 --> 00:39:46,326 X1:147 X2:572 Y1:080 Y2:150 it was banned in North Carolina, and we said, ''How is it banned?'' 719 00:39:46,367 --> 00:39:50,280 X1:082 X2:637 Y1:466 Y2:498 They said, Senator Strom Thurmond's wife 720 00:39:50,327 --> 00:39:55,162 X1:200 X2:519 Y1:426 Y2:498 had a friend who'd heard it was very antireligious, 721 00:39:55,207 --> 00:39:57,163 X1:133 X2:584 Y1:466 Y2:492 and because of that it was banned. 722 00:39:57,607 --> 00:39:59,518 X1:194 X2:524 Y1:466 Y2:492 About 150 demonstrators 723 00:39:59,567 --> 00:40:03,355 X1:107 X2:610 Y1:426 Y2:492 say their right to freedom of expression has been violated. 724 00:40:03,407 --> 00:40:06,956 X1:171 X2:546 Y1:426 Y2:492 Theatre owners quit showing The Life Of Brian 725 00:40:07,007 --> 00:40:10,761 X1:096 X2:621 Y1:426 Y2:498 after Senator Strom Thurmond told them it offended religious leaders. 726 00:40:10,807 --> 00:40:13,958 X1:150 X2:566 Y1:426 Y2:496 These protestors say the film should not be censored, 727 00:40:14,007 --> 00:40:16,043 X1:169 X2:549 Y1:466 Y2:498 no matter what the subject is. 728 00:40:16,087 --> 00:40:19,238 X1:080 X2:638 Y1:466 Y2:498 And they say the senator abused his power 729 00:40:19,287 --> 00:40:23,519 X1:108 X2:611 Y1:426 Y2:498 by asking General Cinema Corporation to quit showing the film. 730 00:40:23,567 --> 00:40:26,877 X1:135 X2:583 Y1:426 Y2:496 He has censored a movie, it doesn't matter what the movie is, 731 00:40:26,927 --> 00:40:30,806 X1:129 X2:589 Y1:466 Y2:498 it's censorship and that's bad news. 732 00:40:30,847 --> 00:40:32,963 X1:159 X2:557 Y1:426 Y2:498 This is America, that's not supposed to happen. 733 00:40:33,007 --> 00:40:35,919 X1:168 X2:548 Y1:426 Y2:492 l remember Life Of Brian was controversial at the time. 734 00:40:35,967 --> 00:40:39,118 X1:147 X2:571 Y1:426 Y2:498 There was a lot of hue and cry about where you're coming from, 735 00:40:39,167 --> 00:40:42,239 X1:115 X2:603 Y1:426 Y2:498 but again, you think, ''Wait, it's the Pythons, it's a comedy.'' 736 00:40:42,287 --> 00:40:46,405 X1:124 X2:594 Y1:426 Y2:498 And after all the Christ did exist as a real figure, he is public domain, 737 00:40:46,447 --> 00:40:50,918 X1:147 X2:571 Y1:426 Y2:498 and it is said that he did have quite a sense of humour himself. 738 00:40:50,967 --> 00:40:53,117 X1:162 X2:556 Y1:080 Y2:110 l'm from a Catholic household, 739 00:40:53,167 --> 00:40:55,158 X1:143 X2:576 Y1:080 Y2:110 because we were a bit liberal too, 740 00:40:55,207 --> 00:40:58,279 X1:101 X2:616 Y1:080 Y2:112 there were just murmurs of disapproval, 741 00:40:58,327 --> 00:41:00,602 X1:209 X2:510 Y1:466 Y2:498 rather than, you know... 742 00:41:03,887 --> 00:41:06,765 X1:123 X2:594 Y1:426 Y2:498 My mother is the kind of person who would laugh at that kind of thing 743 00:41:06,807 --> 00:41:11,961 X1:086 X2:634 Y1:426 Y2:498 and then shake her head and tut at herself for having laughed at it. 744 00:41:12,007 --> 00:41:13,759 X1:287 X2:432 Y1:080 Y2:106 l think it's... 745 00:41:13,807 --> 00:41:17,277 X1:137 X2:580 Y1:080 Y2:152 A proper Christian seeing that film would get it. 746 00:41:17,327 --> 00:41:19,443 X1:172 X2:546 Y1:080 Y2:112 My sister was quite religious, 747 00:41:19,487 --> 00:41:21,603 X1:111 X2:606 Y1:080 Y2:112 didn't want to go and see it, and l said, 748 00:41:21,647 --> 00:41:25,526 X1:168 X2:550 Y1:080 Y2:152 ''You must. lt's actually, in a way, quite a religious film 749 00:41:25,567 --> 00:41:28,161 X1:131 X2:587 Y1:466 Y2:498 ''in that it takes away the mystique.'' 750 00:41:28,207 --> 00:41:30,243 X1:118 X2:600 Y1:466 Y2:498 She saw it eventually about six times. 751 00:41:30,287 --> 00:41:33,643 X1:167 X2:554 Y1:466 Y2:498 l think they got that balance of 752 00:41:34,847 --> 00:41:38,635 X1:192 X2:525 Y1:426 Y2:498 showing up the worst sides of religion 753 00:41:38,687 --> 00:41:40,564 X1:150 X2:568 Y1:466 Y2:498 but not attacking the good sides. 754 00:41:40,607 --> 00:41:45,522 X1:141 X2:577 Y1:080 Y2:152 With Life Of Brian, they have got nearly the greatest story ever told, 755 00:41:47,847 --> 00:41:51,726 X1:139 X2:580 Y1:426 Y2:498 and it's all laid out for them, but it's done absolutely beautifully. 756 00:41:51,767 --> 00:41:55,646 X1:120 X2:597 Y1:426 Y2:498 Both it's terrifically funny and says something terribly profound 757 00:41:55,687 --> 00:41:58,520 X1:114 X2:603 Y1:466 Y2:498 about the nature of belief and religion, 758 00:41:58,567 --> 00:42:00,637 X1:085 X2:633 Y1:466 Y2:498 and that's why it offended so many people. 759 00:42:00,687 --> 00:42:05,807 X1:123 X2:594 Y1:426 Y2:498 Life Of Brian is almost, dare l say it, almost Shakespearean. 760 00:42:05,847 --> 00:42:07,678 X1:241 X2:478 Y1:080 Y2:106 l think it was voted 761 00:42:07,727 --> 00:42:11,515 X1:161 X2:558 Y1:080 Y2:112 best British comedy of all time, 762 00:42:11,567 --> 00:42:14,081 X1:154 X2:564 Y1:426 Y2:498 which... l felt it should have been higher. 763 00:42:14,127 --> 00:42:15,958 X1:143 X2:575 Y1:080 Y2:112 Life Of Brian, that got in my head. 764 00:42:16,007 --> 00:42:18,521 X1:101 X2:616 Y1:080 Y2:150 That and Elephant Man and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 765 00:42:18,567 --> 00:42:22,082 X1:157 X2:560 Y1:426 Y2:498 are my favourite films, full stop, across all genres. 766 00:42:22,127 --> 00:42:25,915 X1:143 X2:573 Y1:426 Y2:498 There are certain bits in it which one will always remember. 767 00:42:25,967 --> 00:42:28,162 X1:176 X2:541 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''lf it wasn't for the Romans'', things like that. 768 00:42:28,207 --> 00:42:30,596 X1:127 X2:590 Y1:466 Y2:498 They've bled us white, the bastards. 769 00:42:30,647 --> 00:42:33,207 X1:145 X2:572 Y1:426 Y2:498 They've taken everything we had, and not just from us, 770 00:42:33,247 --> 00:42:35,522 X1:171 X2:546 Y1:426 Y2:492 from our fathers, and from our fathers' fathers. 771 00:42:35,567 --> 00:42:38,127 X1:117 X2:599 Y1:466 Y2:492 And from our fathers' fathers' fathers. 772 00:42:38,167 --> 00:42:40,476 X1:170 X2:547 Y1:426 Y2:492 And from our fathers' fathers' fathers' fathers. 773 00:42:40,527 --> 00:42:42,279 X1:158 X2:558 Y1:466 Y2:498 All right. Don't labour the point. 774 00:42:42,327 --> 00:42:45,444 X1:207 X2:511 Y1:426 Y2:498 And what have they ever given us in return? 775 00:42:47,487 --> 00:42:49,045 X1:261 X2:458 Y1:466 Y2:498 The aqueduct? 776 00:42:49,807 --> 00:42:51,877 X1:256 X2:462 Y1:426 Y2:498 - What? - The aqueduct. 777 00:42:51,927 --> 00:42:54,521 X1:144 X2:574 Y1:426 Y2:498 Oh. Yeah, yeah. They did give us that. That's true. 778 00:42:54,567 --> 00:42:56,000 X1:213 X2:503 Y1:466 Y2:492 And there's sanitation. 779 00:42:56,967 --> 00:43:00,198 X1:151 X2:569 Y1:426 Y2:498 The sanitation, Reg. Remember what the city used to be like? 780 00:43:00,247 --> 00:43:02,807 X1:194 X2:525 Y1:426 Y2:492 l'll grant you the aqueduct and the sanitation 781 00:43:02,847 --> 00:43:04,439 X1:110 X2:607 Y1:466 Y2:498 are two things the Romans have done. 782 00:43:04,487 --> 00:43:06,045 X1:263 X2:454 Y1:466 Y2:492 And the roads. 783 00:43:06,087 --> 00:43:09,523 X1:172 X2:545 Y1:426 Y2:498 Obviously the roads. The roads go without saying. 784 00:43:09,567 --> 00:43:12,206 X1:169 X2:548 Y1:426 Y2:498 Apart from the sanitation, the aqueduct and the roads... 785 00:43:12,247 --> 00:43:14,920 X1:287 X2:431 Y1:426 Y2:492 - lrrigation. - Medicine. 786 00:43:14,967 --> 00:43:17,527 X1:210 X2:507 Y1:426 Y2:498 - Education. - All right. Fair enough. 787 00:43:17,567 --> 00:43:20,639 X1:261 X2:456 Y1:426 Y2:498 - And the wine. - Oh, yes. 788 00:43:20,687 --> 00:43:23,918 X1:101 X2:617 Y1:426 Y2:492 That's something we'd really miss, Reg, if the Romans left. 789 00:43:23,967 --> 00:43:25,241 X1:275 X2:443 Y1:466 Y2:492 Public baths. 790 00:43:25,287 --> 00:43:27,721 X1:189 X2:529 Y1:426 Y2:498 And it's safe to walk in the streets at night now. 791 00:43:27,767 --> 00:43:29,405 X1:165 X2:553 Y1:466 Y2:498 They know how to keep order. 792 00:43:29,447 --> 00:43:33,281 X1:140 X2:580 Y1:426 Y2:498 Let's face it. They're the only ones who could in a place like this. 793 00:43:33,327 --> 00:43:37,445 X1:108 X2:608 Y1:080 Y2:150 l do love the notion that there was a ton of these Christs about, 794 00:43:37,487 --> 00:43:42,356 X1:109 X2:609 Y1:426 Y2:492 but one of them got the good... he was in... he was on the inside track. 795 00:43:42,407 --> 00:43:45,604 X1:133 X2:586 Y1:426 Y2:498 But over there there's a ton of them and they all missed. 796 00:43:45,647 --> 00:43:48,445 X1:204 X2:513 Y1:426 Y2:492 Which he will wield on all wretched sinners. 797 00:43:48,487 --> 00:43:52,116 X1:120 X2:596 Y1:426 Y2:492 Sinners just like you, sir, there. And the horns shall be on the head... 798 00:43:52,167 --> 00:43:55,000 X1:207 X2:512 Y1:466 Y2:496 ..Obadiah, his servants. 799 00:43:55,047 --> 00:44:00,724 X1:139 X2:579 Y1:426 Y2:498 There shall, in that time, be rumours of things going astray, 800 00:44:00,767 --> 00:44:04,885 X1:127 X2:591 Y1:426 Y2:498 and there shall be a great confusion as to where things really are, 801 00:44:04,927 --> 00:44:09,079 X1:173 X2:544 Y1:426 Y2:498 and nobody will really know where lieth those little things 802 00:44:09,127 --> 00:44:13,803 X1:155 X2:563 Y1:426 Y2:492 with the sort of raffia-work base that has an attachment. 803 00:44:13,847 --> 00:44:20,161 X1:108 X2:611 Y1:426 Y2:498 l often wonder how they... how it played with American audiences 804 00:44:20,207 --> 00:44:22,675 X1:134 X2:582 Y1:466 Y2:498 who had never actually done Latin, 805 00:44:22,727 --> 00:44:26,322 X1:185 X2:532 Y1:426 Y2:498 who never had been taken and put up against the wall 806 00:44:26,367 --> 00:44:29,200 X1:170 X2:547 Y1:426 Y2:498 with having their ear tweaked by a Latin teacher going, 807 00:44:29,247 --> 00:44:31,681 X1:245 X2:473 Y1:426 Y2:492 ''Motion towards!'' ''Dative! Dative!'' 808 00:44:33,927 --> 00:44:37,966 X1:193 X2:525 Y1:426 Y2:492 What's this, then? ''Romanes Eunt Domus''? 809 00:44:38,007 --> 00:44:41,158 X1:199 X2:520 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''People called Romanes they go the house''? 810 00:44:41,207 --> 00:44:43,323 X1:153 X2:565 Y1:466 Y2:498 lt... lt says, ''Romans, go home''. 811 00:44:44,127 --> 00:44:45,446 X1:270 X2:448 Y1:466 Y2:496 No, it doesn't. 812 00:44:45,487 --> 00:44:47,682 X1:186 X2:532 Y1:466 Y2:492 What's Latin for ''Roman''? 813 00:44:47,727 --> 00:44:49,479 X1:218 X2:499 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Come on! Come on! - ''Romanus''? 814 00:44:49,527 --> 00:44:51,006 X1:268 X2:451 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Goes like...? - ''Annus''? 815 00:44:51,047 --> 00:44:53,845 X1:149 X2:569 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Vocative plural of ''annus'' is...? - ''Anni''? 816 00:44:53,887 --> 00:44:55,684 X1:293 X2:424 Y1:466 Y2:492 ''Romani''. 817 00:44:56,327 --> 00:44:59,603 X1:196 X2:523 Y1:426 Y2:496 You go, ''Oh, my God! Declines with... Oh, shit!'' 818 00:44:59,647 --> 00:45:01,285 X1:186 X2:531 Y1:466 Y2:498 Conjugate the verb ''to go''. 819 00:45:01,327 --> 00:45:05,161 X1:176 X2:542 Y1:466 Y2:496 lre. Eo, is, it, imus, itis, eunt. 820 00:45:05,207 --> 00:45:07,277 X1:263 X2:455 Y1:466 Y2:492 So ''eunt'' is...? 821 00:45:07,327 --> 00:45:10,125 X1:172 X2:546 Y1:426 Y2:498 Third person plural, present indicative - ''they go''. 822 00:45:10,167 --> 00:45:14,843 X1:127 X2:591 Y1:426 Y2:498 But ''Romans, go home'' is an order, so you must use the...? 823 00:45:14,887 --> 00:45:15,922 X1:257 X2:460 Y1:466 Y2:498 The imperative! 824 00:45:15,967 --> 00:45:19,118 X1:272 X2:447 Y1:426 Y2:496 - Which is...? - Oh, ''i'', ''i''! 825 00:45:19,167 --> 00:45:22,842 X1:191 X2:526 Y1:426 Y2:498 - How many Romans? - Plural, plural - ''ite'', ''ite''. 826 00:45:22,887 --> 00:45:25,799 X1:184 X2:534 Y1:426 Y2:498 That's a peculiar public-school phenomenon 827 00:45:25,847 --> 00:45:28,281 X1:187 X2:530 Y1:466 Y2:498 and it always gets a laugh. 828 00:45:28,327 --> 00:45:30,158 X1:133 X2:585 Y1:466 Y2:498 How does it get a laugh if nobody... 829 00:45:30,207 --> 00:45:32,846 X1:200 X2:521 Y1:426 Y2:498 How does anybody know that this really went on? 830 00:45:32,887 --> 00:45:36,197 X1:177 X2:541 Y1:426 Y2:498 lt's just so absurd, it's funny. lt's funny in its own right. 831 00:45:36,967 --> 00:45:38,400 X1:266 X2:453 Y1:426 Y2:496 - Understand? - Yes, sir. 832 00:45:38,447 --> 00:45:40,597 X1:206 X2:511 Y1:426 Y2:498 - Write it out 100 times. - Thank you, sir. 833 00:45:40,647 --> 00:45:42,365 X1:244 X2:473 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Hail Caesar, sir. - Hail Caesar. 834 00:45:42,407 --> 00:45:44,477 X1:195 X2:523 Y1:426 Y2:498 lf it's not done by sunrise, l'll cut your balls off. 835 00:45:44,527 --> 00:45:46,563 X1:169 X2:548 Y1:426 Y2:498 To somebody like me who went to boarding school, 836 00:45:46,607 --> 00:45:50,156 X1:238 X2:480 Y1:426 Y2:498 and had to suffer all these iniquities, 837 00:45:50,207 --> 00:45:52,641 X1:218 X2:500 Y1:466 Y2:498 it's a stroke of genius. 838 00:45:55,607 --> 00:45:56,596 X1:299 X2:419 Y1:466 Y2:492 Finished! 839 00:45:58,087 --> 00:46:01,921 X1:178 X2:541 Y1:466 Y2:498 Right. Now don't do it again. 840 00:46:25,967 --> 00:46:27,241 X1:253 X2:466 Y1:466 Y2:498 Bloody Romans. 841 00:46:27,287 --> 00:46:31,075 X1:117 X2:600 Y1:466 Y2:498 That's speaking as an ex-communist, 842 00:46:31,127 --> 00:46:35,006 X1:126 X2:592 Y1:426 Y2:492 the scene with the People's Popular Front of Judea. 843 00:46:35,047 --> 00:46:37,356 X1:154 X2:563 Y1:426 Y2:492 The only people we hate more than the Romans 844 00:46:37,407 --> 00:46:39,637 X1:209 X2:509 Y1:426 Y2:498 are the fucking Judean People's Front. 845 00:46:39,687 --> 00:46:40,676 X1:301 X2:417 Y1:466 Y2:498 Splitters. 846 00:46:40,727 --> 00:46:42,877 X1:207 X2:511 Y1:426 Y2:498 And the Judean Popular People's Front. 847 00:46:42,927 --> 00:46:44,280 X1:258 X2:458 Y1:466 Y2:498 Yeah. Splitters. 848 00:46:44,327 --> 00:46:46,158 X1:146 X2:570 Y1:466 Y2:498 And the People's Front of Judea. 849 00:46:46,207 --> 00:46:47,640 X1:250 X2:467 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Yeah. Splitters. - What? 850 00:46:47,687 --> 00:46:49,757 X1:110 X2:607 Y1:466 Y2:498 The People's Front of Judea. Splitters. 851 00:46:49,807 --> 00:46:51,638 X1:132 X2:583 Y1:466 Y2:498 We're the People's Front of Judea! 852 00:46:53,767 --> 00:46:55,519 X1:125 X2:593 Y1:466 Y2:498 l thought we were the Popular Front. 853 00:46:55,567 --> 00:46:57,797 X1:261 X2:457 Y1:466 Y2:498 People's Front. 854 00:46:57,847 --> 00:47:00,919 X1:186 X2:531 Y1:426 Y2:498 Whatever happened to the Popular Front, Reg? 855 00:47:00,967 --> 00:47:02,195 X1:257 X2:461 Y1:466 Y2:492 He's over there. 856 00:47:04,767 --> 00:47:05,916 X1:308 X2:409 Y1:466 Y2:498 Splitter! 857 00:47:06,967 --> 00:47:08,923 X1:151 X2:567 Y1:466 Y2:498 That was so brilliantly observed. 858 00:47:08,967 --> 00:47:11,322 X1:136 X2:582 Y1:466 Y2:498 That alone is worth the ticket price 859 00:47:11,367 --> 00:47:15,042 X1:124 X2:593 Y1:426 Y2:498 and should have ended communism right there and then. 860 00:47:15,087 --> 00:47:16,918 X1:326 X2:393 Y1:466 Y2:492 Next. 861 00:47:16,967 --> 00:47:18,446 X1:273 X2:446 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Crucifixion? - Yes. 862 00:47:18,487 --> 00:47:22,844 X1:149 X2:569 Y1:426 Y2:492 Good. Out of the door. Line on the left. One cross each. 863 00:47:22,887 --> 00:47:23,876 X1:326 X2:393 Y1:466 Y2:492 Next. 864 00:47:23,927 --> 00:47:27,124 X1:176 X2:542 Y1:426 Y2:498 Crucifixion was, at that time, a very common punishment. 865 00:47:27,167 --> 00:47:29,442 X1:174 X2:544 Y1:426 Y2:496 Jesus wasn't the first person to be crucified, 866 00:47:29,487 --> 00:47:31,443 X1:117 X2:600 Y1:466 Y2:492 there were thousands more crucified. 867 00:47:31,487 --> 00:47:36,242 X1:081 X2:638 Y1:426 Y2:498 The Roman Empire was an imperial power and they could send people off. 868 00:47:36,287 --> 00:47:39,245 X1:145 X2:574 Y1:426 Y2:498 So, you think about all the people you might find in that world, 869 00:47:39,287 --> 00:47:42,484 X1:195 X2:523 Y1:426 Y2:498 so, hence, you would find the centurion l played, 870 00:47:42,527 --> 00:47:46,725 X1:155 X2:563 Y1:426 Y2:498 this earnest, liberal man from a nice farm up near Rome 871 00:47:46,767 --> 00:47:49,918 X1:172 X2:546 Y1:426 Y2:492 who'd got stuck up here in the Eastern Mediterranean 872 00:47:49,967 --> 00:47:53,926 X1:145 X2:573 Y1:426 Y2:492 and was having to send people off to their deaths and crucifixion. 873 00:47:53,967 --> 00:47:56,800 X1:132 X2:586 Y1:426 Y2:498 So he's so pleased when someone comes through and says, 874 00:47:56,847 --> 00:47:59,566 X1:157 X2:562 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''No, l've been told l can live on a desert island and go free.'' 875 00:47:59,607 --> 00:48:02,246 X1:260 X2:458 Y1:426 Y2:492 - No. Freedom. - What? 876 00:48:02,287 --> 00:48:03,276 X1:251 X2:468 Y1:466 Y2:492 Freedom for me. 877 00:48:03,327 --> 00:48:04,999 X1:150 X2:567 Y1:466 Y2:498 They said l hadn't done anything 878 00:48:05,047 --> 00:48:07,515 X1:142 X2:575 Y1:426 Y2:492 so l can go free and live on an island somewhere. 879 00:48:08,607 --> 00:48:09,722 X1:247 X2:471 Y1:466 Y2:492 That's wonderful. 880 00:48:09,767 --> 00:48:12,804 X1:167 X2:552 Y1:426 Y2:492 He feels this is the way it should be in the ideal world. 881 00:48:12,847 --> 00:48:16,044 X1:161 X2:556 Y1:426 Y2:498 Then this wonderful character, ''No, it's crucifixion, really.'' 882 00:48:16,087 --> 00:48:20,046 X1:178 X2:541 Y1:426 Y2:496 l see. Very good. Very good. Well, out of the door... 883 00:48:20,087 --> 00:48:23,636 X1:156 X2:561 Y1:426 Y2:496 l know the way. Out the door, one cross each, line on the left. 884 00:48:23,687 --> 00:48:28,920 X1:074 X2:644 Y1:426 Y2:498 So, you've got the idealised centurion figure, you've also got the cheeky Cockney 885 00:48:28,967 --> 00:48:31,527 X1:081 X2:635 Y1:426 Y2:498 who's always having a joke about anything, played by Eric... 886 00:48:31,567 --> 00:48:34,957 X1:186 X2:531 Y1:426 Y2:492 Miserable bloody Romans. No sense of humour. 887 00:48:35,007 --> 00:48:36,326 X1:209 X2:510 Y1:466 Y2:498 ..and the guy who says, 888 00:48:36,367 --> 00:48:39,837 X1:172 X2:546 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''Would you carry my cross?'' ''Oh, yes, let me.'' 889 00:48:39,887 --> 00:48:42,321 X1:192 X2:526 Y1:426 Y2:498 No, Terry says, ''Let me carry your cross.'' 890 00:48:46,967 --> 00:48:49,686 X1:116 X2:603 Y1:466 Y2:498 Let me shoulder your burden, brother. 891 00:48:49,727 --> 00:48:50,716 X1:287 X2:431 Y1:466 Y2:498 Thank you. 892 00:48:50,767 --> 00:48:52,519 X1:197 X2:521 Y1:466 Y2:498 Then he just buggers off. 893 00:48:52,567 --> 00:48:56,242 X1:089 X2:628 Y1:426 Y2:498 Terry says, ''Excuse me, it's not my cross! lt's not my cross.'' 894 00:48:56,287 --> 00:48:59,040 X1:181 X2:535 Y1:426 Y2:498 - lt's not my cross. - Shut up and get on with it! 895 00:48:59,087 --> 00:49:01,726 X1:163 X2:554 Y1:426 Y2:498 lt's all characters you've seen in modern Britain, 896 00:49:01,767 --> 00:49:05,646 X1:097 X2:620 Y1:426 Y2:498 the sort of idealists and the naive people and all that sort of thing, 897 00:49:05,687 --> 00:49:08,155 X1:222 X2:495 Y1:426 Y2:498 and the chancers and the opportunists. 898 00:49:08,207 --> 00:49:11,597 X1:164 X2:554 Y1:426 Y2:498 The big thing is what happens when you're on the crosses. 899 00:49:11,647 --> 00:49:14,161 X1:222 X2:495 Y1:466 Y2:498 Up you go, Big Nose! 900 00:49:14,207 --> 00:49:16,243 X1:160 X2:559 Y1:466 Y2:498 l'll get you for this, you bastard. 901 00:49:16,287 --> 00:49:17,925 X1:283 X2:436 Y1:426 Y2:498 - Oh, yeah? - Oh, yeah. 902 00:49:17,967 --> 00:49:20,606 X1:137 X2:581 Y1:426 Y2:492 - Don't worry. l never forget a face. - No? 903 00:49:20,647 --> 00:49:25,004 X1:151 X2:567 Y1:426 Y2:498 l warned you. l'm going to punch you so hard, you Roman git! 904 00:49:25,047 --> 00:49:29,040 X1:163 X2:555 Y1:426 Y2:498 - Shut up, you Jewish turd! - Who are you calling Jewish? 905 00:49:29,087 --> 00:49:31,726 X1:152 X2:565 Y1:466 Y2:492 l'm not Jewish! l'm a Samaritan! 906 00:49:31,767 --> 00:49:34,679 X1:154 X2:562 Y1:426 Y2:492 A Samaritan? This is supposed to be a Jewish section. 907 00:49:34,727 --> 00:49:38,606 X1:181 X2:536 Y1:426 Y2:498 lt doesn't matter! You're all going to die in a day or two. 908 00:49:38,647 --> 00:49:41,366 X1:149 X2:569 Y1:426 Y2:498 lt may not matter to you, Roman, but it certainly matters to us. 909 00:49:41,407 --> 00:49:43,602 X1:228 X2:490 Y1:426 Y2:496 - Doesn't it, darling? - Oh, rather. 910 00:49:43,647 --> 00:49:45,797 X1:209 X2:508 Y1:426 Y2:498 Under the terms of the Roman occupancy, 911 00:49:45,847 --> 00:49:48,884 X1:176 X2:540 Y1:426 Y2:498 we're entitled to be crucified in a purely Jewish area. 912 00:49:48,927 --> 00:49:51,441 X1:119 X2:599 Y1:466 Y2:498 Pharisees separate from Sadducees. 913 00:49:51,487 --> 00:49:53,557 X1:128 X2:588 Y1:466 Y2:498 And Swedish separate from Welsh! 914 00:49:54,727 --> 00:49:58,766 X1:192 X2:523 Y1:426 Y2:492 All right, all right, all right! We'll soon settle this! 915 00:49:58,807 --> 00:50:03,039 X1:129 X2:588 Y1:426 Y2:492 Hands up, all those who don't want to be crucified here. 916 00:50:04,647 --> 00:50:06,399 X1:283 X2:434 Y1:466 Y2:498 Right. Next! 917 00:50:06,447 --> 00:50:09,962 X1:118 X2:601 Y1:426 Y2:492 Now we come to, how to end a movie where all of the characters 918 00:50:10,007 --> 00:50:12,521 X1:170 X2:548 Y1:426 Y2:492 have been arrested and are about to be crucified. 919 00:50:12,567 --> 00:50:15,639 X1:172 X2:546 Y1:426 Y2:498 Because, anyone on a cross, it's a significant figure, 920 00:50:15,687 --> 00:50:17,996 X1:152 X2:564 Y1:466 Y2:498 that's the symbol of Christianity. 921 00:50:18,047 --> 00:50:21,119 X1:144 X2:572 Y1:426 Y2:498 That's when Eric came up with Always Look On The Bright Side. 922 00:50:21,167 --> 00:50:25,160 X1:094 X2:624 Y1:426 Y2:498 l said, ''What they should do is we should have a song, end with a song.'' 923 00:50:25,207 --> 00:50:28,802 X1:131 X2:589 Y1:426 Y2:498 Everybody said, ''Then we can have the feet kicking and all of that.'' 924 00:50:28,847 --> 00:50:33,284 X1:133 X2:586 Y1:426 Y2:498 l said, ''lt should be cheery, like a Disney song, a whistly song.'' 925 00:50:33,327 --> 00:50:35,636 X1:121 X2:597 Y1:466 Y2:498 When you're chewing on life's gristle 926 00:50:35,687 --> 00:50:38,281 X1:173 X2:546 Y1:466 Y2:498 Don't grumble, give a whistle 927 00:50:39,287 --> 00:50:43,838 X1:090 X2:627 Y1:466 Y2:498 And this'll help things turn out for the best 928 00:50:43,887 --> 00:50:45,525 X1:319 X2:397 Y1:466 Y2:492 And... 929 00:50:45,567 --> 00:50:50,595 X1:126 X2:591 Y1:466 Y2:498 Always look on the bright side of life 930 00:50:53,367 --> 00:50:56,484 X1:127 X2:591 Y1:426 Y2:498 l went straight home when l wrote it. l got my guitar out. 931 00:50:56,527 --> 00:51:01,157 X1:160 X2:558 Y1:426 Y2:498 l had these jazz guitar chords, and l did the little whistle song. 932 00:51:01,207 --> 00:51:03,562 X1:211 X2:508 Y1:466 Y2:498 lf life seems jolly rotten 933 00:51:03,607 --> 00:51:05,598 X1:132 X2:585 Y1:466 Y2:498 There's something you've forgotten 934 00:51:05,647 --> 00:51:09,242 X1:170 X2:547 Y1:426 Y2:498 And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing 935 00:51:09,287 --> 00:51:11,403 X1:141 X2:577 Y1:466 Y2:498 When you're feeling in the dumps 936 00:51:11,447 --> 00:51:13,597 X1:217 X2:502 Y1:466 Y2:498 Don't be silly, chumps 937 00:51:13,647 --> 00:51:16,605 X1:151 X2:566 Y1:426 Y2:498 Just purse your lips and whistle, that's the thing 938 00:51:16,647 --> 00:51:21,562 X1:137 X2:582 Y1:426 Y2:498 That song didn't really come to life until we got to Tunisia, 939 00:51:21,607 --> 00:51:24,599 X1:170 X2:550 Y1:466 Y2:492 because when l did the demo 940 00:51:24,647 --> 00:51:27,878 X1:128 X2:590 Y1:466 Y2:498 it was like, it was sung very straight. 941 00:51:27,927 --> 00:51:29,406 X1:184 X2:535 Y1:466 Y2:498 But when we got to Tunisia 942 00:51:29,447 --> 00:51:32,723 X1:160 X2:560 Y1:426 Y2:498 l suddenly realised it should be in Cheeky's voice, Mr Cheeky. 943 00:51:32,767 --> 00:51:36,680 X1:137 X2:580 Y1:426 Y2:496 And so we got the sound recordist and John Goldstone and me, 944 00:51:36,727 --> 00:51:38,638 X1:174 X2:542 Y1:466 Y2:492 we went into our hotel room. 945 00:51:38,687 --> 00:51:41,565 X1:149 X2:568 Y1:426 Y2:496 We put mattresses on the walls, had a bottle of boukha, 946 00:51:41,607 --> 00:51:43,484 X1:130 X2:588 Y1:466 Y2:498 and they lay on the floor and l sang. 947 00:51:43,527 --> 00:51:45,279 X1:185 X2:532 Y1:466 Y2:498 Some things in life are bad 948 00:51:45,327 --> 00:51:47,045 X1:161 X2:556 Y1:466 Y2:498 They can really make you mad 949 00:51:47,087 --> 00:51:50,284 X1:146 X2:571 Y1:426 Y2:492 And so that track is recorded live in the hotel room in Tunisia. 950 00:51:50,327 --> 00:51:54,320 X1:109 X2:607 Y1:466 Y2:498 Always look on the bright side of death 951 00:51:57,887 --> 00:52:02,722 X1:091 X2:627 Y1:466 Y2:498 Just before you draw your terminal breath 952 00:52:05,767 --> 00:52:08,839 X1:108 X2:612 Y1:466 Y2:498 Life's a piece of shit when you look at it 953 00:52:08,887 --> 00:52:11,640 X1:112 X2:605 Y1:426 Y2:498 l remember looking in Michael Palin's diary recently, he said, 954 00:52:11,687 --> 00:52:13,325 X1:164 X2:554 Y1:466 Y2:498 ''Eric hasn't written very much, 955 00:52:13,367 --> 00:52:16,564 X1:187 X2:531 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''but he has written a song, not a very good one.'' 956 00:52:16,607 --> 00:52:18,996 X1:087 X2:630 Y1:466 Y2:498 That's Always Look On The Bright Of Life. 957 00:52:21,527 --> 00:52:26,806 X1:098 X2:619 Y1:466 Y2:498 And always look on the bright side of life 958 00:52:30,207 --> 00:52:35,122 X1:134 X2:583 Y1:466 Y2:498 Always look on the right side of life 959 00:52:35,167 --> 00:52:38,000 X1:185 X2:532 Y1:466 Y2:498 Come on, Brian. Cheer up. 960 00:52:38,047 --> 00:52:42,802 X1:126 X2:591 Y1:466 Y2:498 Always look on the bright side of life 961 00:52:46,167 --> 00:52:50,683 X1:134 X2:583 Y1:466 Y2:498 Always look on the right side of life 962 00:52:50,727 --> 00:52:53,161 X1:103 X2:614 Y1:466 Y2:498 Worse things happen at sea, you know. 963 00:52:57,407 --> 00:52:58,601 X1:216 X2:501 Y1:466 Y2:498 What you got to lose? 964 00:52:58,647 --> 00:53:01,115 X1:170 X2:547 Y1:426 Y2:498 You come from nothing. You're going back to nothing. 965 00:53:01,167 --> 00:53:02,919 X1:167 X2:548 Y1:466 Y2:498 What have you lost? Nothing! 966 00:53:07,327 --> 00:53:10,125 X1:144 X2:575 Y1:426 Y2:498 ''Nothing will come from nothing,'' you know what they say? 967 00:53:10,167 --> 00:53:13,204 X1:191 X2:526 Y1:426 Y2:498 Cheer up, you old bugger. Come on. Give us a grin. 968 00:53:13,247 --> 00:53:16,239 X1:217 X2:501 Y1:426 Y2:492 There you are. See? lt's the end of the film. 969 00:53:16,287 --> 00:53:19,006 X1:200 X2:520 Y1:426 Y2:498 lncidentally, this record's available in the foyer. 970 00:53:20,567 --> 00:53:23,479 X1:131 X2:586 Y1:426 Y2:498 Some of us have got to live as well, you know. 971 00:53:23,527 --> 00:53:25,518 X1:218 X2:499 Y1:466 Y2:498 All right, that's the lot. 972 00:53:31,887 --> 00:53:35,084 X1:202 X2:518 Y1:426 Y2:498 Who do you think pays for all this rubbish? 973 00:53:35,127 --> 00:53:37,800 X1:119 X2:599 Y1:426 Y2:498 They'll never make their money back, you know. 974 00:53:37,847 --> 00:53:42,204 X1:107 X2:612 Y1:426 Y2:498 l told him. l said to him, ''Bernie,'' l said, ''they'll never make their money back.''