# Life of Brian (1979)

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**Runtime**: 94 min
**Genres**: Comedy
**Directed by**: Terry Jones
**Written by**: John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam
**Starring**: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin

> *He's not the messiah...he's just a naughty boy.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The Pythons decided to do a religious satire, and somehow got away with it. Mistaken for the Messiah, Brian is hounded by zealous followers while trying to avoid the Romans. The film did manage to offend a lot of easily-offended people.

**Mood tags**: comfort-cult, comfort-cult, outsider, pitch-black, playful

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 8.0/10 (433485 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 96% · Metacritic 77/100

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