The Monte Beaton team tells the life, death, and resurrection (of Brian) of Nazareth, an unwilling prophet who wants to liberate his land from the persecution of Rome. When Brian covers a huge wall of writing (Roman goes home), a local revolutionary group begins to take him seriously and Bryan becomes a prophet to them in a series of comedies.
It looked back 2000 years for its comic content, but was a decade ahead in provoking Christian controversy. Yet how much hotter would the steaming Pilate of blasphemy-accusations have got if the Pythons had included their scripted mockeries of Zionism?
Only a select few of [Monty Python's] truest fans will appreciate the message they convey in a movie that actively mocks the concept of organized religion while making us laugh along with them.
