Always Look on the Bright Side of Life!

[manifold]

Councillors in Glasgow have lifted an unofficial 30-year-old ban on the Monty Python film The Life of Brian.

The council's licensing and regulatory committee approved a request on Tuesday from Glasgow Film Theatre to show the biblical satire under a 15 certificate.

Glasgow was one of 39 local authorities in the UK that refused to grant the film a general release in 1979.

Opponents said the film, about a Jewish man who is mistaken for the Messiah and crucified, was blasphemous.

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Glasgow, Lanarkshire and West | City lifts ban on Life of Brian

 

[Phoenix]

I can see it being considered a bit blasphemous, but it's also sooooooooooooooooo very funny.

 

[manifold]

I still say the best laugh in the movie is so quick and subtle it's easily missed.

Brian: Why aren't women allowed to go to stonings mum?

Brian's mum: Because it's written, that's why!

 

[hjmick]

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[Epsilon Delta]

Great movie.