Not the Messiah (He's a very naughty boy)

[thewayne]

I knew nothing at all about this and stumbled upon it yesterday while looking for some movie trailers on the iTunes store. Apparently this started in 2007, Eric Idle et al staged Life of Brian as an oratorio, complete with full orchestra, chorus, pipers, and four major opera singers (the mezzo is an O.B.E.) at the Royal Albert Hall.

This is a 'making of' 30 minute featurette. All of the Pythons returned for it, except for Graham Chapman who was excused on account of being dead, and no John Cleese, for reasons undisclosed. Cleese left the TV show after the third season because he thought they were mostly rehashing old material, perhaps he didn't want to be involved in any 40th anniversary folderol (40th of the TV show, 30th of the Life of Brian movie).

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/not-messiah-the-road-to-albert/id374287357

iTunes has a soundtrack album for the production for $10 and the DVD and BluRay were released last week.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_the_Messiah_%28He%27s_a_Very_Naughty_Boy%29

Life of Brian is one of my very favorite films, definitely on my 'Stranded on a Desert Island' list. I saw it during its original theatrical run and own it both on Laserdisc and DVD. I am absolutely massively looking forward to picking this up later this week or ordering it from Amazon.

Speaking of which, there are already five reviews up on Amazon!

http://www.amazon.com/Not-Messiah-Eric-Idel/dp/B003DF44SI/