Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy

2010
PG
1h 32m

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Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin in Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy (2010)

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A comic oratorio inspired by Cuộc Sống Của Brian (1979) filmed at its only European performance at the Royal Albert Hall in October 2009 to celebrate forty years of Monty Python.A comic oratorio inspired by Cuộc Sống Của Brian (1979) filmed at its only European performance at the Royal Albert Hall in October 2009 to celebrate forty years of Monty Python.A comic oratorio inspired by Cuộc Sống Của Brian (1979) filmed at its only European performance at the Royal Albert Hall in October 2009 to celebrate forty years of Monty Python.

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The song "We All Love Sheep" was based on a deleted scene from the beginning of Cuộc Sống Của Brian (1979). In said scene, the Three Shepherds are watching their sheep in a field prior to visiting the recently born Messiah, (not to be confused with the Three Wise Men who don't arrive until much later).

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Referenced in Edición Especial Coleccionista: Hook (2010)

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The Liberty Bell
Written by John Philip Sousa
Arranged by John Du Prez
Performed by The BBC Symphony Orchestra (uncredited)
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10/10

A different strain of Monty Python

While many people continue to directly compare it to Life of Brian, they do not notice that it is done in the oratorio style, which they nail.

While I did not find a lot of it completely hilarious, there were plenty of great toe-tapping numbers that uplift the spirit and still gives you a huge smile. The soloists all seemed to have a great connection with each other and even managed to joke with the director from time to time. The BBC symphonic orchestra managed to nail everything, although with such a well-known orchestra, I'd expect nothing less.

Just to help jog everyone's memory, an oratorio is an extended musical composition that lacks action, scenery, costumes. So while yes, this is Life of Brian, they go at it in a completely different approach.

If you can only think of Monty Python in the terms they drew up when they first came out, you will find this thing a huge waste of time. However, if you can accept that they like to do different things and you enjoy some mighty fine musical numbers, than this is definitely going to be a show you love.

I just wish they didn't choose to do it just once. I'd love to get to see this show live.