Holy Flying Circus (2011)

Directed by

Owen Harris

Genre

comedy television program

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film reenacts the real-life controversy around Monty Python's Life of Brian. It follows the comedy group as they defend their film in a televised debate. The style mimics the Pythons' own absurd humor.

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What happens

Holy Flying Circus is a 90-minute BBC television comedy film first broadcast in 2011, written by Tony Roche and directed by Owen Harris. The film is a "Pythonesque" dramatisation of events following the completion of Monty Python's Life of Brian, culminating in the televised debate about the film broadcast in 1979. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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