'Monty Python's Life of Brian' -- pre-release buzz

[PeterB]

Sony has announced 'Monty Python's Life of Brian' for Blu-ray November 6:

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/mont...feofbrian.html

UPDATE (9/12/07): This one's been delayed by two weeks til Nov 20

[cigar350]

Cant wait this movie is hilarious.

[elks86]

i'm gonna be broke by the end of the year!

[Blondie-Wan]

A great announcement!

I believe there's a slight error in the article:

'Life of Brian' has been released in many past incarnations on disc, most notably a Criterion Collection laserdisc as well as a previous Collector's Edition from Sony on standard-def DVD.

IIRC, Criterion didn't actually produce a laserdisc of this one, though they do currently offer a DVD version. Criterion did do a laserdisc of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the supplements from which eventually made their way to Columbia's DVD special editions.

[ericede]

Stwike him, Centuwion. Stwike him vewy wuffly!

[Blurry]

Well, this is actually my very favorite Monty Python movie (though the "Holy Grail" is a close second), so I will indubitably be getting it

[DaveS1138]

Absolute must buy
The funniest film I have ever seen.

"He's not the Mesiah.....He's a very naughty boy!"

[Josh Z]

Originally Posted by Blondie-Wan

I believe there's a slight error in the article:

IIRC, Criterion didn't actually produce a laserdisc of this one, though they do currently offer a DVD version.

http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/8009/C...-Edition-(1979)

[Kid Banana]

Life of Brian has looked awful on every release. It needs restoring.

[Pimboli]

Somehow I dont see Sony restoring it. If one of the main special features is an audio track. Again this is one people keep buying so Sony just keep re-packaging it.

[Blondie-Wan]

Originally Posted by Josh Z

http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/8009/C...-Edition-(1979)

Ah, thanks for the info. I'm glad I qualified my statement with "IIRC."

I believe I do remember it now; checking Criterion's site, I see it was produced about the same time (judging by spine #) as their disc of Time Bandits, which I certainly remembered. Bizarre I'd forget... though in my defense I'm sure the current DVD is still vastly better-known and a better candidate for mentioning in the news item than the laserdisc.

[NeoOwnz]

Life of Brian is my fav Python movie. I will certainly pick this up when it's released.

I'm not a roman mum, I'm a kike, a yid, a heebie, a hook-nose, I'm kosher mum, I'm a Red Sea pedestrian, and proud of it!

[ccphilly1984]

weird... one mony python on hd dvd (my favorite) and one on blu ray... those sony bastards!... well i guess thats blu ray number 13 for me... as much as i try to avoid blu ray i'll have to bite on this one... anyone know if it will be importable on hd dvd? pm me if you know.

[dvddesign]

I doubt it'll be importable. Meaning of Life was the first movie they did outside of Columbia Studios. Columbia produced And Now For Something Completely Different for them and made a ton of cash off of it at the time. They parted ways after Life of Brian, IIRC, due to the controversy.

Where's Holy Grail? I figured that one would be first, seeing as how it's more widely known. It was trotted out 4 times in SD.

I was worried I'd wait forever for this one, since I sold off my Criterion version a few months back.

[Josh Z]

Originally Posted by Kid Banana

Life of Brian has looked awful on every release. It needs restoring.

I honestly don't know how much there is to restore. All of the Python movies were shot quickly and cheaply.