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1. faroutmagazine.co.uk › the-beatles-george-harrisonWhen George Harrison financed the Monty Python’s movie ‘Life ...

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   Oct 21, 2020 · Harrison jumped at the opportunity to finance the production of Life of Brian and even had to remortgage his home as he gambled everything on the film being a smash hit at the box office. Python star Eric Idle later called this “the most anybody’s ever paid for a cinema ticket in history”.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › HandMade_FilmsHandMade Films - Wikipedia

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   HandMade Films was formed by former Beatle George Harrison and business partner Denis O'Brien in 1978 to finance the controversial Monty Python film Life of Brian. [1] Harrison had been introduced to O'Brien by actor Peter Sellers in 1973.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Monty_Python's_Life_of_BrianMonty Python's Life of Brian - Wikipedia

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   Python fan and former Beatle George Harrison set up HandMade Films along with Denis O'Brien to help fund the film at a cost of £3 million. [ 19 ] Harrison put up the money for it as he "wanted to see the movie"—later described by Terry Jones as the "world's most expensive cinema ticket". [ 20 ]

4. www.chortle.co.uk › news › 2019/03/07How George Harrison saved Life Of Brian : News 2019 - Chortle

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   Mar 7, 2019 · A new feature-length documentary is to look at the history of HandMade Films, the production company George Harrison set up to help finance Monty Python’s Life Of Brian. The Beatle stepped in after the original financiers of Brian, EMI Films, pulled out less than a week before filming, mortgaging his house so his comedian friends could make ...

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   Oct 10, 2019 · HandMade was created initially with the sole goal of seeing “Life of Brian” to completion. Harrison put his English estate, Friar Park, up as collateral against a bank loan for about $2 ...

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   Aug 18, 2024 · 39 HandMade Films. Harrison formed the company HandMade Films to finance Life of Brian. In all, HandMade Films would go on to make dozens of movies, including Time Bandits, The Long Good Friday and Withnail and I. Before it was sold off in 2013, the last film HandMade Films produced was 127 Hours.

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   How much did handmade cost to make 'life of Brian'?

   • HandMade was created initially with the sole goal of seeing “Life of Brian” to completion. Harrison put his English estate, Friar Park, up as collateral against a bank loan for about $2 million that covered the other half of the film’s overall $4-million production budget, Goldstone said.

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   Who financed life of Brian?

   • Following the withdrawal of funding by EMI Films just days before production was scheduled to begin, musician and former Beatle George Harrison and his business partner Denis O'Brien arranged financing for Life of Brian through the formation of their HandMade Films company. [ 4 ]

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   How much money did life of Brian make?

   • Life of Brian grossed $21 million at the box office in the US. Harrison explained: "The name of the company came about as a bit of a joke. I'd been to Wookey Hole in Somerset ... [near] an old paper mill where they show you how to make old underpants into paper. So I bought a few rolls, and they had this watermark 'British Handmade Paper' ...

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   How did life of Brian start?

   • Life of Brian was first conceived when the Pythons were on the publicity tour for Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It began with Eric Idle pitching the others a movie called Jesus Christ: Lust for Glory.

   45 Trivia Tidbits About ‘Monty Python’s Life of Brian’ on Its 45th

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   Why did George Harrison gamble his home to make life of Brian?

   • The fact that he was willing to gamble his home to make sure this film was made proves that Harrison was a creative who made his decisions on passion rather than financial incentives and, fortunately on this occasion, his gut feeling would reward his wallet in due course. Check out George Harrison’s cameo in Monty Python’s Life Of Brian, below.

   When George Harrison financed the Monty Python’s movie ‘Life Of Brian

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   What happened to life of Brian?

   • The unlikely side effect was not just that “Life of Brian” was indeed completed and became a global hit commercially, but that HandMade Films continued to produce other projects and became an important force in British cinema during the 1980s.

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   Mar 7, 2019 · The story of groundbreaking British film studio HandMade Films, which was founded by former Beatle George Harrison and made such films as “Monty Python’s Life of Brian,” will be told in “An...