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Re: BANNED: The most controversial films
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2011, 09:01:56 am »
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Life of Brian was a bit of a surprise!

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Re: BANNED: The most controversial films
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2011, 10:08:07 am »
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  Controversial for its time, I suppose
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Re: BANNED: The most controversial films
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2011, 09:17:19 pm »
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Life of Brian was a bit of a surprise!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqAHHhr7vmU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoM46jRJnHM

Two of the Pythons (John Cleese and Michael Palin) went on some BBC show where they defended the film against some Bishop. I guess the controversy really just came from misinterpreting the film.

edit: oops, did I just resurrect an old thread :/   
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