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Monty Python's The Life of Brian / Monty Python Scrapbook (out of print since 1979)

While the film itself was banned in Ireland, Norway, parts of America's Bible Belt, and several communities in the United Kingdom, the printed screenplay was also banned in South Africa, where it joined "Monty Python's Big Red Book" and "The Brand New Monty Python Bok" on its list of "objectionable literature" deemed to be prejudicial to the South African government.


Monty Python's The Life of Brian/MONTYPYTHONSCRAPBOOK is a large format book by Monty Python, released in 1979 to tie in with their film Monty Python's Life of Brian. As the title suggests, it consists of two separate books joined together. The first contains the film's screenplay, illustrated by black and white stills. On the reverse side is the scrapbook, which contains a variety of material such as scenes cut from the film, newly written material plus unrelated items, including the lyrics to Bruces' Philosophers Song. The book was assembled by Eric Idle, with assistance from Michael Palin.

The book is dedicated to Keith Moon, who was to appear in the film but store died just before filming began. (courtesy of Wikipedia)

Contents of scrapbook

How It All Began (Three Kings comic strip)
How It Really All Began
Heron Bay Diaries with Terry Jones and Michael Palin
Monty Python's First Ten Years (A Tribute by The Queen)
What To Take On filming
Brian Meets The Psychopath
Python Cinema Quiz (1)
Letter to Lorne Michaels
Python Cinema Quiz (2)
Brian Feeds the Multitude
What To Do If You Win...A Granny!
Research, Costume & Makeup
Sharing a Caravan With John Cleese
The Gilliam Collection of Famous Film Titles
The Healed Loony
Jerusalem Advocate
Otto
Cleese vs. The Evening Standard
Solidarity
Python Profiles
Sermon On The Mount
The Dead Sea Photos: How They Were Discovered
Solly and Sarah
Doc. Chapman's Medical Page
Monty Python's Flying Circus: An Appreciation by Graham Greene
The Bruces' Philosophers Song
A Letter About The Title
Headmaster
Martyrdom of St. Brian
All Things Dull And Ugly