Oslo International Film Festival
Terry Jones at Filmens Hus, Life of Brian
Oslo International Film Festival is celebrating the 40-year anniversary of Monty Python and the 30-year anniversary of the premiere of Life of Brian, with a special screening in cooperation with Cinemateket and Lille Måne Forlag. Terry Jones is visiting Oslo to promote the Norwegian edition of his latest book The Barbarians, and he will also be attending the screening of Life of Brian at Filmens Hus on the 24th of November. Life of Brian is the now well-known story of Brian Cohen, the man mistaken for the Messias. Life of Brian was banned in Norway in 1980, and was not released in its original form until 2004.
DIRECTOR
Terry Jones (b. 1942, Wales) is most famous for his work with Monty Python, but he has also worked as TV-host, director, political commentator and as a writer of both children’s books and history books. In addition, he directed Monthy Python and the Holy Grail (1975, with Terry Gilliam), The Meaning of Life (1983), Erik the Viking (1989), and The Wind in the Willows (1996).
Terry Jones at Filmens Hus, Life of Brian
Oslo International Film Festival is celebrating the 40-year anniversary of Monty Python and the 30-year anniversary of the premiere of Life of Brian, with a special screening in cooperation with Cinemateket and Lille Måne Forlag. Terry Jones is visiting Oslo to promote the Norwegian edition of his latest book The Barbarians, and he will also be attending the screening of Life of Brian at Filmens Hus on the 24th of November. Life of Brian is the now well-known story of Brian Cohen, the man mistaken for the Messias. Life of Brian was banned in Norway in 1980, and was not released in its original form until 2004.
DIRECTOR
Terry Jones (b. 1942, Wales) is most famous for his work with Monty Python, but he has also worked as TV-host, director, political commentator and as a writer of both children’s books and history books. In addition, he directed Monthy Python and the Holy Grail (1975, with Terry Gilliam), The Meaning of Life (1983), Erik the Viking (1989), and The Wind in the Willows (1996).