It all started when Beatle George Harrison stepped in to fund Life of Brian when Monty Python's original backers pulled out. His company, HandMade films, went on to make some of the best British films of the 80s (Withnail and I, Time Bandits and Mona Lisa among them), but then things started to go wrong... This is the incredible and often hilarious insiders' story of what happened...
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Very Naughty Boys: The Amazing True Story of Handmade Films
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Film & VideoTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Epigraph
- 1. Saving Python's Brian
- 2. The Beatle and the Banker
- 3. Midgets and Villains
- 4. Python's Last Harrah
- 5. A Very British Institution
- 6. Stiff Upper Lips on Parade
- 7. Swine Fever
- 8. 'Cold and Lonely, Lovely Work of Art'
- 9. Shanghai Cock-Up
- 10. Whistler and Me
- 11. The American Gamble
- 12. The Party's Over
- 13. The Whistle Blower
- 14. 'I Just Hope That Denis Doesn't Turn Out to be a Madman.'
- 15. Postscript
- Handmade Filmography
- Appendix
- Index
- About the Author
- Pictures
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