Page "Monty Python's Life of Brian" Paragraph 6

The order from Pilate is eventually relayed to the guards, but in a moment parodying the climax of the film Spartacus, various crucified people all claim to be " Brian of Nazareth " ( one man shouting " I'm Brian and so's my wife ") and the wrong man is released.

Various other opportunities for a reprieve for Brian are denied as, one by one, his " allies " ( including Judith and his mother ) step forward to explain why they are leaving the " noble freedom fighter " hanging in the hot sun.

Hope is renewed when the Judean People's Front come charging towards the Romans, but fail to rescue Brian, as they are a suicide squadron, and kill themselves rather than dying in battle.

Condemned to a long and painful death, Brian finds his spirits lifted by his fellow sufferers, who break into song with " Always Look on the Bright Side of Life ".