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Considering the majority of Jewish people in the time period of the movie still lived in their homeland, zionism wouldn't exist until well after the Jewish-Roman War a few decades later.


** [[https://youtu.be/qWVQZIH-B6U A scene]] introducing a [[TheFundamentalist hardline Zionist]] Otto, leader of the Judean People's Front, and his men who practice a suicide run in the courtyard.

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** [[https://youtu.be/qWVQZIH-B6U A scene]] introducing a [[TheFundamentalist hardline Zionist]] fundamentalist]] Otto, leader of the Judean People's Front, and his men who practice a suicide run in the courtyard.
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** Creator/SpikeMilligan was on holiday in Tunisia while the film was being shot. When the Pythons realized he was nearby, they offered him a part in the film.

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** Creator/SpikeMilligan was on holiday in Tunisia while the film was being shot. When the Pythons realized he was nearby, they offered him a part in the film. They'd intended to film more but Milligan just left the set to get back to his vacation before they could.
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* TransCharacterCisActor: Trans woman Loretta is played by cis actor Creator/EricIdle.
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** In a ''Series/HarryAndPaul'' sketch of ''Series/IClaudius'', some Christians turn up to see Caesar and greet him with "Blessed be the Brian."

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** In a the ''Series/HarryAndPaul'' sketch of ''Series/IClaudius'', ''[[Series/IClaudius I, Clavdivs]]'', some Christians turn up to see Caesar and greet him with "Blessed be the Brian."" Although given who played Caesar in the original ''I, Claudius'' they may have been referring to another [[Creator/BrianBlessed Brian]].
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* RecycledSet: The film reused the sets from ''Series/JesusOfNazareth''. A lot of the extras were locals who had worked on that too. They'd frequently tease Creator/TerryJones by saying, "That's now how Mr. Zeffirelli did it..."

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* RecycledSet: The film reused the sets from ''Series/JesusOfNazareth''. A lot of the extras were locals who had worked on that too. They'd frequently tease Creator/TerryJones by saying, "That's now not how Mr. Zeffirelli did it..."
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** In a ''Series/HarryAndPaul'' sketch of ''Series/IClaudius'', some Christians turn up to see Caesar and greet him with "Blessed be the Brian."
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* TropeNamer
** DoYouWantToHaggle
** WeAREStrugglingTogether
** WhatTheRomansHaveDoneForUs
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** Creator/MichaelPalin wrote in his diaries that actresses considered for the role of Judith included Creator/GildaRadner (according to Palin, the idea of an American Jewish Judith didn't attract much support), Creator/PenelopeWilton, Maureen Lipman, and Diana Quick. Gwen Taylor, who played some of the female ensemble roles, was initially cast as Judith, but the Pythons felt she didn't quite project the strong personality they had in mind for the character and recast the role with Sue Jones-Davies.

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** Creator/MichaelPalin wrote in his diaries that actresses considered for the role of Judith included Creator/GildaRadner (according to Palin, the idea of an American Jewish Judith didn't attract much support), Creator/PenelopeWilton, Maureen Lipman, Creator/MaureenLipman, and Diana Quick. Gwen Taylor, who played some of the female ensemble roles, was initially cast as Judith, but the Pythons felt she didn't quite project the strong personality they had in mind for the character and recast the role with Sue Jones-Davies.
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** Sweden: ''Lord What a Life''
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** WhatTheRomansHaveDoneForUs
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The movie was filmed in Tunisia, around 2000 miles away, and on a different continent, from its setting in Judea (modern Israel/Palestine).

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