By a couple of thousand Shekels ahead of all the others.
The screenplay was written in 20 minutes. Couldn't be more authentic.
And those people are weird. Really weird. No Hollywood style music, just unusual sounds and voices.
Unusual gestures, unusual attitudes, unusual beliefs. Just like Romans would look to us.
A most magnificent and heart breaking suicide scene. (Was it the Amaraic Suicide Squad?)
The astonishing kidnappping (of Pilate's wife) and subsequent death of the PFJ and the JPF.
A memorable meal at the coliseum (Wolf nipple chips...)
Add to all this Cleese's funny walks and what you get is a masterpiece.