Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
7.3|31 Mar, 1983|107 min
It took God six days to create the heavens and the earth...and Monty Python ninety minutes to screw it up.
7.3|31 Mar, 1983|107 min
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Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.
Language
Budget$9,000,000
Revenue $42,749,697
English
Budget$9,000,000
Revenue $42,749,697
Keywords
sense of life
comedian
satire
sketch
breaking the fourth wall
aftercreditsstinger
duringcreditsstinger
vignette
the meaning of life
anarchic comedy
Casts
Terry Gilliam
Various Roles
Graham Chapman
Various Roles
John Cleese
Various Roles
Eric Idle
Various Roles
Terry Jones
Various Roles
Michael Palin
Various Roles
Carol Cleveland
Various Roles
Simon Jones
Cedric
Patricia Quinn
Mrs. Williams
Judy Loe
Nurse #1
Andrew Bicknell
(Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Andrew MacLachlan
Groom
Mark Holmes
Severed head
Valerie Whittington
Mrs. Moore
Jennifer Franks
Bride
Imogen Bickford-Smith
Nurse #2
Angela Mann
Second guest's wife
Sydney Arnold
Pirate Captain (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Guy Bertrand
Chief Executive (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Matt Frewer
Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Michael Caine
British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")
Jane Leeves
Dancer (uncredited)
Luke Baxter
Dancer
Crews
Terry Jones
Director
John Du Prez
Original Music Composer
Debbie McWilliams
Casting
Michelle Guish
Casting
Harry Lange
Production Design
John Goldstone
Producer
John Cleese
Screenplay
Eric Idle
Screenplay
Graham Chapman
Screenplay
Michael Palin
Screenplay
Terry Gilliam
Screenplay
Terry Jones
Screenplay
Julian Doyle
Editor
Peter Hannan
Director of Photography
Roger Pratt
Director of Photography
Sharon Cartwright
Set Decoration
James Acheson
Costume Design
David Wimbury
Production Manager
John Beard
Art Direction
Richard Dawking
Art Direction
Mary Hillman
Makeup Department Head
Simon Wakefield
Set Decoration
Arlene Phillips
Choreographer
David Appleby
Still Photographer
Chuck Finch
Gaffer
Callum McDougall
Third Assistant Director
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