Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
It took God six days to create the heavens and the earth...and Monty Python ninety minutes to screw it up.
- Released
- Runtime 1h 47m
- Director Terry Jones
- Genres Comedy
- Rating 7.3/10 (2,175 votes)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Terry Gilliam
as Various Roles
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Graham Chapman
as Various Roles
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John Cleese
as Various Roles
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Eric Idle
as Various Roles
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Terry Jones
as Various Roles
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Michael Palin
as Various Roles
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Carol Cleveland
as Various Roles
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Simon Jones
as Cedric
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Patricia Quinn
as Mrs. Williams
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Judy Loe
as Nurse #1
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Andrew Bicknell
as (Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
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Andrew MacLachlan
as Groom
- Mark Holmes as Severed head
- Valerie Whittington as Mrs. Moore
- Jennifer Franks as Bride
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Imogen Bickford-Smith
as Nurse #2
- Angela Mann as Second guest's wife
- Sydney Arnold as Pirate Captain (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Crew
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Terry Jones
Director
- Peter Hannan Director of Photography
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Roger Pratt
Director of Photography
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Julian Doyle
Editor
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John Du Prez
Original Music Composer
- John Goldstone Producer
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John Cleese
Screenplay
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Eric Idle
Screenplay
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Graham Chapman
Screenplay
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Michael Palin
Screenplay
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Terry Gilliam
Screenplay
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Terry Jones
Screenplay
