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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

“It took God six days to create the heavens and the earth...and Monty Python ninety minutes to screw it up.”

Movie
7.4
Rating
(2012 votes)
1h 47m
Runtime
1983
Released
3
Popularity

Genres

Comedy

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Title

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Release Date

1983-03-31

Languages

English

Budget

USD 9,000,000

Revenue

USD 42,749,697

Profit

USD 33,749,697

Directors

Terry JonesTerry Jones

Writers

John Cleese
John CleeseScreenplay
Eric Idle
Eric IdleScreenplay
Graham Chapman
Graham ChapmanScreenplay
Michael Palin
Michael PalinScreenplay
Terry Gilliam
Terry GilliamScreenplay
Terry Jones
Terry JonesScreenplay

Cast

Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

Various Roles

Graham Chapman

Graham Chapman

Various Roles

John Cleese

John Cleese

Various Roles

Eric Idle

Eric Idle

Various Roles

Terry Jones

Terry Jones

Various Roles

Michael Palin

Michael Palin

Various Roles

Where to watch

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Carol Cleveland

Carol Cleveland

Various Roles

Simon Jones

Simon Jones

Cedric

Patricia Quinn

Patricia Quinn

Mrs. Williams

Judy Loe

Judy Loe

Nurse #1

Andrew Bicknell

Andrew Bicknell

(Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Andrew MacLachlan

Andrew MacLachlan

Groom

Mark Holmes

Severed head

Valerie Whittington

Mrs. Moore

Jennifer Franks

Bride

Imogen Bickford-Smith

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

Matt Frewer

Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Michael Caine

Michael Caine

British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")

Jane Leeves

Jane Leeves

Dancer (uncredited)

Luke Baxter

Dancer

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