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.”
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.
Trailer
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Cast
Cast
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")
Crew
Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, John Cleese
Box Office
$9.0M
$42.7M
+$33.7M
Details
Original Language
en
Country
United Kingdom
Production
Celandine Films, The Monty Python Partnership
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