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.

73

1h 47m

  • 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.

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

  • 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

  • Imogen Bickford-Smith

    Imogen Bickford-Smith

    Nurse #2

  • Matt Frewer

    Matt Frewer

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

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    Status

    Released (Mar 31, 1983)

    Budget

    $9,000,000

    Revenue

    $42,749,697

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