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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

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7.3/10 • 2K

1983-03-311h 47m

Comedy

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

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.

Directors
Terry Jones
Editors
Julian Doyle

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  1. Terry Gilliam

    Terry Gilliam

    Various Roles

  2. Graham Chapman

    Graham Chapman

    Various Roles

  3. John Cleese

    John Cleese

    Various Roles

  4. Eric Idle

    Eric Idle

    Various Roles

  5. Terry Jones

    Terry Jones

    Various Roles

  6. Michael Palin

    Michael Palin

    Various Roles

  7. Carol Cleveland

    Carol Cleveland

    Various Roles

  8. Simon Jones

    Simon Jones

    Cedric

  9. Patricia Quinn

    Patricia Quinn

    Mrs. Williams

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Gimly

Apr 12, 2019

6/10

Doesn't hold up as well as some of Monty Python's other work, but there's enough classic moments in here to make it worthwhile watching. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$9,000,000.00
Revenue
$42,749,697.00
Keywords
sense of lifecomediansatiresketchbreaking the fourth wallaftercreditsstingerduringcreditsstingervignettethe meaning of lifeanarchic comedy