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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Terry Jones
  • Profile picture of Terry Gilliam
    Various Roles Terry Gilliam
  • Profile picture of Graham Chapman
    Various Roles Graham Chapman
  • Profile picture of John Cleese
    Various Roles John Cleese
  • Profile picture of Eric Idle
    Various Roles Eric Idle
  • Profile picture of Terry Jones
    Various Roles Terry Jones
  • Profile picture of Michael Palin
    Various Roles Michael Palin
  • Profile picture of Carol Cleveland
    Various Roles Carol Cleveland
  • Profile picture of Simon Jones
    Cedric Simon Jones

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