Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

03/31/1983 (GB) • 1h 47m

Comedy

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.

Top Billed 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

Patricia Quinn

Mrs. Williams


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$9,000,000.00

Revenue

$42,749,697.00

Keywords

sense of life

comedian

satire

sketch

breaking the fourth wall

aftercreditsstinger

duringcreditsstinger

vignette

the meaning of life

anarchic comedy

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