Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Released
March 31, 1983
Runtime: 1h 47m
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.
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Cast & Crew
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
- MH
Mark Holmes
Severed head
- VW
Valerie Whittington
Mrs. Moore
- JF
Jennifer Franks
Bride
Imogen Bickford-Smith
Nurse #2
- AM
Angela Mann
Second guest's wife
- SA
Sydney Arnold
Pirate Captain (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Terry Jones
Director
Graham Chapman
Screenplay
Terry Gilliam
Screenplay
Michael Palin
Screenplay
Terry Jones
Screenplay
Eric Idle
Screenplay
John Cleese
Screenplay
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