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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Film1983107 min7.3/10 on TMDB

Directed by Terry Jones

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

The story

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 GilliamTerry GilliamVarious Roles
Graham ChapmanGraham ChapmanVarious Roles
John CleeseJohn CleeseVarious Roles
Eric IdleEric IdleVarious Roles
Terry JonesTerry JonesVarious Roles
Michael PalinMichael PalinVarious Roles
Carol ClevelandCarol ClevelandVarious Roles
Judy LoeJudy LoeNurse #1
Andrew BicknellAndrew Bicknell(Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
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Graham Chapman
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John Cleese
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Terry Gilliam
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Eric Idle
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Terry Jones
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Michael Palin
Director
Terry Jones
Original Music Composer
John Du Prez
Director of Photography
Roger Pratt
Director of Photography
Peter Hannan