Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Release: 1983-03-31
·Runtime: 107m
·★ 7.3
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Celandine Films
The Monty Python Partnership
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Terry Jones
as Various Roles
Andrew Bicknell
as (Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Graham Chapman
as Various Roles
Eric Idle
as Various Roles
Simon Jones
as Cedric
Judy Loe
as Nurse #1
Matt Frewer
as Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Terry Gilliam
as Various Roles
Michael Palin
as Various Roles
Carol Cleveland
as Various Roles
Andrew MacLachlan
as Groom
Jane Leeves
as Dancer (uncredited)
Patricia Quinn
as Mrs. Williams
Imogen Bickford-Smith
as Nurse #2
Michael Caine
as British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")
John Cleese
as Various Roles
Crew
Callum McDougall
Third Assistant Director
Julian Doyle
Editor
David Appleby
Still Photographer
Graham Chapman
Screenplay
Terry Jones
Screenplay, Director
Michael Palin
Screenplay
Roger Pratt
Director of Photography
Terry Gilliam
Screenplay
John Du Prez
Original Music Composer
James Acheson
Costume Design
Arlene Phillips
Choreographer
John Cleese
Screenplay
Eric Idle
Screenplay
Debbie McWilliams
Casting