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
Cast
Terry Gilliam
as Various Roles
Graham Chapman
as Various Roles
John Cleese
as Various Roles
Eric Idle
as Various Roles
Terry Jones
as Various Roles
Michael Palin
as Various Roles
Carol Cleveland
as Various Roles
Simon Jones
as Cedric
Patricia Quinn
as Mrs. Williams
Judy Loe
as Nurse #1
Andrew Bicknell
as (Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Andrew MacLachlan
as Groom
Imogen Bickford-Smith
as Nurse #2
Matt Frewer
as Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Michael Caine
as British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")
Jane Leeves
as Dancer (uncredited)
Crew
Graham Chapman
Screenplay
John Cleese
Screenplay
Terry Gilliam
Screenplay
Eric Idle
Screenplay
Terry Jones
Screenplay
Michael Palin
Screenplay
Terry Jones
Director
John Du Prez
Original Music Composer
Julian Doyle
Editor
Debbie McWilliams
Casting
Roger Pratt
Director of Photography
James Acheson
Costume Design
Arlene Phillips
Choreographer
David Appleby
Still Photographer
Callum McDougall
Third Assistant Director