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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

R · 1983-03-31 · 1h 47m · EN
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It took God six days to create the heavens and the earth...and Monty Python ninety minutes to screw it up.

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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Terry JonesDirector
Budget
$9M
Box office
$15M

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Terry GilliamTerry GilliamVarious RolesGraham ChapmanGraham ChapmanVarious RolesJohn CleeseJohn CleeseVarious RolesEric IdleEric IdleVarious RolesTerry JonesTerry JonesVarious RolesMichael PalinMichael PalinVarious RolesCarol ClevelandCarol ClevelandVarious RolesSimon JonesSimon JonesCedricPatricia QuinnPatricia QuinnMrs. WilliamsJudy LoeJudy LoeNurse #1Andrew BicknellAndrew Bicknell(Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")Andrew MacLachlanAndrew MacLachlanGroom

Keywords

Breaking the fourth wallSatireAftercreditsstingerDuringcreditsstingerCult filmSketchComedianAnarchic comedySense of lifeMonty pythonVignetteThe meaning of life

Movie DNA

Genre affinityComedyTheme affinityBreaking The Fourth Wall · Satire · AftercreditsstingerDialogue densityComedyDirector preference149207Actor preference103901 · 146435 · 180311Country preferenceGb

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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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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life has a runtime of 107 minutes.

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