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Feature film — 1983

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

7.31h 47mComedy

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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A high-signal pick with 2,204 votes.

Celandine Films / The Monty Python Partnership

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Director: Terry Jones

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Cast & crew

Terry Gilliam as Various Roles

Terry Gilliam

Various Roles

Graham Chapman as Various Roles

Graham Chapman

Various Roles

John Cleese as Various Roles

John Cleese

Various Roles

Eric Idle as Various Roles

Eric Idle

Various Roles

Terry Jones as Various Roles

Terry Jones

Various Roles

Michael Palin as Various Roles

Michael Palin

Various Roles

Carol Cleveland as Various Roles

Carol Cleveland

Various Roles

Simon Jones as Cedric

Simon Jones

Cedric

Patricia Quinn as Mrs. Williams

Patricia Quinn

Mrs. Williams

Judy Loe as Nurse #1

Judy Loe

Nurse #1

Andrew Bicknell as (Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Andrew Bicknell

(Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Andrew MacLachlan as Groom

Andrew MacLachlan

Groom

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