Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
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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.
- Released: 1983-03-31
- Genres: Comedy
- Runtime: 1h 47m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10 from 2,184 votes
Directed by Terry Jones.
Top 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
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