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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

1983
1h 47m
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1983

Runtime

1h 47m

Where to Watch

Available options inUS

Provider type

Streaming

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Netflix Standard with Ads

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Storyline

"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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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 47m
Mar 31, 1983
Languages
English
Director
Terry Jones
Terry Jones
Production
Celandine Films
Celandine Films
The Monty Python Partnership
The Monty Python Partnership
Production Countries
United Kingdom

Top Cast

23 Cast Members

Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

Various Roles

Graham Chapman

Graham Chapman

Various Roles

John Cleese

John Cleese

Various Roles

Eric Idle

Eric Idle

Various Roles

Terry Jones

Terry Jones

Various Roles

Michael Palin

Michael Palin

Various Roles

Carol Cleveland

Carol Cleveland

Various Roles

Simon Jones

Simon Jones

Cedric

Patricia Quinn

Patricia Quinn

Mrs. Williams

Judy Loe

Judy Loe

Nurse #1

Andrew Bicknell

Andrew Bicknell

(Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Andrew MacLachlan

Andrew MacLachlan

Groom

Mark Holmes

Severed head

Valerie Whittington

Mrs. Moore

Jennifer Franks

Bride

Imogen Bickford-Smith

Imogen Bickford-Smith

Nurse #2

Angela Mann

Second guest's wife

Sydney Arnold

Pirate Captain (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Guy Bertrand

Chief Executive (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Matt Frewer

Matt Frewer

Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

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