Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
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 Gilliam
as Various Roles
as Various Roles
Graham Chapman
as Various Roles
as Various Roles
John Cleese
as Various Roles
as Various Roles
Eric Idle
as Various Roles
as Various Roles
Terry Jones
as Various Roles
as Various Roles
Michael Palin
as Various Roles
as Various Roles
Carol Cleveland
as Various Roles
as Various Roles
Simon Jones
as Cedric
as Cedric
Patricia Quinn
as Mrs. Williams
as Mrs. Williams
Judy Loe
as Nurse #1
as Nurse #1
Andrew Bicknell
as (Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
as (Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Andrew MacLachlan
as Groom
as Groom
Mark Holmes
as Severed head
as Severed head
Valerie Whittington
as Mrs. Moore
as Mrs. Moore
Jennifer Franks
as Bride
as Bride
Imogen Bickford-Smith
as Nurse #2
as Nurse #2
Angela Mann
as Second guest's wife
as Second guest's wife
Sydney Arnold
as Pirate Captain (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
as Pirate Captain (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Guy Bertrand
as Chief Executive (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
as Chief Executive (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Matt Frewer
as Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
as Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Michael Caine
as British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")
as British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")
Barrie Holland
as Teacher At Rugby Match (uncredited)
as Teacher At Rugby Match (uncredited)
Jane Leeves
as Dancer (uncredited)
as Dancer (uncredited)
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Graham Chapman
Screenplay
Screenplay
Terry Jones
Director
Director
Harry Lange
Production Design
Production Design
Terry Gilliam
Screenplay
Screenplay
Michael Palin
Screenplay
Screenplay
Michelle Guish
Casting
Casting
John Goldstone
Producer
Producer
Terry Jones
Screenplay
Screenplay
John Du Prez
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Debbie McWilliams
Casting
Casting
Eric Idle
Screenplay
Screenplay
John Cleese
Screenplay
Screenplay
Julian Doyle
Editor
Editor
Peter Hannan
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Roger Pratt
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Sharon Cartwright
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
James Acheson
Costume Design
Costume Design
Mary Hillman
Makeup Department Head
Makeup Department Head
David Wimbury
Production Manager
Production Manager
Richard Dawking
Art Direction
Art Direction
John Beard
Art Direction
Art Direction
Simon Wakefield
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Arlene Phillips
Choreographer
Choreographer
David Appleby
Still Photographer
Still Photographer
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