MovieLife

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

(1983)

Comedy

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1hrs 47m

Overview

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.

Score

73

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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

Mark Holmes as Severed head

Mark Holmes

** Severed head

Valerie Whittington as Mrs. Moore

Valerie Whittington

** Mrs. Moore

Jennifer Franks as Bride

Jennifer Franks

** Bride

Imogen Bickford-Smith as Nurse #2

Imogen Bickford-Smith

** Nurse #2

Angela Mann as Second guest's wife

Angela Mann

** Second guest's wife

Sydney Arnold as Pirate Captain (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Sydney Arnold

** Pirate Captain (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Guy Bertrand as Chief Executive (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Guy Bertrand

** Chief Executive (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

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

Matt Frewer

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

Michael Caine as British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")

Michael Caine

** British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")

Jane Leeves as Dancer (uncredited)

Jane Leeves

** Dancer (uncredited)

Luke Baxter as Dancer

Luke Baxter

** Dancer

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