Film

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

1983 · 1h 47m · Comedy

It took God six days to create the heavens and the earth...and Monty Python ninety minutes to screw it up.

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

86%

Metacritic

72

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.

Terry Gilliam

Various Roles

Graham Chapman

Various Roles

John Cleese

Various Roles

Eric Idle

Various Roles

Terry Jones

Various Roles

Michael Palin

Various Roles

Carol Cleveland

Various Roles

Simon Jones

Cedric

Patricia Quinn

Mrs. Williams

Judy Loe

Nurse #1

Andrew Bicknell

(Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Andrew MacLachlan

Groom

Mark Holmes

Severed head

Valerie Whittington

Mrs. Moore

Jennifer Franks

Bride

Imogen Bickford-Smith

Nurse #2

• Terry JonesScreenplay · Director
• Graham ChapmanScreenplay
• John CleeseScreenplay
• Terry GilliamScreenplay
• Eric IdleScreenplay
• Michael PalinScreenplay
• John GoldstoneProducer
• Roger PrattDirector of Photography
• Peter HannanDirector of Photography
• John Du PrezOriginal Music Composer

The Meaning of Life (1983) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HQ]

Release date

March 31, 1983

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Budget

$9,000,000

Revenue

$42,749,697

Genres

Comedy

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