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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

19831h 47mComedy
directed by Terry Jones

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

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7.3 / 10
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7.5 / 10
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72 / 100
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Synopsis

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.

Cast

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