Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

7.3/10 107 min Comedy

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.

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

Andrew Bicknell

(Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Andrew MacLachlan

Groom

Imogen Bickford-Smith

Nurse #2

Matt Frewer

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

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