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.
Director:
Terry Jones
Writers:
Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin.
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Terry Gilliam as Various Roles |
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Graham Chapman as Various Roles |
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John Cleese as Various Roles |
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Eric Idle as Various Roles |
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Terry Jones as Various Roles |
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Michael Palin as Various Roles |
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Carol Cleveland as Various Roles |
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Simon Jones as Cedric |
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Patricia Quinn as Mrs. Williams |
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Judy Loe as Nurse #1 |
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Andrew Bicknell as (Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") |
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Andrew MacLachlan as Groom |
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Mark Holmes as Severed head |
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Valerie Whittington as Mrs. Moore |
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Jennifer Franks as Bride |
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Imogen Bickford-Smith as Nurse #2 |
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Angela Mann as Second guest's wife |
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Sydney Arnold as Pirate Captain (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") |
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Guy Bertrand as Chief Executive (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") |
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Matt Frewer as Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") |
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Michael Caine as British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other") |
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Jane Leeves as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Luke Baxter as Dancer |
| Writing | Graham Chapman | Screenplay |
| Writing | John Cleese | Screenplay |
| Writing | Terry Gilliam | Screenplay |
| Writing | Eric Idle | Screenplay |
| Writing | Terry Jones | Screenplay |
| Writing | Michael Palin | Screenplay |
| Directing | Terry Jones | Director |
| Production | John Goldstone | Producer |
| Sound | John Du Prez | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Julian Doyle | Editor |
| Production | Michelle Guish | Casting |
| Production | Debbie McWilliams | Casting |
| Art | Harry Lange | Production Design |
| Camera | Roger Pratt | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Peter Hannan | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Hillman | Makeup Department Head |
| Art | Richard Dawking | Art Direction |
| Art | John Beard | Art Direction |
| Art | Sharon Cartwright | Set Decoration |
| Art | Simon Wakefield | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | James Acheson | Costume Design |
| Production | David Wimbury | Production Manager |
| Crew | Arlene Phillips | Choreographer |
| Camera | David Appleby | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Chuck Finch | Gaffer |
| Directing | Callum McDougall | Third Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mike Jones | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mike Jones | Makeup Artist |
