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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Terry Jones

1983 • 1h 47m

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 Heal...

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

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

Cast

Terry Gilliam

Terry GilliamVarious Roles

Graham Chapman

Graham ChapmanVarious Roles

John Cleese

John CleeseVarious Roles

Eric Idle

Eric IdleVarious Roles

Terry Jones

Terry JonesVarious Roles

Michael Palin

Michael PalinVarious Roles

Carol Cleveland

Carol ClevelandVarious Roles

Simon Jones

Simon JonesCedric

Patricia Quinn

Patricia QuinnMrs. Williams

Judy Loe

Judy LoeNurse #1

Andrew Bicknell

Andrew Bicknell(Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Andrew MacLachlan

Andrew MacLachlanGroom

Mark HolmesSevered head

Valerie WhittingtonMrs. Moore

Jennifer FranksBride

Crew

Graham Chapman

Graham ChapmanScreenplay

Terry Jones

Terry JonesDirector

Terry Gilliam

Terry GilliamScreenplay

Michael Palin

Michael PalinScreenplay

John Du Prez

John Du PrezOriginal Music Composer

Debbie McWilliams

Debbie McWilliamsCasting

Eric Idle

Eric IdleScreenplay

John Cleese

John CleeseScreenplay

Julian Doyle

Julian DoyleEditor

Roger Pratt

Roger PrattDirector of Photography

James Acheson

James AchesonCostume Design

Arlene Phillips

Arlene PhillipsChoreographer

David Appleby

David ApplebyStill Photographer

Callum McDougall

Callum McDougallThird Assistant Director

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