Monty Python's The Meaning of Life backdrop

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 1983 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.

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.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Budget $9,000,000
Revenue $42,749,697
Release Date 31 March 1983
107 mins
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")
Mark Holmes Severed head
Angela Mann Second guest's wife
Sydney Arnold Pirate Captain (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Guy Bertrand Chief Executive (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Matt Frewer Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Michael Caine British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")
Jane Leeves Dancer (uncredited)
Luke Baxter Dancer