Monty Python's The Meaning of Life poster
Screenplay John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman
Director Terry Jones

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Comedy1983

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

Release Date: 1983-03-31

Duration: 107 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Michael Caine
    British Soldier (segment "Fighting Each Other")
  • John Cleese
    Various Roles
  • Matt Frewer
    Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
  • Michael Palin
    Various Roles
  • Eric Idle
    Various Roles
  • Patricia Quinn
    Mrs. Williams
  • Terry Gilliam
    Various Roles
  • Terry Jones
    Various Roles
  • Judy Loe
    Nurse #1
  • Graham Chapman
    Various Roles