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The Meaning of Life

The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.

Director

Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam

Year

Genre

comedy, musical

Box Office

$14,929,552

Production

Celandine Films,The Monty Python Partnership,Universal Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award1 win & 2 nominations total

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Chairman

Fish #2

Window Washer

Gunther

Bert

Window Washer

Beefeater Waitress

Carol Cleveland

Chadwick

Mrs. Williams

Nurse #1

Groom

Andrew MacLachlan

Victim #2 (Cheerful Severed Head)

Mrs. Moore

Valerie Whittington

Bride

Nurse #2

Imogen Bickford-Smith

Wife of Guest #2

Brown's Son

Diner Eating Howard the Fish

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

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(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Andrew Bicknell

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Old Lady (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Myrtle Devenish

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

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

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Russell Kilmister

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John Scott Martin

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(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Ronald Shilling

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Dancer

Dancer

Stephen Beasley

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Charlotte Corbett

Dancer

Dancer

Emma-Kate Davies

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Roy Hamlyn Gayle

Dancer

Dancer

Natascha Gilbrooke

Dancer

Donnette Goddard

Dancer

Dancer

Alison Jane Hierlihy

Dancer

Dancer

Kim Elizabeth Leeson

Dancer

Dancer

Michelle Mackie

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Caroline Meacher

Dancer

Lorraine Meacher

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Floyd Anthony Pearce

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Lizie Saunderson

Dancer

Steve St. Klonis

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Lorraine Whitmarsh

Dancer

Student Doctor

Dancer

School Boy in Chapel

Passerby

Themselves

Mr. Bloke

Restaurant Diner

Topless Pursuer

Carole Anne Stevenson

Restaurant Patron

Restaurant Diner

Branded Man in Dungeon Room

Dancer

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Mrs. Moore Fish #2 Window Washer Nurse #1 Old Lady (segment "the Crimson Permanent Assurance")Fish #3 Fish #6 Wife Of Guest #1 Cornered Executive Who Jumps (segment "the Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Now lads let's move - The Meaning of Life

Now lads let's move

As the sun set slowly in the west - The Meaning of Life

As the sun set slowly in the west

Hey look - The Meaning of Life

Why are we here - The Meaning of Life

Why are we here

What's the point of all this hoax - The Meaning of Life

What's the point of all this hoax

Is life just a game - The Meaning of Life

Is life just a game

What is life What is our fate - The Meaning of Life

What is life What is our fate

Yes Yes More apparatus please Nurse - The Meaning of Life

Yes Yes More apparatus please Nurse

Okay Thank you - The Meaning of Life

And what are you doing this morning It's a birth - The Meaning of Life

And what are you doing this morning It's a birth

I see you have the machine that goes 'ping ' This is my favorite - The Meaning of Life

I see you have the machine that goes 'ping ' This...

Is it a boy or a girl - The Meaning of Life

Is it a boy or a girl

Now a word of advice You may find that you suffer for some time - The Meaning of Life

Now a word of advice You may find that you suffer for some...

The mill's closed There's no more work - The Meaning of Life

The mill's closed There's no more work

You're a Catholic the moment Dad came - The Meaning of Life

You're a Catholic the moment Dad came

Hindu Taoist Mormon - The Meaning of Life

Hindu Taoist Mormon

And spotteth twice they the camels before the third hour - The Meaning of Life

And spotteth twice they the camels before the third hour

Now two boys have been found rubbing linseed oil - The Meaning of Life

Now two boys have been found rubbing linseed oil

O Lord please don't burn us - The Meaning of Life

O Lord please don't burn us

All right settle down settle down - The Meaning of Life

All right settle down settle down

Sex sex sex Where were we - The Meaning of Life

Sex sex sex Where were we

So just listen - The Meaning of Life

Now Carter - The Meaning of Life

Do please share your little joke with the rest of us - The Meaning of Life

Do please share your little joke with the rest of us

But of course warfare isn't all fun Right Stop that - The Meaning of Life

But of course warfare isn't all fun Right Stop that

But when one considers the meaning of life - The Meaning of Life

But when one considers the meaning of life

Anyone got anything they'd rather be doing - The Meaning of Life

Anyone got anything they'd rather be doing

Yes I suppose so - The Meaning of Life

Yes I suppose so

Any idea how it happened - The Meaning of Life

Any idea how it happened

Yes During the night old Perkins got his leg bitten sort of off - The Meaning of Life

Yes During the night old Perkins got his leg bitten sort of...

What we're looking for and this is no more than an educated guess - The Meaning of Life

What we're looking for and this is no more than an...

Yes well the thing is Sergeant I've got a bit of a problem here - The Meaning of Life

Yes well the thing is Sergeant I've got a bit of a...

The MO says we can stitch it back on if we can find it immediately - The Meaning of Life

The MO says we can stitch it back on if we can find it...

Better than staying home isn't it - The Meaning of Life

Better than staying home isn't it

Hello and welcome to The Middle of the Film - The Meaning of Life

Hello and welcome to The Middle of the Film

And it went wherever I did go - The Meaning of Life

And it went wherever I did go

That went wherever I did go - The Meaning of Life

That went wherever I did go

They haven't said much about the meaning of life so far have they - The Meaning of Life

They haven't said much about the meaning of life so far...

Good evening Would you care for something to talk about - The Meaning of Life

Good evening Would you care for something to talk about

Do all philosophers have an 'S' in them - The Meaning of Life

Do all philosophers have an 'S' in them

Yes Hello Can we have your liver - The Meaning of Life

Yes Hello Can we have your liver

Listen I can't give it to you now It says 'In the event of death ' - The Meaning of Life

Listen I can't give it to you now It says 'In the...

Do you think it's all for the good of the country - The Meaning of Life

Do you think it's all for the good of the country

Whenever life gets you down Mrs Brown - The Meaning of Life

Whenever life gets you down Mrs Brown

Some energies have a spiritual source which act upon a person's soul - The Meaning of Life

Some energies have a spiritual source which act upon a...

Good evening ladies and gentlemen - The Meaning of Life

Good evening ladies and gentlemen

Oh shit It's Mr Creosote - The Meaning of Life

Oh shit It's Mr Creosote

Good afternoon sir and how are we today - The Meaning of Life

Good afternoon sir and how are we today

Merci Gaston I haven't finished - The Meaning of Life

Merci Gaston I haven't finished

Et maintenant would monsieur care for an aperitif - The Meaning of Life

Et maintenant would monsieur care for an aperitif

Bon and the usual brown ales - The Meaning of Life

Bon and the usual brown ales

Is there something wrong with the food - The Meaning of Life

Is there something wrong with the food

Finally monsieur a wafer thin mint - The Meaning of Life

Finally monsieur a wafer thin mint

I used to work in the Academie Fran aise - The Meaning of Life

I used to work in the Academie Fran aise

I'm so sorry - The Meaning of Life

You see that - The Meaning of Life

Arthur Charles Herbert Runcie MacAdam Jarrett - The Meaning of Life

Arthur Charles Herbert Runcie MacAdam Jarrett

I just can't go on I'm no good anymore - The Meaning of Life

I just can't go on I'm no good anymore

Who The Grim Reaper - The Meaning of Life

Who The Grim Reaper

Take you away - The Meaning of Life

Shut up Shut up you American - The Meaning of Life

Shut up Shut up you American

Be quiet Englishmen You're all so fucking pompous - The Meaning of Life

Be quiet Englishmen You're all so fucking pompous

How can we all have died at the same time - The Meaning of Life

How can we all have died at the same time

Hey I didn't even eat the mousse - The Meaning of Life

Hey I didn't even eat the mousse

Well it's nothing very special - The Meaning of Life

Well it's nothing very special

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The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.

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Director: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam

Writer: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam

Production: Celandine Films,The Monty Python Partnership,Universal Pictures

Genre: comedy, musical

Year: 1983

MetaScore: 72/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: $14,929,552

Released: 31 Mar 1983

Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award1 win & 2 nominations total

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