Movie: The Meaning of Life

Year: 1983

Also Known As: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

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Genres: Comedy | Musical

Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, Simon Jones, Patricia Quinn, Judy Loe…

Rated: 7.5/10 from 41,588 votes on IMDb

Tagline: It took God six days to create the earth, and Monty Python just 90 minutes to screw it up.

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Plot: Why are we here, what's it all about? The Monty Python-team is trying to sort out the most important question on Earth: what is the meaning of life? They do so by exploring the various stages of life, starting with birth. A doctor seems more interested in his equipment than in delivering the baby or caring for the mother, a Roman Catholic couple have quite a lot of children because 'every sperm is sacred'. In the growing and learning part of life, catholic schoolboys attend a rather strange church service and ditto sex education lesson. Onto war, where an officer's plan to attack is thwarted by his underlings wanting to celebrate his birthday and an officer's leg is bitten off by presumably an African tiger. At middle age a couple orders 'philosophy' at a restaurant, after which the film continues with live organ transplants. The autumn years are played in a restaurant…

Release Date: 31 March 1983 (USA)

Runtime: 107

Directors: Terry Jones

Writers: Graham Chapman, John Cleese

Countries: UK

Budget: $9,000,000

Languages: English

Location: England, UK

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