Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

1983 · directed by Terry Jones

Rating
76/100
Hit
no

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.

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983), directed by Terry Jones, rates 76/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Terry Gilliam
  • Graham Chapman
  • John Cleese
  • Eric Idle
  • Terry Jones
  • Michael Palin
  • Carol Cleveland
  • Simon Jones
  • Patricia Quinn
  • Judy Loe

Crew

  • Peter Hannan — Director of Photography
  • Roger Pratt — Director of Photography
  • Julian Doyle — Editor
  • John Du Prez — Original Music Composer
  • Eric Idle — Screenplay
  • Graham Chapman — Screenplay
  • John Cleese — Screenplay
  • Michael Palin — Screenplay
  • Terry Gilliam — Screenplay
  • Terry Jones — Screenplay

More from Terry Jones

  1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) — 85/100 · hit
  2. Life of Brian (1979) — 82/100 · hit
  3. The Wind in the Willows (1996) — 68/100
  4. Erik the Viking (1989) — 56/100
  5. Absolutely Anything (2015) — 46/100

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