![Poster of the movie Monty Python's the Meaning of Life](/images/posters/1000x1500/80/monty-python-s-the-meaning-of-life-1983-poster.jpg)
1983 Musical fantasy comedy
United Kingdom
1h 47min
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The Meaning of Life is without a doubt the most tasteless of the Monty Python feature films; it also happens to be one of the funniest. Life's questions are "answered" in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a pre-credits sequence at a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. One of our favorite bits involve the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor, pointing out that there's nothing in his contract preventing this. And of course, there's the scene with the world's most voracious glutton, who brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.
Directed by | Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam |
Written by | John Cleese, Graham Chapman |
Company | Universal PicturesUniversal PicturesUniversal Pictures |
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