Poster for The Meaning of Life

The Meaning of Life

1983, comedy

107 minutes

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...

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Cast

Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

Various Roles

Graham Chapman

Graham Chapman

Various Roles

John Cleese

John Cleese

Various Roles

Eric Idle

Eric Idle

Various Roles

Terry Jones

Terry Jones

Various Roles

Michael Palin

Michael Palin

Various Roles

Carol Cleveland

Carol Cleveland

Various Roles

Simon Jones

Simon Jones

Cedric

Patricia Quinn

Mrs. Williams

Judy Loe

Nurse #1

Andrew Bicknell

Andrew Bicknell

(Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Mark Holmes

Severed head

Valerie Whittington

Mrs. Moore

Angela Mann

Second guest's wife

Matt Frewer

Matt Frewer

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

Michael Caine

Michael Caine

British Soldier (segment "Fighting Each Other")

Crew

Art

John Beard

Art direction

Richard Dawking

Art direction

Harry Lange

Production design

Sharon Cartwright

Set decoration

Simon Wakefield

Set decoration

Camera

David Appleby

David Appleby

Still photographer

Costume and make-up

James Acheson

Costume design

Directing

Terry Jones

Terry Jones

Director

Editing

Julian Doyle

Editor

Production

Michelle Guish

Casting

John Goldstone

Producer

Sound

John Du Prez

Original music composer

Writing

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Largescale poster for The Meaning of Life

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