Meaning Of Life, The
1983
Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
John Du Prez
John Goldstone
Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, Simon Jones, Patricia Quinn, Judy Loe, Andrew MacLachlan, Mark Holmes, Valerie Whittington, Jennifer Franks, Imogen Bickford-Smith, Angela Mann, Peter Lovstrom, George Silver, Chris Grant, Sydney Arnold, Guy Bertrand, Andrew Bicknell, Ross Davidson, Myrtle Devenish, Tim Douglas, Eric Francis, Matt Frewer, Billy John, Russell Kilmister, Peter Mantle, Len Marten, Peter Merrill, Cameron Miller, Gareth Milne, Larry Noble, Paddy Ryan, Leslie Sarony, John Scott Martin, Eric Stovell, Wally Thomas, Jack Armstrong, Robert Carrick, Douglas Cooper, George Daly, Chick Fowles, Terry Grant, Robin Hewlett, Tommy Isley, Juba Kennerley, Anthony Lang, John Murphy, Terry Rendell, Ronald Shilling, Albert Welch, Luke Baxter, Stephen Beasley, Paul Bourke, Bonnie Bryg, Charlotte Corbett, Geoff Davids, Emma-Kate Davies, Sandra Easby, Jane Eve, Donna Fielding, Roy Hamlyn Gayle, Dawn Gerrard, Natascha Gilbrooke, Donnette Goddard, Heavon Grant, Alison Jane Hierlihy, Laura James, Kim Elizabeth Leeson, Maddie Loftin, Michelle Mackie, Paul Madden, Helen Mason, Caroline Meacher, Lorraine Meacher, Sue Menhenick, Kerri Murphy, Tammy Needham, Garry Noakes, Trudy Pack, Floyd Anthony Pearce, Wanda Rokicki, Peter Salmon, Lizie Saunderson, Steve St. Klonis, Voyd, Timothy Ward, Michelle Welch, Gess Whitfield, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Dominique Wood, Carole Anne, Lynne Hazelden, Jane Leeves, Cy Town
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, which, after being treated to the song 'Isn't It Awfully Nice to Have a Penis?' by an entertainer, sees the arrival of an extremely fat man. He can eat a lot, but also throw up quite copiously. The Grim Reaper brings for the final stage of human life, death, a visit to a mansion, where the people are rather interested in him. But life doesn't stop at death. It's onto heaven, where it's always Christmas. ------- The Monty Python group examines the meaning and purpose of life in a series of sketches from conception to death and beyond. In typical Monty Python fashion they satirizes and humourizes almost everyone. ------- The comedy team takes a look at life in all its stages in their own uniquely silly way.
108 minutes (at 23.98 frames per second)
641 MB
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