Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
1h 47min
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It took God six days to create the heavens and the earth...and Monty Python ninety minutes to screw it up.
Themes:The Human ConditionThe Absurdity Of LifeHealth Care CritiqueSatire Of BureaucracyGluttony And ExcessDiscover Similar ThemesMood:WhimsicalHumorousIronicPlayfulMacabreBiting-The-Hand HumorSurrealDiscover Similar Mood
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.
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Directed by: Terry Jones, Roger Pratt, Peter Hannan
Produced by: John Goldstone
Composed by: John Du Prez
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