Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
~It took God six days to create the heavens and the earth...and Monty Python ninety minutes to screw it up.
Overview
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.
Genres
- Comedy
General Information
Release Date: 1983-03-31
Budget: $9000000
Revenue: $42749697
Runtime: 107 min
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