Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is a 1983 musical comedy film by the Monty Python comedy team. Unlike the two previous films they had made, which had each told a single, more or less coherent story, The Meaning of Life returns to the sketch comedy format of the troupe's original television series, loosely structured as a series of comic skits about the various stages of life.
The origins of The Meaning of Life are, like all of Python's films, ...
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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is a 1983 musical comedy film by the Monty Python comedy team. Unlike the two previous films they had made, which had each told a single, more or less coherent story, The Meaning of Life returns to the sketch comedy format of the troupe's original television series, loosely structured as a series of comic skits about the various stages of life.
The origins of The Meaning of Life are, like all of Python's films, somewhat shrouded. However, in the 2003 "autobiography" of the troupe, John Cleese claims that it was he who first stoked the fires when Denis O'Brien of Handmade Films — the production company that had been formed especially for The Life of Brian — claimed to him that the financial benefits of another outing for the team were virtually nailed on, and would be so lucrative as to guarantee the ability of taking early retirement. Eric Idle later claimed, "He was playing on John's fantasy. John has been telling of the day when he'll never have to...
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