The Meaning of Life

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, ... more

Initial release date:

  • Apr 1, 1983

Runtime:

  • 107 min (64.2 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 9,000,000 (US$)

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Terry Gilliam

Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam (pronounced /ˈɡɪliəm/; born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British writer, film director, animator, actor and member of...

Terry Jones

Terence Graham Parry Jones (born 1 February 1942) is a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, children's author, popular historian, political...

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  • 107 min (64.2 hs )

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  • 9,000,000

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