Monty Python's the Meaning of Life (Original title)The Meaning of Life (Alternative title)

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Dates: 1983 (Copyright), 24 June 1983 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Terry Jones

Synopsis: Collection of satirical sketches on life, including: Medicine, The Church, The Military, Big Business, Sex and Sex Education etc.

Genre: Comedy

Subjects: Children, Sex, War, Transplantation, Gluttony, Restaurants, Dinner parties, Death, Heaven

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Releases
Date: 1983Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 90 mins Length: 8119 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 107 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

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©: Celandine Films, Made by: The Monty Python Partnership, Produced by: John Goldstone, Production Manager: David Wimbury, Not the Production Accountant: Steve Abbott, Production Accountant: Mike Smith, Location Manager: Peter Kohn, Assistant to Producer: Tim Vaughan-hughes, Barbara Holloway, Production Assistant: Valerie Craig, Production Department: Kieron Phipps, Production Department: Callum McDougall, Paul Taylor, 1st Assistant Director: Ray Corbett, Continuity: Penny Eyles, Casting: Debbie McWilliams, Michelle Guish, Written by: Graham Chapman, Written by: John Cleese, Written by: Terry Gilliam, Written by: Eric Idle, Written by: Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Photographed by: Peter Hannan, Camera Operator: Dewi Humphreys, Focus: Barry Brown, Clapper Loader: Stefan Stankowski, Gaffer: Chuck Finch, Electrical Department: Larry Randall, Electrical Department: Alan McPherson, Electrical Department: Richard Seal, Electrical Department: Stuart Monteith, Fred Ashby, Grip: Ken Atherfold, Stills Photographer: David Appleby, Special Effects Supervisor: George Gibbs, Special Effects: Richard Conway, Special Effects: Bob Hollow, Special Effects: Dave Watson, Ray Hanson, Model Maker: Valerie Charlton, Carole De Yong, Director of Animation and Special Sequence: Terry Gilliam, Animation: Tim Ollive, Animation: Kate Hepburn, Animation: Richard Ollive, Animation: Mike Stuart, Jill Brooks, Edited by: Julian Doyle, Editing Department: Keith Lowes, Editing Department: Dianne Ryder, Editing Department: Simon Milton, Editing Department: Roy Baker, Margarita Doyle, Production Designer: Harry Lange, Art Director: Richard Dawking, Set Decorator: Simon Wakefield, Sharon Cartwright, Properties: Brian Payne, Properties: Dave Newton, Properties: John Cole, Brian Humphrey, Art Department: Steve Cooper, Art Department: Roger Cain, Art Department: Andrew Ackland-Snow, Art Department: Richard Hornsby, Art Department: Dennis Griffin, Bob Walker, Construction Manager: Vic Simpson, Construction Department: Mick Law, Construction Department: Alan Chesters, Construction Department: Peter Browne, Construction Department: John Skinner, Construction Department: Colin Lovering, Construction Department: Reg Keywood, Construction Department: Peter Cull, Construction Department: Dick Savery, Construction Department: Bill Sansom, Construction Department: Ken Powell, Construction Department: Melvin Coleman, Tommy Kavanagh, Costume Designer: Jim Acheson, Costume Assistant: T. Stephen Miles, Gilly Hebden, Wardrobe Department: Janet Lucas, Wardrobe Department: James Wakely, Wardrobe Department: David Murch, Linda Eke, Costume Maker: Ray Scott, Costume Maker: Vin Burnham, Costume Maker: Shirley Denny, Costume Maker: Jill Thraves, Costume Maker: William Baboo, Lizzie Willey, Make-up and Hair Design: Maggie Weston, Make-up Supervisor: Mary Hillman, Make-up and Hairdressing: Hilary Steinberg, Make-up and Hairdressing: Mike Jones, Pamela Rayson, Mr Creosote's Make-up by: Chris Tucker, Wigs: Wig Specialities, Optical Effects: Kent Houston, Optical Effects: Roy Field, Optical Effects: Paul Whitbread, Optical Effects: Nick Dunlop, Tim Spence, Music Recorded at: Britannia Row, Music Recorded at: Redwood Studios, CTS, Choreography: Arlene Phillips, Assistant Choreographer: Heather Seymour, Sound Mixer: Garth Marshall, Boom Operator: Bob Doyle, Sound Maintenance: Phil Chubb, Sound Re-recorded at: Roger Cherrill Ltd., Dubbing Mixer: Paul Carr, Brian Paxton, Dubbing Editor: Rodney Glenn, Python Manager: Anne James, Director of Python U.S. Relations: Nancy Lewis, Camera Equipment: Lee Electric, Made at: EMI Elstree Studios

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Graham Chapman, John Cleese, 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, Luke Baxter, Bonnie Bryg, Charlotte Corbett, Geoff Davids, Donna Fielding, Roy Gayle, Donnette Goddard, Laura James, Kim Leeson, Maddie Loftin, Paul Madden, Kerri Murphy, Jane Newman, Gary Noakes, Trudy Pack, Lorraine Meacher, Caroline Meacher, Timothy Ward, Emma-Kate Davies, Michelle Welch, Peter Salmon, Steve St. Klonis, Voyd, Gess Whitfield, Dominque Wood, Wanda Rockiki, Sandra Easby, Helen Mason, Sue Menhenick, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Alison Herlihy, Heavon Grant, Floyd Pearce, Stephen Beagley, Lizie Saunderson, Tammy Needham, Dawn Gerrard, Natasha Gilbrook, Paul Bourke, Michelle Mackie, Victoria Plum, Anne Rosenfeld, Sean Maguire (child in large family)

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