Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life (1983) - Credits and Details

Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life Credits and Details

Directed by
	Terry Jones
Written by
	Graham Chapman	...	written by
	John Cleese	...	written by
	Terry Gilliam	...	written by
	Eric Idle	...	written by
	Terry Jones	...	written by
	Michael Palin	...	written by
Cast
	Graham Chapman	...	Chairman / Fish #1 / Doctor / Harry Blackitt / Wymer / Hordern / General / Coles / Narrator #2 / Dr. Livingstone / Transvestite / Eric / Guest #1 / Arthur Jarrett / Geoffrey / Tony Bennett
	John Cleese	...	Fish #2 / Dr. Spencer / Humphrey Williams / Sturridge / Ainsworth / Waiter / Eric's Assistant / Maître D' / Grim Reaper
	Terry Gilliam	...	Window Washer / Fish #4 / Walters / Middle of the Film Announcer / M'Lady Joeline / Mr. Brown / Howard Katzenberg
	Eric Idle	...	Gunther / Fish #3 / 'Meaning of Life' Singer / Mr. Moore / Mrs. Blackitt / Watson / Blackitt / Atkinson / Perkins / Victim #3 / Front End / Mrs. Hendy / Man in Pink / Noël Coward / Gaston / Angela
	Terry Jones	...	Bert / Fish #6 / Mum / Priest / Biggs / Sergeant / Man with Bendy Arms / Mrs. Brown / Mr. Creosote / Maria / Leaf Father / Fiona Portland-Smythe
	Michael Palin	...	Window Washer / Harry / Fish #5 / Mr. Pycroft / Dad / Narrator #1 / Chaplain / Carter / Spadger / Regimental Sergeant Major / Pakenham-Walsh / Rear End / Female TV Presenter / Mr. Marvin Hendy / Governor / Leaf Son / Debbie Katzenberg
	Carol Cleveland	...	Beefeater Waitress / Wife of Guest #1 / Leaf Mother / Leaf Daughter / Heaven Receptionist
	Simon Jones	...	Chadwick / Jeremy Portland-Smythe
	Patricia Quinn	...	Mrs. Williams
	Judy Loe	...	Nurse #1
	Andrew MacLachlan	...	Groom / Wycliff / Victim #1 / Guest #3
	Mark Holmes	...	Victim #2 (Cheerful Severed Head) / Troll Waiter / Guest #2
	Valerie Whittington	...	Mrs. Moore
	Jennie Franks	...	Bride (as Jennifer Franks)
	Imogen Bickford-Smith	...	Nurse #2 (as Imogen Bickford Smith)
	Angela Mann	...	Wife of Guest #2
	Peter Lovstrom	...	Brown's Son
	George Silver	...	Diner Eating Howard the Fish
	Chris Grant
	Sydney Arnold	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Guy Bertrand	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Andrew Bicknell	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Ross Davidson	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Myrtle Devenish	...	Old Lady (segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Tim Douglas	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Eric Francis	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Matt Frewer	...	Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Billy John	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Russell Kilmister	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Peter Mantle	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Len Marten	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Peter Merrill	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Cameron Miller	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Gareth Milne	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Larry Noble	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Paddy Ryan	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Leslie Sarony	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	John Scott Martin	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Eric Stovell	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Wally Thomas	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Jack Armstrong	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Robert Carrick	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Douglas Cooper	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	George Daly	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Chick Fowles	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Terry Grant	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Robin Hewlett	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Tommy Isley	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Juba Kennerley	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Anthony Lang	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance) (as Tony Lang)
	John Murphy	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Terry Rendell	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Ronald Shilling	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Albert Welch	...	(segment: The Crimson Permanent Assurance)
	Luke Baxter	...	Dancer
	Stephen Beagley	...	Dancer
	Paul Bourke	...	Dancer
	Bonnie Bryg	...	Dancer
	Charlotte Corbett	...	Dancer
	Geoff Davids	...	Dancer
	Emma-Kate Davies	...	Dancer
	Sandra Easby	...	Dancer
	Jane Eve	...	Dancer (as Jane Newman)
	Donna Fielding	...	Dancer
	Roy Hamlyn Gayle	...	Dancer (as Roy Gayle)
	Dawn Gerrard	...	Dancer
	Natascha Gilbrooke	...	Dancer (as Natasha Gilbrook)
	Donnette Goddard	...	Dancer
	Heavon Grant	...	Dancer
	Alison Jane Hierlihy	...	Dancer (as Alison Herlihy)
	Laura James	...	Dancer
	Kim Elizabeth Leeson	...	Dancer (as Kim Leeson)
	Maddie Loftin	...	Dancer
	Michelle Mackie	...	Dancer
	Paul Madden	...	Dancer
	Helen Mason	...	Dancer
	Caroline Meacher	...	Dancer
	Lorraine Meacher	...	Dancer
	Sue Menhenick	...	Dancer
	Kerri Murphy	...	Dancer
	Tammy Needham	...	Dancer
	Garry Noakes	...	Dancer (as Gary Noakes)
	Trudy Pack	...	Dancer
	Floyd Anthony Pearce	...	Dancer (as Floyd Pearce)
	Wanda Rokicki	...	Dancer (as Wanda Rockiki)
	Peter Salmon	...	Dancer
	Lizie Saunderson	...	Dancer
	Steve St. Klonis	...	Dancer
	Voyd	...	Dancer
	Timothy Ward	...	Dancer
	Michelle Welch	...	Dancer
	Gess Whitfield	...	Dancer
	Lorraine Whitmarsh	...	Dancer
	Dominique Wood	...	Dancer
Uncredited Cast
	Nigel Hawthorne	...	Insurance Company Passerby
	Lynne Hazelden	...	Student Doctor
	Barrie Holland	...	Teacher At Rugby Match
	Jane Leeves	...	Dancer
	Keith Macey	...	School Boy in Chapel
	Sean Maguire	...	'Every Sperm is Sacred' Child w / Red Jumper
	Gerald Paris	...	Passerby
	Monty Python	...	Themselves
	Lee Sheward	...	Choir Boy
	John Simpkin	...	Mr. Bloke
	Guy Standeven	...	Restaurant Diner
	Carole Anne Stevenson	...	Topless Pursuer
	Reg Thomason	...	Restaurant Patron
	Cy Town	...	Restaurant Diner
	Fred Wood	...	Branded Man in Dungeon Room
Produced by
	John Goldstone	...	producer
Original Music by
	John Du Prez
Special Effects by
	Richard Conway	...	special effects
	George Gibbs	...	special effects supervisor
	Ray Hanson	...	special effects
	Bob Hollow	...	special effects
	David Watson	...	special effects
	Terence J. Cox	...	special effects technician
	Garth Inns	...	pyrotechnic effects
Visual Effects by
	Michael Beard	...	model maker
	Valerie Charlton	...	model maker
	Carol De Jong	...	model maker
	Nick Dunlop	...	optical effects
	Roy Field	...	optical effects
	Kent Houston	...	optical effects
	Tim Ollive	...	animation & backgrounds
	Peter Pullen	...	model maker
	Tim Spence	...	optical effects
	Paul Whitbread	...	optical effects
	Janice Body	...	visual effects assistant
	Martin Body	...	rotoscope artist

Additional Info
Premiere:	March 31, 1983
DVD Release:	March 18, 1998
Blu-ray Release:	October 08, 2013
Countries:
Distributor:	Universal Studios
Websites:

Ratings
5.0 / 10	7.5 / 10	72 / 100

Production Companies
Celandine Films
The Monty Python Partnership
Universal Pictures

Distributors
Universal Pictures (1983) (United States) (theatrical)
MCA Videocassette (1983) (United States) (Betamax) (VHS)
MCA Home Video (1984) (United States) (Betamax) (VHS)
MCA/Universal Home Video (United States) (laserdisc) (video)
MCA Home Video (1986) (United States) (VHS)
MCA/Universal Home Video (1991) (United States) (VHS)
MCA/Universal Home Video (1996) (United States) (VHS)
Image Entertainment (1998) (United States) (DVD)
BBC America (2003) (United States) (TV)
Universal Studios Home Video (2003) (United States) (DVD)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2005) (United States) (DVD)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2009) (United States) (DVD)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2012) (United States) (Universal's 100th Anniversary) (DVD)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2013) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2013) (United States) (DVD)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2014) (United States) (DVD)
Studio Distribution Services (SDS) (2022) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) (through)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2022) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2022) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
Netflix (2026) (United States) (VOD) (video)
Studios USA Television (1998) (United States) (TV)

Filming Locations
17 Bankfield Street, Colne, Lancashire, England, UK (sketch: Every Sperm is Sacred)
Bankfield Street, Colne, Lancashire, England, UK (sketch: Every Sperm is Sacred)
Battersea Power Station, Battersea, London, England, UK (chase) (sketch: Find The Fish)
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Cartwright Hall, Lister Park, North Park Road, Manningham, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK (outdoor filming)
Chicheley Hall, Chicheley, Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (sketch: Find the Fish)
Churchill College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK (church scene)
Colchester, Essex, England, UK (Marching Up And Down The Square)
Colne, Lancashire, England, UK (sketch: Every Sperm is Sacred)
East Riddlesden Hall, Bradford Road, Riddlesden, Keighley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK (Studio)
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK (Africa scene)
Hargreaves Street, Colne, Lancashire, England, UK (sketch: Every Sperm is Sacred)
Ilkley Moor, Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Keighley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Knebworth House, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Lister Park, North Park Road, Manningham, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Main Control Hall, Battersea Power Station, Battersea, London, England, UK (sketch: Find The Fish)
Malham, North Yorkshire, England, UK (death scene)
Manningham, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Porchester Halls, Queensway, Bayswater, London, England, UK (sketch: Mr Creosote)
Riddlesden, Keighley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
The Royal Masonic School, Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK (sketch: School days)

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