Monty Python's the Meaning of Life

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Actor: Andrew Maclachlan, Carol Cleveland, Matt Frewer, Monty Python, Simon Jones
Brand: MONTY PYTHONS THE MEANING OF LIFE (DVD MOVIE)
Cinematographer: Peter Hannan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment

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Movie Review: The Middle Child of the Python Movies
Summary: 5 Stars

Most people I talk to seem to either have Life of Brian or Holy Grail as their favorite. I was always alone in having this one as my favorite. Sure, it's a bit awkward (has no sequitar storyline). It's pretty much a long Flying Circus episode, but it has some of the best skits. Plus, its style kind of stands out. It's more macabre comedy than the others. There's classics like the machine that goes "ping!", Mr. Creosote, and every sperm is sacred. And really, I always thought the Pythons were better at sketch comedy.

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Those six pandemonium-mad Pythons are back with their craziest adventure ever! John Cleese Graham Chapman Terry Jones Eric Idle Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin have returned to explain The Meaning of Life. These naughty Brits offer the usual tasteful sketches involving favorite body parts and bodily functions the wonders of war the miracle of birth and a special preview of what's waiting for us in Heaven. Nothing is too sacred for the probing Python crew. You'll never look at life in quite the same way again. Time pronounces it "an exhilarating experience!" Newsweek agrees calling it "the best movie from England's satirical sextet." Winner of the 1983 Cannes Film Festival Special Jury Award.System Requirements:Starring: Graham Chapman John Cleese Terry Gilliam Eric Idle Michael Palin Directed By: Terry Jones Running Time: 108 Min. Copyright Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2005Format: DVD MOVIE

Perhaps only the collective brilliant minds of the Monty Python film and television troupe are up to the task of tackling a subject as weighty as the Meaning of Life. Sure, Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, and their ilk have tried their hands at this puzzler, but only Python has attempted to do so within the commercial motion picture medium. Happily for us all, Monty Python's the Meaning of Life truly explains everything one conceivably needs to know about the perplexities of human existence, from the mysteries of Catholic doctrine to the miracle of reproduction to why one should avoid the salmon mousse to the critical importance of the machine that goes ping! Using fish as a linking device (and what marvelous links those aquatic creatures make), The Meaning of Life is presented as a series of sketches: a musical production number about why seed is sacred; a look at dining in the afterlife; the quest for a missing fish (there they are again); a visit from Mr. Death; the cautionary tale of Mr. Creosote and his rather gluttonous appetite; an unflinching examination of the harsh realities of organ donation, and so on. Sadly, this was the last original Python film, but it's a beaut. You'll laugh. You'll cry (probably because you're laughing so hard). You may even learn something about the Meaning of Life. Or at least about how fish fit into the grand scheme of things. --Jim Emerson

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