Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1983 · 107 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 127,313 VOTES · DIR. Terry Jones
Overview
Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,280 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:52 as England languished in the doldrums of a ruinous monetarist policy...
00:13:52 as the sun set slowly in the west...
00:19:47 Of self-replicating DNA
00:23:12 - And what are you doing this morning? - It's a birth.
00:26:45 He's right.
00:30:28 Every sperm is sacred
00:33:47 Have I got one? No, but I can go down the road anytime I want...
00:37:17 Don't fricassee or roast us
00:40:53 You don't have to leap straight for the clitoris like a bull at a gate.
00:45:49 Do as you're told.
00:48:54 While you're at it, you'd better get a doily.
00:52:59 Yes, savage little blighters, aren't they?
00:55:54 A tiger?
00:59:31 - God told us to do it. - To tell the truth, we are completely mad.
01:02:54 Fishy, fishy, fishy, fish!
01:06:20 No.
01:09:53 Here. What's going on?
01:13:52 In this amazing and expanding universe
01:18:22 But don't take it out in public or they will stick you in the dock
01:22:31 Another bucket for monsieur!
01:28:07 This way.
01:34:27 Good evening.
01:38:07 The salmon mousse.
01:43:40 Thank you, Brigitte.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,280
Dialogue density12.0 lines / min
First line00:00:52
Final line01:43:40
Production Record
DirectorTerry Jones
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9,000,000
Revenue$15,000,000
IMDb votes127,313