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Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

R 107 min - Comedy - 31 March 1983
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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.

Director:  Terry Jones
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Monty Python’s Life of Brian

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Life of Brian (1979)

R 94 min - Comedy - 17 August 1979
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Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

Director:  Terry Jones
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