MONTY PYTHONS THE MEANING OF LIFE
was written by and starred
GRAHAM CHAPMAN
JOHN CLEESE
TERRY GILLIAM
ERIC IDLE
TERRY JONES
MICHAEL PALIN
with
CAROL CLEVELAND SIMON JONES PATRICIA QUINN
JUDY LOE ANDREW MACLACHLAN MARK HOLMES
VALERIE WHITTINGTON
and
JENNIFER FRANKS IMOGEN BICKFORD-SMITH
ANGELA MANN PETER LOVSTROM
GEORGE SILVER CHRIS GRANT
Directed by
TERRY JONES
Produced by
JOHN GOLDSTONE
Director of Animation and Special Sequence
TERRY GILLIAM
Photographed by
PETER HANNAN B.S.C.
Edited by
JULIAN DOYLE
Production Designer
HARRY LANGE
Costume Designer
JIM ACHESON
Choreography
ARLENE PHILLIPS
Makeup and Hair Design
MAGGIE WESTON
Special Effects Supervisor
GEORGE GIBBS
Production Manager
DAVID WIMBURY
Art Director Sound Mixer
RICHARD DAWKING GARTH MARSHALL
Camera Operator 1st Assistant Director
DEWI HUMPHREYS RAY CORBETT
Continuity Dubbing Editor
PENNY EYLES RODNEY GLENN
Dubbing Mixers
PAUL CARR/BRIAN PAXTON
Songs:
"The Meaning of Life"
Lyrics ERIC IDLE
Music ERIC IDLE & JOHN DU PREZ
"Oh Lord Please Dont Burn Us"
Lyrics JOHN CLEESE & GRAHAM CHAPMAN
Music ERIC IDLE & JOHN DU PREZ
"Every Sperm is Sacred"
Lyrics MICHAEL PALIN & TERRY JONES
Music ANDRE JACQUEMIN & DAVE HOWMAN
"Galaxy Song"
Lyrics ERIC IDLE
Music ERIC IDLE & JOHN DU PREZ
"Accountancy Shanty"
Music and Lyrics ERIC IDLE & JOHN DU PREZ
"Penis Song"
Music and Lyrics ERIC IDLE
"Christmas in Heaven"
Lyrics TERRY JONES
Music ERIC IDLE
Production Assistant Assistant Choreographer Location Manager
VALERIE CRAIG HEATHER SEYMOUR PETER KOHN
Stills Photographer Focus Clapper Leader
DAVID APPLEBY BARRY BROWN STEFAN STANKOWSKI
Construction Manager Set Decorators Model Makers
VIC SIMPSON SIMON WAKEFIELD VALERIE CHARITON
SHARON CARTWRIGHT CAROLE DE YONG
Gaffer Makeup Supervisor Grip
CHUCK FINCH MARY HILLMAN KEN ATHERFOLD
Mr. Creosotes makeup by
CHRIS TUCKER
Python Manager
ANNE JAMES
Not the Production Accountant Director of Python U.S. Relations
STEVE ABBOTT NANCY LEWIS
Assistants to Producer
TIM VAUGHAN-HUGHES BARBARA HOLLOWAY
Optical Effects
KENT HOUSTON ROY FIELD PAUL WHITBREAD
NICK DUNLOP TIM SPENCE
Animation
TIM OLLIVE RICHARD OLLIVE KATE HEPBURN
MIKE STUART JILL BROOKS
Art Department
STEVE COOPER ROGER CAIN ANDREW ACKLAND-SNOW
RICHARD HORNSBY DENNIS GRIFFIN BOB WALKER
Costume Assistants
T. STEPHEN MILES GILLY HEBDEN
Wardrobe Department
JANET LUCAS JAMES WAKELY DAVID MURCH LINDA EKE
Costume Makers
RAY SCOTT VIN BURNHAM SHIRLEY DENNY
JILL THRAVES WILLIAM BABOO LIZZIE WILLEY
Makeup and Hairdressing
HILARY STEINBERG MIKE JONES PAMELA RAYSON
WIGS from WIG SPECIALITIES
Production Department
KIERON PHIPPS CALLUM McDOUGALL PAUL TAYLOR
Editing Department
KEITH LOWES DIANE RYDER SIMON MILTON ROY BAKER
MARGARITA DOYLE
Production Accountant
MIKE SMITH
Casting
DEBBIE McWILLIAMS/MICHELLE GUISH
Special Effects
RICHARD CONWAY BOB HOLLOW DAVE WATSON
RAY HANSON
Properties
BRIAN PAYNE DAVE NEWTON JOHN COLE
BRIAN HUMPHREY
Electrical Department
LARRY RANDALL ALAN McPHERSON RICHARD SEAL
STUART MONTEITH FRED ASHBY
Construction Department
MICK LAW ALAN CHESTERS PETER BROWNE
JOHN SKINNER COLIN LOVERING REG KEYWOOD
PETER CULL DICK SAVERY BILL SANSOM KEN POWELL
MELVIN COLEMAN TOMMY KAVANAGH
Sound re-recorded at
ROGER CHERRILL LTD.
Music recorded at
BRITTANIA ROW/REDWOOD STUDIOS/CTS
Lighting Equipment
LEE ELECTRIC
[TECHNICOLOR and DOLBY logos]
The characters and events in this film are fictitious and any similarity to actual events or
persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
This motion picture is protected under laws of the United States and other countries.
Unauthorised duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and
criminal prosecution.
made by
THE MONTY PYTHON PARTNERSHIP
at
EMI ELSTREE STUDIOS BOREHAMWOOD ENGLAND
and on location
in England and Scotland
(C) 1983 Celandine Films All rights reserved
The producers would like to thank all the fish who have taken part in this film. We hope that other fish will follow the example of those who have participated, so that, in future, fish all over the world will live together in harmony and understanding, and put aside their petty differences, cease pursuing and eating each other and live for a brighter, better future for all fish, and those who love them.
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