Talk:Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

message: "...although his frustrated spouse (Idle) points out that they never do..."  a) is wrong, and b) misses the point.  
174.97.189.100 (talk) 22:22, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Part 1 - Miracle of Birth

message: What the hell does this have to do with The Meaning of Life?
"In the movie Finding Nemo a stingray teacher swims towards his class, covers them all beneath his wings and then says 'I wonder where my class is gone'."
- TorbenFrost 12:51, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is that even a reference? 

message: Hm, the 'Find the Fish' sketch reminded me of Andy Warhol... whether this had any influence I don't know, but maybe someone could add to this? Misuto 09:50, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: You think too much. Comradeash 05:45, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No such thing
How did they get the hands on the ends of the long-arms to wiggle like that?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.21.221 (talk) 06:09, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Find the Fish 

message: Are there any surprises on the DVD for  like Monty Python and the Holy Grail? --68.37.116.234 20:07, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What I mean by surprises on the DVD is are there any surprises like on The Holy Grail when "Play Movie" is first played and the first one minute, 47 sec. of Dentist on the Job, then the projector operator (Terry Jones) "changes the reels" and Holy Grail starts. Are there any surprises like that on the MEANING OF LIFE DVD? -Thank you very much! 15:06, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The DVD 

message: When I viewed the page at about 23:00 CET, a two day old vandalised version showed up. This caused me to revert a perfectly fine version by mistake. I have since reverted it back to the version before my reversion. Sorry about that. 85.167.90.31 22:31, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reversions 6th of February 

message: The missing citation from the quote below could be referenced from the commentary track of the DVD (Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Release Date: 2005-08-23, ASIN: B000A2UBNE, UPC: 025192894329).  Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam discuss the origin of the short at length several times through the film and nothing in the quote is contradicted.
"The Crimson Permanent Assurance, a short introductory film directed by Terry Gilliam. In a satire on globalization, elderly office clerks rebel against their cold, efficient corporate masters at 'The Permanent Assurance Company', commandeer their building and turn it into a pirate ship, raiding financial districts in numerous big cities before falling off the edge of the world. Originally conceived by Gilliam as a 6-minute animated sequence in the middle of the film (at the end of Part V), it was later expanded to a 16-minute live-action piece, to the point where it no longer fit into the framework of the film and became a pre-movie short film in its own right.[citation needed]"
Hope that helps.  Please feel free to contact me about proper posting etiquette if I'm out of line. Freesharon 20:08, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  missing citation on DVD commentary track 

message: Most lovers of Monty Python will know about Douglas Adams. Most of the Pythons knew, respected and some even adored him. This, their last "Magnum Opus" is, in part, dedicated to him. In the opening credits a stone tablet showing the text "The Meaning of Liff" is corrected to the "The Meaning of Life". Many will discuss this and there will be opponents and proponents. It has already been officially denied that it is so. Which made me think of the First Law in Politics: Nothing is true until it has been officially denied. The Meaning of Liff, written by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd is a book, for which I do not particularly care, which many of the Pythons will have known about and maybe even read.
Having spoken to Douglas and being a great admirer of his other work, I think this was a fitting tribute, as will most Pythons. Most Pythons will also consider it a great compliment that this article in the Wiki has been deemed "of no significant importance".
The contribution of Monty Python's Flying Circus to comedy is not quantifiable. A lot of their sketches are not really funny. But it is intellectual comedy at it's best. Although most Python's will agree that there is no place for anarchy in this world, they have shown that we all love it. And boy, were they good at it (in comedy).
Monty Python's Flying Circus lasted only a few seasons in the seventies but we still talk about it today. It has almost become a religion in it's own right (as parodied in Not the Nine O'Clock News). Way to go Pythons!
I will come back and corrrect my grammar and spelling, but for now I will see if the article is allowed to stand.
JHvW (talk) 12:47, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Obviously the above post was made a few years ago, but I think it's worth pointing out for future reference that Adams' book was published November 1983, while Monty' Python's The Meaning of Life was released in March 1983. Therefore it seems pretty unlikely that the Python film was a tribute to Adams or his book. Arthur Holland (talk) 09:22, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The publication date of the book is not really a fact in dispute. The Meaning of Liff was a game played by a number of people including John Lloyd and Douglas Adams. Adams wrote for the BBC and is actually featured in one of the MPFC episodes. It is and probably will always be speculation if the "Meaning of Liff" is or is not a tribute to Adams and Lloyd. JHvW 20:01, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The meaning of Liff 

message: are you sure the couple are yankee? actually aI don't agree....why should two yankee eat "original hawaian ..... in an english meioeval prison"?
Actually I watch the film  in italian (most of the times)so I cannot  notice if their accent is whether british or american  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.187.195.236 (talk) 16:07, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, they speak in the nasally flat accent that signifies "American" to the Pythons.  Comet Tuttle (talk) 17:38, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  middle age 

message: "which is considered some of the most repulsive footage in twentieth century cinema" ... Seriously? The Mr. Creosote scene is seen as that bad? There's plenty of repulsive scenes throughout cinema history.... I say that line should be taken out if nobody can come up with a serious citation. GamerErman2001 (talk) 23:34, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Repulsive

message: Under the "Release" section of the page:
"In 2003, a Special Edition DVD was released..."
"In the 2005 DVD release of the film..."
"...found on the 2004 "2 Disc Special Edition" DVD..."
Are these all the same release or different releases?  My copy of the two-disc set (Region 1) is dated 2003.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.127.172.89 (talk) 03:44, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  DVD Release Date(s) 

message: There was an uncited claim that The Crimson Permanent Assurance was a satire on globalization.  There's nothing about globalization in the sketch.  Even "The Very Large Corporation of America" boardroom sketch, though it satirizes very big business, doesn't refer to globalization.  I changed it to say that it satirizes "cold corporate culture", but in any case the claim is still unreferenced.  Comet Tuttle (talk) 17:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Globalization" 

message: Well, title pretty much explains it. 67.81.18.68 (talk) 20:21, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No clue! I added a simple cast list just now. Erik (talk | contribs) 20:40, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

text: Yikes, I used Allmovie as my source, but I see from IMDb that they played even more multiple roles for each part. Maybe a table with a column for the actor and other columns for the different parts, in which we can identify the different roles? Erik (talk | contribs) 20:42, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

text: Yeah, the table would be good, they used it on "Holy Grail" and it works well. Thanks. 67.81.18.68 (talk) 02:40, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

text: y'know what, ill just fill in the rest of the cast, and if you want you can convert it to a table, k? 67.81.18.68 (talk) 02:43, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Why no cast section?

message: Surely there needs to be a popular culture section in this film. It has had many infuluences in popular culture and is considered a cultural icon - if not (along with other Monty Python films) a cult film.
I was watching Stranger Than Fiction, and in it the main character is shown at one point in a cinema watching the Meaning of Life. I was just going onto wikipedia to add it on as a reference. I'm surprised to see no section Colt .55 (talk) 16:44, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: yes, very much agree.  Wholehearted support for this new section.  ♥ VisitingPhilosopher ♥ talk ◊ contribs 20:42, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meaning of Life in popular culture 

message: I think so many (cast-member) references in the text interrupts the flow,  could be reduced by 20-30%?
Just a thought.   ♥ VisitingPhilosopher ♥ talk ◊ contribs 20:42, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reduce (cast-member) references in the text? 

message: Surely the film's seven chapters are a reference to the seven ages of man in the famous Shakespearian soliloquy All the world's a stage? All except "Live Organ Transplants" and "The Meaning of Life" are named similarly to one of the ages of man; even "Fighting Each Other" may be based on the soldier.
However, I know this is exactly the sort of speculation that will never make it onto the article unless someone with more authority has made the same observation and committed it to writing...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.30.133.31 (talk) 00:22, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this a co-incidence? 

message: In part one it states the 'third world' section is supposed to represent Yorkshire but what is the source for this? The screenplay simply says 'northern street' (with no mention of location in any of the speech) and it was filmed in Colne, a Lancashire town.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.3.185.52 (talk) 23:37, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: If I'm not mistaken, there's a caption in the beginning of the scene that reads "Yorkshire". Hearfourmewesique (talk) 00:35, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Yorkshire' 

message: I just want to let people know that April 22 1983 is NOT the UK release date. It is the BBFC classification date of the film NOT the release date. A British newspaper advertisement of the film states 'From Thursday June 23rd at the Plaza off Piccadilly Circus cinema and from Thursday July 7th across the country'. Brianp95 (talk) 00:55, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK Release date 

message: It has been confirmed that Michael Caine has a cameo during the Zulu war segment, most likely in reference to his role in the 1964 film Zulu. Has this page ever attempted to point this out? 03ElecBerg (talk) 17:20, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: "It has been confirmed" - source please. cagliost (talk) 19:02, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Michael Caine 

message: The article(s) claim that The Crimson Permanent Assurance is a separate film. Is this true? The claim is unsourced, and the Crimson Permanent Assurance company features in the main film. cagliost (talk) 19:00, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The article doesn't specifically say that, but it's true since the short was directed separately from the main film and had its own credits. 2601:642:4600:BE10:A824:618C:D7D8:A5E8 (talk) 21:09, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Separate films?