The Meaning of Life's Closing Credits

MONTY PYTHON’S 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 Don’t 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. Creosote’s 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


        
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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.