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Now you can experience Monty Python's hilarious final full-length movie, The Meaning of Life, on a 2 disc special edition DVD from 17th May 2004. Produced by the film's original producer, John Goldstone, and with new outrageous bonus material created by the Monty Python team, this is the definitive DVD for all Monty Python fans.

Digitally re-mastered picture with 5.1 Dolby Digital and DTS sound, this special edition is rammed with features including, audio commentary from the Monty Python team, Education tips (an educational video preparing you for life in the real world written for the DVD by Michael Palin and John Cleese and performed by them and Terry Jones), deleted scenes and a ‘Lonely People Soundtrack' – a soundtrack for people watching the DVD at home alone!

Following on from the success of The Holy Grail and The Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life returns to the feel of the massively successful TV show. The film features a series of sketches and vignettes, which depict how the various stages and trials of life should be handled.

The unexpected is a guarantee as The Meaning of Life deals with life, death, religion and sex with the unmistakable brand of Monty Python humour, that satirizes everyone and anything deemed worthy. The Meaning of Life features some of the Pythons' most memorable ensembles: the exploding Mr Creosote being the most spectacularly vulgar creation of a team whose speciality was the vulgar; while the unforgettable "Every sperm is sacred" mixes satire and extravagant visual humour in a musical number of breathtaking scale.

John Cleese, Michael Palin, the late Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, and Terry Gilliam joined forces for the final Monty Python instalment with The Meaning of Life and now 21 years later with the original producer, input from the Monty Python team and a huge list of hilarious extras, this must-own special edition DVD is an essential purchase for all Python fans out there.

Special Features

Disc #1

  • Audio Commentary (102 mins) with Terry Jones and Terry Gillian
  • Director's Cut (10:04 mins) - Option to jump out and view three deleted scenes in sequence order
  • Lonely People Soundtrack (102 mins) - A soundtrack for people watching the DVD at home alone (feature audio with effects)
  • Prologue : Eric Idle introduction (1:11mins)

Disc #2

  • The Meaning of Making the Meaning of Life (49 mins) - A programme that gives a whole new perspective on the film with contemporary interviews, original EPK materials and clips with all six members of Monty Python - Education Tips (6 mins)
  • An 'Educational Video' that prepares you for life in the real world specially written for the DVD by Michael Palin and John Cleese and performed by John Cleese, Michael Palin and Terry Jones
  • Un Film de John Cleese (1:30 mins)
  • A new trailer for the John Cleese version of the film
  • Re-mastering a Masterpiece (8:20 mins) - A video documentary about the restoration of the film that includes an interview with restoration maven James C Katz told against Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam's individual methods of film restoration
  • Song and Dance (11:30 mins) - Two of the musical numbers from the film "Every Sperm in Sacred", and "Christmas in Heaven", are revealed by choreographer Arlene Philips, dancer Jane Leeves and director Terry Jones
  • Song Unsung (9:07 mins) - The alternative versions of the songs recorded by their authors
    • Every Sperm is sacred (Eric Idle version) (3:20 mins)
    • It's The Meaning of Life (Terry Jones version) (2:47 mins)
    • Christmas in Heaven (Eric Idle version) (3:07 mins)
  • Selling The Meaning of Life (11:22 mins) - Materials used and unused to promote the movie
    • Trailer (2:40 mins)
    • TV Spot (30 secs)
    • TV Spot (30 secs)
    • US Promo (2:02 mins)
    • Rejects (53 secs)
    • UK Radio (2:18 mins)
    • Telepathy (2:24 mins)
  • Snipped Bits (18:23 mins) - The scenes that didn't make it (some with commentaries)
    • Martin Luther (3:53mins)
    • An Expert (48 secs)
    • The Cheese Lady (1:02 mins)
    • Randy in the jungle (1:15 min)
    • The Hendy's (4:58 mins)
    • Mr Creosote arrives at the restaurant (1:30 mins)
    • Gaston takes us for a good walk (4:55 mins)
  • Virtual Reunion (3:07 mins) - The Pythons reunited for the first time by digital means!
  • What Fish Think (16:04 mins) - A unique option that will enable the viewer to get into the minds of fish
  • DVD ROM
    • The Screenplay: the whole screenplay
    • The Lost Scenes: two of the scenes written but not used
    • Song Sheet of music and lyrics from the film: 7 songs
    • Cooking tips - Mr Creosote's The Joy of Fat recipes
    • Web Links- Web links to existing and/or newly created websites