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The movie opens with the unrelated [[Terry Gilliam]]-directed short film "The Crimson Permanent Assurance", the tale of accountant pirates who take on Wall Street. From there, we move on to the film proper, a series of sketches purporting to examine the Meaning of Life, arranged from "The Miracle of Birth" to "Death". But even this structure allows for stops examining "The Third World" and "Live Organ Transplants".
This is notable as ''by far'' the grossest of the Python films, via such highlights as the aforementioned "Live Organ Transplants" sketch and the restaurant scene featuring Mr. Creosote. That didn't stop it from receiving the Grand Prize of the Jury award at the 1983 [[Cannes Film Festival]], however.
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* [[Self-Deprecation]]: An Englishman's attempt to upbraid the Grim Reaper for his poor manners is met with this response:
{{quote|'''Grim Reaper:''' ''(poking him in the eye)'' Quiet! Englishmen, you're all so fucking [[British Stuffiness|pompous]]. None of you have got any balls.}}
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* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: The "Galaxy Song", a cheery, happy-go-lucky tune, with vaguely upbeat lyrics about the wondrous vastness of the universe, that ends on a big downer about the [[Humans Are Morons|lack of intelligent life]] on Earth. It's sung right after a scene wherein a man has his liver harvested while he's still alive. Immediately after the song finishes, his wife agrees to undergo the process herself.
* [[Stupid Boss]]: The hospital administrator in "The Miracle of Birth".
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