Sydney Arnold, Guy Bertrand, Andrew Bicknell

In the bleak days of 1983, the Crimson Permanent Assurance, an accountancy staffed by elderly workers much like a slave ship, has been taken over by efficiency-minded corporate types. When they sack a...( read more  read more... )n employee, there's an uprising, and the building is unleashed from its moorings to sail across the (dry) ocean and take on the financial centers of the world, starting with an all-out attack on the large skyscraper housing The Very Big Corporation of America, complete with filing-cabinet cannons, ceiling-fan broadswords, and paper-spindle short-swords.

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Unrated, 16 min.

Directed by: Terry Gilliam

Release Date: May 1, 1983

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  • September 8, 2007
    A blast of a short, pure Python/Gilliam cheerful madness.
  • September 1, 2008
    Whoever watches the Meaning of Life by the infamous Monty Python group,don't forget to check this bawdy,insatiably witty comedic sequence.Short but daring,shoot these rats right up their economic bottoms!
  • June 4, 2008
    Is actually part of "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life". Hilarious.
  • September 17, 2009
    Hilarious short about modern enterprises and work in the actuality, taken to an extreme absurdity. Very recommendable; you can find this short in the "Meaning of life" DVD.

    77/100
  • July 28, 2009
    Can be seen at the beginning of "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life."
  • March 8, 2009
    This is one of the best short films on the face of the planet.
  • December 20, 2008
    One of the best short films ever made; pure Gilliam.
  • January 14, 2008
    A very good supporting shortie to Monty Python's Meaning of Life. Funny and weird.
  • October 28, 2007
    Terry Gilliam's brain rules!

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