A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.
Practical Effects
Incredible handmade building-ship model work.
Direction
Gilliam's manic energy in concentrated form.
Editing
Rapid-fire cuts that build to glorious chaos.
Director
Terry Gilliam
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gilliam spent months building the detailed office-building ship model himself, obsessively adding tiny corporate details.
This was originally the opening of Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, but grew so massive it became its own short—foreshadowing Gilliam's future budget battles.
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