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329:. After the donor scene, the film shifts to a modern boardroom in the VBCA headquarters, where the executives debate about the meaning of life (and whether or not people are wearing enough hats). The debate is halted when one executive asks "Has anyone noticed that building there before?", which turns out to be the office building/pirate ship of the Crimson Permanent Assurance. As the beginning of the battle between the clerks and the VBCA is repeated, the raid is suddenly halted by a falling skyscraper crushing the Permanent Assurance Company building, accompanied by a voice-over apologizing for the "unwarranted attack by the supporting feature". 31: 1248: 2192: 496:
piece instead. According to Gilliam, the film's rhythm, length, and style of cinematography made it a poor fit as a scene in the larger movie, so it was presented as a supplementary short ahead of the film.
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and swords fashioned from the blades of a ceiling fan. On ropes, they swing into the board room and engage the executives of VBCA in hand-to-hand combat, vanquishing them.
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It was a common practice in British cinemas to show an unrelated short feature before the main movie, a holdover from the older practice of showing a full-length
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firm which has recently been taken over by the Very Big Corporation of America (VBCA), rebel against their much younger corporate masters when one of them is
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as they "sail the wide accountan-sea" in search of further conquests. However, they unceremoniously end up falling off the
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office building, which suddenly weighs anchor, uses its scaffolding and tarpaulins as sails, and is turned into a
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McCall, Douglas (2013-11-12). Monty Python: A Chronology, 1969-2012, 2nd ed. p. 97. McFarland.
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ahead of the main feature. By the mid-1970s the short features were of poorer quality (often
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The "Accountancy Shanty" is sung by Neil and Hershel, two Bob replicant clones in the book
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and starring Sydney Arnold and Guy Bertrand. It plays as the prelude to the film
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The Crimson Permanent Assurance plays a prominent role in
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weave previously "terminated" plot lines into later scenes
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After their hard-earned victory, the clerks sing a heroic
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Companies owned by The Very Big Corporation of America
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Index


Terry Gilliam
Andrew Bicknell
John Scott Martin
Leslie Sarony
Roger Pratt
Julian Doyle
John Du Prez
The Monty Python Partnership
Universal Pictures
swashbuckling
comedy
short film
Terry Gilliam
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Matt Frewer
Assurance
London
sacked
Edwardian
pirate ship
City of London
filing cabinets
carronades
sea shanty
edge of the world
weave previously "terminated" plot lines into later scenes
The Spanish Inquisition
Flying Circus
swallows

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