Jabberwocky (1977)
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62% of critics liked it
(13 reviews) -
46% of users liked it
(8,723 ratings)
An innocent country farmer experiences a number of improbable misadventures that culminate in a battle against the titular beast in this broadly comic fantasy. The first solo outing of director Terry Gilliam, who served as animator and co-director on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, returns to the… More An innocent country farmer experiences a number of improbable misadventures that culminate in a battle against the titular beast in this broadly comic fantasy. The first solo outing of director Terry Gilliam, who served as animator and co-director on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, returns to the medieval setting that had previously served him so well, and brings along fellow Pythonite Michael Palin for the ride as reluctant hero Dennis Cooper. Cooper's journey to defeat the fearsome Jabberwock is filled with a similar combination of traditional fairy-tale narrative and irreverent humor, which at times aims to be even raunchier than classic Python fare. But while the film is too awkward and repetitive to succeed, it does boast impressively grungy medieval sets and costumes, and flashes of the visual brilliance that would characterize Gilliam's more mature works. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi
- Directed By
- Terry Gilliam
- Written By
- Charles Alverson, Terry Gilliam
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Apr 15, 1977 Wide
- On DVD
- Oct 23, 2001
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
Medieval pigsty-jamboree
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Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
Terry Gilliam's visionary humor and style is on full display here.
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Shane Burridge, rec.arts.movies.reviews
The cast looks like it was recruited from a Pasolini movie, the budget-concious framing is claustrophobic, and there's way too much smoke
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Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
Gilliam wins major points for so thoroughly debunking the Dark Ages.
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Gerry Shamray, Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
One of the Python's weakest.
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Cast
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Michael Palin
as Dennis Cooper
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Max Wall
as King Bruno
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Deborah Fallender
as Princess
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John Le Mesurier
as Chamberlain
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Annette Badland
as Griselda Fishfinger
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Warren Mitchell
as Mr. Fishfinger
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Brenda Cowling
as Mrs. Fishinger
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Harry H. Corbett
as Squire
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Rodney Bewes
as Other Squire
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Bernard Bresslaw
as Landlord
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Alexandra Dane
as Betsy
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Derek Francis
as Bishop
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Peter Cellier
as First Merchant
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Frank Williams
as Second Merchant
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John Bird
as First Herald
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Paul Curran
as Mr. Cooper Senior
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Gordon Rollings
as King's Taster
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Glenn Williams
as First Gate Guard
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Bryan Pringle
as Second Gate Guard
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Terry Jones
as Poacher
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John Gorman
as First Peasant
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Julian Hough
as Second Peasant
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Harold Goodwin
as Third Peasant
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Tony Sympson
as Fourth Peasant
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Simon Williams
as Prince
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Jerold Wells
as Wat Dabney
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Erik Chitty
as Servant
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Graham Crowden
as Fanatics' leader
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Brian Glover
as Armourer
- Derrick O'Connor
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David Prowse
as Red Herring Knight
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Terry Gilliam
as Man with Rock
- Eric Idle
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Neil Innes
as Second herald
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Antony Carrick
as Third Merchant
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Gorden Kaye
as Sister Jessica
