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Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   4,468 votes
Director:
Terry Gilliam
Writers:
Lewis Carroll (poem)
Charles Alverson (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
15 April 1977 (USA) more
Tagline:
Jabberwocky: the monster so horrible that people caught the plague to avoid it more
Plot:
After the death of his father the young cooper 'Dennis Cooper' goes to town where he has to pass several adventures... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
A pleasant surprise for those who have heard it sucks more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Michael Palin ... Dennis Cooper
Harry H. Corbett ... Squire (Ethel)
John Le Mesurier ... Passelewe
Warren Mitchell ... Mr. Fishfinger
Max Wall ... King Bruno the Questionable
Rodney Bewes ... Other Squire
John Bird ... First herald
Bernard Bresslaw ... Landlord
Antony Carrick ... Third merchant (as Anthony Carrick)
Peter Cellier ... First merchant
Deborah Fallender ... Princess
Derek Francis ... Bishop

Terry Gilliam ... Man with Rock
Neil Innes ... Second herald
Terry Jones ... Poacher
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Additional Details

Runtime:
105 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (1977) (cut) | UK:PG (1993) | Finland:K-16 (1989) | Australia:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:16 | Australia:M (re-rating)
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Python Films more

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Trivia:
The fight between the Jabberwock and the Black Knight was originally choreographed quite differently. During the shooting, however, Peter Salmon, who played the monster, slipped and fell. Director Terry Gilliam decided the fall looked so natural that he edited the fight sequence to include the fall. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Wires can be seen holding up the head of the monster at the end of the film. more
Quotes:
King Bruno the Questionable: Guards... kill that man... more
Movie Connections:
References Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) more
Soundtrack:
Night on a Bald Mountain more

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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
A pleasant surprise for those who have heard it sucks, 27 November 2002
7/10
Author: funkyfry from Oakland CA

Terry Gilliam's fantasy satire (looks like a spoof, but it's a satire) is halfway between "Holy Grail" and "Time Bandits", and about half as good (which ain't bad). The wit is sardonic, and the story pretty well reverses every rule of the fantasy genre -- a dimwitted "champion", out to secure the hand of his 300+ lb. "princess" by killing the evil Jabberwocky that is making life tough for the local peasantry (but very pleasant for the merchants).

Great photography, decent production values. The direction is very good, and although the script's wit is shining, there are not enough really funny jokes (mostly it's stuff you'd have to think about to laugh at). I particularly like, though, how a lot of the good jokes come out of how the value of something is relative -- Palin carrying around a rotten potato discarded by "Griselda", which he prizes for sentiment, but which the townspeople want for food.

Superior medieval satire shows Gilliam was on the right track towards his masterpieces.

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