Jabberwocky (1977)

Directed by

Terry Gilliam

Genre

fantasy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 322 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A clumsy cooper's apprentice is forced to hunt a dragon after his father dies. The film is a medieval fantasy comedy full of slapstick and absurd situations.

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What happens

Jabberwocky is a 1977 British fantasy comedy film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam. Jabberwocky stars Michael Palin as Dennis, a cooper's apprentice, who is forced through clumsy, often slapstick misfortunes to hunt a terrible dragon after the death of his father. The film's title is taken from the nonsense poem "Jabberwocky" from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass (1871). Gilliam's solo directorial debut, following co-directing Monty Python and the Holy Grail with Terry Jones in 1975, the film received a mixed response from critics and audiences. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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