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Jabberwocky

Name: Jabberwocky
Director: Terry Gilliam
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
Released: 1977
Rating: 6
Cast: Michael Palin, Harry H. Corbett, John Le Mesurier, Warren Mitchell, Max Wall

After the death of his father, young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?

1977 · Directed by Terry Gilliam · 105 min · Fantasy · Comedy · 9 frames

Tagline

Jabberwocky: the monster so horrible that people caught the plague to avoid it

Crew

Screenplay: Terry Gilliam, Charles Alverson
Cinematography: Terry Bedford
Edited by: Michael Bradsell
Music: Modeste Moussorgsky
Production design: Roy Forge Smith
Produced by: Sanford Lieberson, Julian Doyle

Cast

Michael Palin as Dennis Cooper
Harry H. Corbett as Squire
John Le Mesurier as Passelewe
Warren Mitchell as Mr. Fishfinger
Max Wall as King Bruno the Questionable
Rodney Bewes as The Other Squire
John Bird as 1st Herald
Bernard Bresslaw as The Landlord
Deborah Fallender as The Princess
Derek Francis as Bishop

Production

Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studios: Python Films, Umbrella Films
Budget: $500,000
Box office: $490,000
Themes: new love, dreams, parent child relationship, village, lewis carroll

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More by Terry Gilliam

Tideland — 2005
The Fisher King — 1991
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — 1998
Time Bandits — 1981
Twelve Monkeys — 1995
Brazil — 1985
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus — 2009

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