Jabberwocky

1977, Movie, 1h 45min

Amid the filth and muck of England in the Dark Ages, a fearsome dragon stalks the land, casting a shadow of terror upon the kingdom of Bruno the Questionable. Who should emerge as the only possible savior but Dennis Cooper (Michael Palin), an endearingly witless bumpkin who stumbles onto the scene and is flung into the role of brave knight? Terry Gilliam’s first outing as a solo director—inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem “Jabberwocky” and made following Gilliam’s success as a member of the iconic comedy troupe Monty Python—showcases his delight in comic nonsense, with a cast chock-full of beloved British character actors. A giddy romp through blood and excrement, JABBERWOCKY remains one of the filmmaker’s most uproarious visions of society gone berserk.

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Critic William Thomas

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...cuts against the cosy grain of British comedy, developing the gore-and-shit-splattered tone of Monty Python And The Holy Grail into a rough draft for the horrid wonders of subsequent Gilliam epics.

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In the medieval kingdom of King Bruno the Questionable, a terrifying monster called the Jabberwocky threatens to destroy everything in its path. The king organizes a tournament to find a brave knight to defeat the beast, but the only one who seems to be up for the task is a clumsy and accident-prone young man named Dennis Cooper. Will Dennis be able to defeat the Jabberwocky and save the kingdom, or will he become the monster's next victim?

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Jabberwocky include The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Herbie Rides Again, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Ghosts of Buxley Hall, The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, Freaky Friday.