Jabberwocky | |
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Directed by | Terry Gilliam |
Screenplay by | Charles Alverson Terry Gilliam |
Based on | "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll |
Produced by | Sandy Lieberson |
Starring | Michael Palin Harry H. Corbett John Le Mesurier Warren Mitchell Max Wall Rodney Bewes John Bird Bernard Bresslaw Terry Gilliam Neil Innes Terry Jones |
Cinematography | Terry Bedford |
Edited by | Michael Bradsell |
Music by | Modest Mussorgsky Hector Berlioz Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Jacques Ibert |
Production companies | Python Films Umbrella Films |
Distributed by | Columbia-Warner Distributors |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £587,668[1] |
Box office | £479,219[1] |
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).[2]
The film is Gilliam's solo directorial debut, after he co-directed Monty Python and the Holy Grail with Terry Jones in 1975. The film received a mixed response from critics and audiences.[3]