Jabberwocky
After the death of his father, young Dennis Cooper journeys to a bustling town where he must endure a series of adventures. The town and the entire kingdom are threatened by a fearsome monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?
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Terry Gilliam
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The biggest problem I have with this is that, well, it just isn't very funny! It centres on Michael Palin's "Dennis Cooper" - a man who determines that to win the hand of his true love "Griselda" (Annette Badland) he must enter the vile and filthy city of King "Bruno the Questionable" (Max Wall) and prove his worth with some magnificent deed of derring-do. The deed, well that is to rid the kingdom of a pesky dragon - "the Jabberwocky". Right from the get-go, the would be fairy tale romance is so implausible as to go from mildly amusing at first to downright irritating after about ten minutes. Thereafter, a cast of British theatrical stalwarts and comedians do try to keep this film vaguely entertaining, but the humour is just far too contrived and piecemeal. Palin works hard, but the exhaustion in having to stretch this thinnest of stories out for 1¾ hours is writ large on his face until, by the end, even he looks like he is thinking - "Please, let's just get this over with". "Star Wars" fans might spot "Darth Vader" himself and from a star-spotting perspective, there is some value in the film but otherwise it is a poorly conceived and executed attempt at a fantasy adventure and my money was always on the dragon!
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Jabberwocky FAQs
Terry Gilliam is the director of Jabberwocky.
The cast of Jabberwocky includes Graham Crowden as Fanatics' Leader, Brenda Cowling as Mrs Fishfinger, Antony Carrick as 3rd Merchant, Derek Deadman as Apprentice Armourer, Michael Palin as Dennis Cooper, John Bird as 1st Herald, Gorden Kaye as Sister Jessica, Derrick O'Connor as Flying Hogfish Peasant, Sheridan Earl Russell as Kevin Fishfinger, Brian Glover as Armourer, John Le Mesurier as Passelewe, David Prowse as Red Herring / Black Knight, and more.
The duration of Jabberwocky is 1h 45 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Jabberwocky trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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Jabberwocky was released on 28 Mar 1977.
Jabberwocky is listed under Fantasy and Comedy on Fanbiz.
Jabberwocky has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 5.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "The biggest problem I have with this is that, well, it just isn't very funny! It centres on Michael Palin's "Dennis Cooper" - a man who determines that to win the hand of his tr..."
