Jabberwocky
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).
Plot
In the depths of the Dark Ages, a carnivorous monster ravages the domains of King Bruno the Questionable. Life carries on as normal in isolated villages; in one of which, innocent young Dennis Cooper pursues a career as a cooper in his ailing father's workshop. Mr. Cooper, senior, despises his son for valuing profit over craftsmanship, and when his illness becomes terminal he publicly disinherits Dennis in an abuse-ridden deathbed speech. Dennis decides to travel to the kingdom's capital city, establish a new career, and then return to marry his love, a local woman named Griselda Fishfinger who doesn't reciprocate his affection. While trying to say goodbye to an inattentive Griselda, she throws away a rotten potato which Dennis catches and keeps as a cherished memento.
Cast
- Anita Sharp-Bolster
- Bernard Bresslaw
- Brian Glover
- David Prowse
- Derek Deadman
- Derrick O'Connor
- Frank Williams
- Gorden Kaye
- Graham Crowden
- Harold Goodwin
- Harry H. Corbett
- John Bird
- John Le Mesurier
- John Sharp
- Kenneth Colley
- Michael Palin
- Neil Innes
- Paul Curran
- Peter Cellier
- Roger Pratt
- Roy Evans
- Terry Gilliam
- Terry Jones
- Warren Mitchell
More details
| author | Charles Alverson Terry Gilliam |
|---|---|
| director | Terry Gilliam |
| editor | Michael Bradsell |
| genre | adventure comedy fantasy |
| keywords | cooper dark ages deathbed fight flee isolated joust kill married misunderstand new car nun\'s habit overprice red herring religious fanatic religious habit satan the king think |
| musicBy | Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky |
| producer | Sanford Lieberson |
| productionCompany | Python Films Umbrella Films |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures Warner Bros. |
| theme | independent satirical slapstick |