Writer: Terry Gilliam, Charles Alveron (screenplay), Lewis Carroll (poem)
Cast: Michael Palin, Harry H. Corbett, Annette Badland, John Le Mesurier, Warren Mitchell, Max Wall, Bernard Bresslaw, Deborah Fallender, John Bird, Rodney Bewes, Terry Jones, Gordon Kaye
Cert: 12
Running time: 105mins
Year: 1977
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What’s the story: In a medieval kingdom, the peasant Dennis (Palin) finds himself on a wild adventure that leads him to battle the Jabberwocky, a ferocious beast spreading fear, famine and death.
What’s the verdict: Though based on Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem, from grimy exterior to fantastical core Jabberwocky is pure Terry Gilliam.
His full directorial debut (Gilliam co-directed Monty Python and the Holy Grail with Terry Jones), this birth...
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