Jabberwocky (1977)
Country: GB
Technical: col 101m
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Michael Palin, Max Wall, Harry H. Corbett, John Le Mesurier, Warren Mitchell
Synopsis:
In the Middle Ages a peasant without ambition or distinction of any kind is selected as worthy to rid the kingdom of the dire monster that is its scourge.
Review:
Gilliam's first picture as director is of course inspired by Lewis Carroll's famous doggerel poem, but deliberately eschews such sublimity. There is striking imagery in places while the plot dallies too long amid the sordidness within the city walls, merely to satirize contemporary parallels. On the positive side, besides plentiful visual evidence of the arrival of a visionary artist in charge, what is remarkable is the decision to cast from every walk of the national comedy!
Country: GB
Technical: col 101m
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Michael Palin, Max Wall, Harry H. Corbett, John Le Mesurier, Warren Mitchell
Synopsis:
In the Middle Ages a peasant without ambition or distinction of any kind is selected as worthy to rid the kingdom of the dire monster that is its scourge.
Review:
Gilliam's first picture as director is of course inspired by Lewis Carroll's famous doggerel poem, but deliberately eschews such sublimity. There is striking imagery in places while the plot dallies too long amid the sordidness within the city walls, merely to satirize contemporary parallels. On the positive side, besides plentiful visual evidence of the arrival of a visionary artist in charge, what is remarkable is the decision to cast from every walk of the national comedy!
Country: GB
Technical: col 101m
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Michael Palin, Max Wall, Harry H. Corbett, John Le Mesurier, Warren Mitchell
Synopsis:
In the Middle Ages a peasant without ambition or distinction of any kind is selected as worthy to rid the kingdom of the dire monster that is its scourge.
Review:
Gilliam's first picture as director is of course inspired by Lewis Carroll's famous doggerel poem, but deliberately eschews such sublimity. There is striking imagery in places while the plot dallies too long amid the sordidness within the city walls, merely to satirize contemporary parallels. On the positive side, besides plentiful visual evidence of the arrival of a visionary artist in charge, what is remarkable is the decision to cast from every walk of the national comedy!