Jabberwocky

By the late 1970s, Monty Python's resident animator and occasional performer, Terry Gilliam, was ready to direct a feature film on his own (he codirected Monty Python and the Holy Grail two years earlier). Returning to the medieval muck and monstrosities that served as a backdrop for Holy Grail, Gilliam chose a darker satire for this erratic but funny outing. The result was a witty, modernist fable about an unprepared hero (Michael Palin) pushed through a heroic journey by uncontrollable forces of destiny, propelling him into a duel with a fearsome, man-eating dragon called Jabberwock. Raunchy, irreverent, and borderline cynical, Jabberwocky reveals a lot of Gilliam's flaws as a first-time solo filmmaker, but it also serves as a map of his obsessions and extravagant sense of art direction--elements of his artistry that certainly flourished in subsequent works. --Tom Keogh

Movie Details

Cast: Michael Palin, Warren Mitchell, Max Wall, Rodney Bewes, Bernard Bresslaw, Antony Carrick, Deborah Fallender, Terry Gilliam, Neil Innes,
MPAA Rating: PG
Running time: 105 mins
DVD Aspect Ratios: 1.85:1

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DVD Features:

Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French

Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)

Commentary by Terry Gilliam & Michael Palin

Sketch-to-Screen Comparisons (Original Sketches created by Terry Gilliam)

International rating:

Europe: PG
Australia: PG

DVD International release dates:
North America: Oct 23, 01