Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 10/23/2001
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 105 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Brief Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar

An innocent country farmer experiences a number of improbable misadventures that culminate in a battle against the titular beast in this broadly comic fantasy. The first solo outing of director Terry Gilliam, who served as animator and co-director on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, returns to the medieval setting that had previously served him so well, and brings along fellow Pythonite Michael Palin for the ride as reluctant hero Dennis Cooper. Cooper's journey to defeat the fearsome Jabberwock is filled with a similar combination of traditional fairy-tale narrative and irreverent humor, which at times aims to be even raunchier than classic Python fare. But while the film is too awkward and repetitive to succeed, it does boast impressively grungy medieval sets and costumes, and flashes of the visual brilliance that would characterize Gilliam's more mature works.

~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Michael Palin - Dennis Cooper
Max Wall - King Bruno
Deborah Fallender - Princess
John Le Mesurier - Chamberlain
Annette Badland - Griselda Fishfinger
Warren Mitchell - Mr. Fishfinger
Brenda Cowling - Mrs. Fishinger
Harry H. Corbett - Squire
Rodney Bewes - Other Squire
Bernard Bresslaw - Landlord
Alexandra Dane - Betsy
Derek Francis - Bishop
Peter Cellier - First Merchant
Frank Williams - Second Merchant
John Bird - First Herald
Paul Curran - Mr. Cooper Senior
Gordon Rollings - King's Taster
Glenn Williams - First Gate Guard
Bryan Pringle - Second Gate Guard
Terry Jones - Poacher
John Gorman - First Peasant
Julian Hough - Second Peasant
Harold Goodwin - Third Peasant
Tony Sympson - Fourth Peasant
Simon Williams - Prince
Jerold Wells - Wat Dabney

Production:
Terry Gilliam - Director
John Goldstone Sandy Lieberson - Producer
De Wolfe - Composer
Michael Bradsell - Editor
Terry Gilliam Charles Alverson - Screen Writer
Millie Burns - Art Director
Terry Bedford - Cinematographer
Charles Knode - Costume Designer
Hazel Pethig - Costume Designer
Roy Forge Smith - Production Designer
John F. Brown - Special Effects

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