Jabberwocky (film)

Jabberwocky
Jabberwocky
	Theatrical re-release poster
Directed by	Terry Gilliam
Screenplay by	Charles Alverson; Terry Gilliam;
Based on	"Jabberwocky"; by Lewis Carroll
Produced by	Sandy Lieberson
Starring	Michael Palin; Harry H. Corbett; John Le Mesurier; Warren Mitchell; Max Wall; Rodney Bewes; John Bird; Bernard Bresslaw; Terry Gilliam; Neil Innes; Terry Jones;
Cinematography	Terry Bedford
Edited by	Michael Bradsell
Music by	Modest Mussorgsky; Hector Berlioz; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Jacques Ibert;
Production; companies	Python Films; Umbrella Films;
Distributed by	Columbia-Warner Distributors
Release dates	28 March 1977 (London); 8 April 1977 (United Kingdom);
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£587,668
Box office	£479,219

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).

Gilliam's solo directorial debut, following co-directing Monty Python and the Holy Grail with Terry Jones in 1975, the film received a mixed response from critics and audiences.