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	DVD Review - Jabberwocky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Director Terry Gilliam began work on "Jabberwocky" very soon after the completion of the classic "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." As both films are set in medieval times and feature cast members from the Monty Python troupe, comparisons between the two are inevitable.
		"Jabberwocky" is a wonderful comedy and as the first film directed solo by Terry Gilliam it exhibits many of the hallmarks that have made his cinematic forays so enjoyable.
		But the included commentary track is very good and seeing this film in widescreen for the first time is rewarding enough that I feel safe in recommending the DVD to fans of Terry Gilliam and Monty Python.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/jabberwocky.shtml (881 words)

	DVD Review: Jabberwocky
		While "Jabberwocky" isn't nearly as packed with sight gags and verbal humor, there are some funny one-liners.
		Also in the picture's favor is the set design, which is impressively gloomy and drab, considering the film only had a minor budget to work with.
		The film has not particularly stood up well to the test of time, as some very noticable wear is visible in various forms throughout; a light layer of grain is persistently apparent throughout, as are instances of specks, dirt and other marks on the print used.
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews4/jabberwockydvd.html (591 words)

	Terry Gilliam
		Thematically this action is a durable metaphor in film, a staging of temporary freedom from vices and disturbances that bear numerous incarnations.
		The film was co-financed between Columbia Pictures and completion guarantor Film Finances, incurring an estimated final budget of 45 million; it was said to be the most expensive film of the time (4).
		Filming was impeded instantaneously by several hindrances, foremost was flooding in a Spain location shoot and an ailing Jean Rochefort cast as the title character.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/directors/03/gilliam.html (4125 words)

	Jabberwocky (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jabberwocky (1977) is a comic medieval film by Monty Python's resident animator, Terry Gilliam.
		The film, Gilliam's first as a solo director, was not well-received by critics or audiences, although it has since become something of a cult film.
		The narrator of the film's trailer warns that it is so terrifying "No one will be admitted to the theatre until the last ten minutes of (the) film".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jabberwocky_(film) (1360 words)

	Jabberwocky (1977) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The city is somewhat under siege by the vicious Jabberwock(y), a beast influenced by Lewis Carrol's doggerel poem of the same name.
		Dennis, in the time-honoured tradition, is ultimately required to rid the city of the threat and accordingly claim half of King Bruno the Questionable's creaking kingdom and the hand in marriage of his beautiful daughter, notwithstanding the dubious but apparently lingering attractions of 'Greasy' Griselda.
		Jabberwocky is less well known than the pure Python films, but none the worse for that.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0076221 (512 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Jabberwocky
		This is Jabberwocky, an intermittently humorous film with a touch of horror that has been burned onto a disc with some modest extra content and a competent technical presentation.
		However, the drawback of Jabberwocky is that it is likely to be a minor disappointment to those who are fans of his cinematic style, as it is to those who might be expecting another Monty Python film.
		Not quite a Gilliam film, not quite a Python film, Jabberwocky is a lukewarm compromise more interesting than it is funny or dramatic as the story limps to a conclusion.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/jabberwocky.php (1141 words)

	Jabberwocky (1977)
		In fact, the only note I wrote to myself as I watched the film was “foul!” The level of grime is perversely admirable in a way, for it goes even farther than Grail to present a medieval reality far from the sanitized pearly whites of most Hollywood renditions.
		As for those possible charms, some of them exist, but Jabberwocky seems like a minor effort in the Gilliam pantheon; to be certain, it definitely doesn’t live up to the levels reached by many of his later works.
		Jabberwocky appears in both an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 and in a fullscreen version on this double-sided, single-layered DVD; the widescreen image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
	www.dvdmg.com /jabberwocky.shtml (1955 words)

	Jabberwocky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Jabberwocky features superb performances by not only its star whose character's wide-eyed naivety makes him the perfect foil, but by Max Wall portraying the bumbling King Bruno the Questionable, John Le Mesurier playing the manipulative Chamberlain, Warren Mitchell as the wheeler-dealer Mr.
		The film's theme -- a good and pure soul, for romantic ideals, at first hesitant then resolutely confronting the forces of ill -- foreshadows Gilliams's 1985 masterpiece Brazil in its portrayal of dogged innocence facing institutional corruption.
		Thus Jabberwocky holds one's interest as a milestone in the unfolding development of a filmmaker with a unique and delightfully warped vision and as a rewarding cinematic experience in its own right.
	www.rambles.net /jabberwocky77.html (546 words)

	Amazon.com: Jabberwocky: DVD: Annette Badland,Rodney Bewes,John Bird,Bernard Bresslaw,Antony Carrick,Peter ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		It's hard to tell what the vision behind "Jabberwocky" was, but it came across as a limp spinoff of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." It has the same grimy, icky medieval look, klunky knights and abundance of filthy beggars, but it doesn't manage to be similarly hilarious.
		Jabberwocky is a terrific film in every way: funny, smart, visually involving, and wonderfully acted and directed.
		This first film of Terry Gilliam is often mistaken for a Monty Python film because Michael Palin stars (and possibly also because of the surface similarity to Monty Python and the Holy Grail), but the humor comes from entirely different and more complex sources than anything Python.
	www.amazon.com /Jabberwocky-Annette-Badland/dp/B00005OKQK (3329 words)

	Jabberwocky
		This being said, the film is funny in a dark way while serving as a commentary on medieval life, commerce, and bureaucracy.
		In this film though, the plot wanders here and there and I would often wonder when things where going to happen.
		This film is funny and has a few really hilarious moments as when the King tells the Princess that she can have her bridal sweet in the south tower, which soon after crumbles in front of their eyes.
	www.digitalmonkeybox.com /Jabberwocky.htm (719 words)

	Jabberwocky at Kiveton Park Meadows
		In the Tulgey woods we filmed a scientist discovering the poisonous man-eating flowers which he picks and squeezes the poison out of the stem, and we filmed the discovery of the borrowgrove burrows and Bandersnatch nest by a roving exploring who is overcome by the strange sounds she hears in the woods.
		They were all keen that their films looked as professional as possible, they listened carefully to instruction and quickly picked up the camera skills and techniques, framing, focus and panning.
		Although the majority were very conservation-minded and took the attitude that Jabberwocky is an endangered creature who must be tolerated, understood and protected, a small number felt that the Jabberwocky is dangerous, cannot possibly co-exist with human beings and should be hunted down and destroyed.
	kiveton.blogspot.com (15044 words)

	Why Jabberwocky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The film Jabberwocky, made in 1977 by Terry Gilliam, didn't follow the plot of the poem very well, but it did have a good monster.
		Jabberwocky might never have been made if Terry Gilliam had been able to use a dragon, as he'd wanted, when making Monty Python and The Holy Grail.
		For more Jabberwocky, the last page you should look at is the Ultimate Jabberwocky Page.
	www.quite.com /misc/whyjab.htm (458 words)

	eBay - VHS: Jabberwocky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Gilliam was purposefully trying to distance himself from the troupe and felt that the film was too dark and serious to be called a Monty Python film, that American audiences would go in expecting more of a farce.
		Michael Palin give a fine performance as Dennis Cooper (the son of a barrel maker or cooper, not the rock star) a down on his luck, anti-hero who is hopelessly in love with Griselda who is as unpleasant as her name suggests.
		Perhaps this is because Jabberwocky is a different style of film than Monty Python and the Holy Grain and their other famous movies.
	product.ebay.com /Jabberwocky_W0QQfvcsZ1178QQsoprZ3097560 (1191 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Film \| Film tsar appointed for capital
		Film producer and studio executive Sandy Lieberson has been put in charge of boosting London's movie industry.
		Film London will be responsible for encouraging and supporting filming, promoting access, training and researching and making the case for film and media in the city.
		"London is one of the great world cities for film and the media but there is so much more we can do to ensure that all the people of London should have a chance to participate in the industry and to enjoy the widest range of film," said Mr Lieberson.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/2774547.stm (308 words)

	Jabberwocky (1977)
		The villagers of Palin's acquaintance consider travelling a distance of two miles as the ultimate adventure; filth and disorder is everywhere; meanwhile the might of military power and the threat of the supernatural battle it out.
		Corbett's Robert Newtonesque rogue is the film's high spot, embracing the ethos of the film's filth obsession with vigour and having a whale of a time over-acting, storming through the action with flashing grin and ready wit.
		A film of total extremes, there is too much filth all over the shop but Gilliam's artistic style pulls it off, contrasting beautifully filmed silhouetted compositions juxtaposed with images of arse-scratching and shitting out of windows.
	www.britmovie.co.uk /genres/comedy/filmography/025.html (799 words)

	CWoB DVD Review: "Jabberwocky" * * (*)
		He started forging his personal identity with his first film after co-directing "Monty Python And The Holy Grail: "Jabberwocky." Dennis Cooper (Michael Palin, who plays him with eyes that are kept permanently wide-open and vacuous, and an optimism to match) is apprenticed to his father, a barrel-maker who lives in the middle of a swamp.
		Most of this film is sorely underlit and drab; in the commentary track, Gilliam often mentions that a scene was shot just as or just after they were losing the light.
		When the film was made on a shoestring budget, that's good for another 25%; you can anticipate lots of stories about raiding other productions' dumpsters for sets and props, for instance.
	www.cwob.com /moviereviews/jabberwocky.html (1163 words)

	Terry Gilliam: The Man, The Myth... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In the film, the shot signifies the looming, constant presence of death and even prepares the audience for some extremely brutal scenes of violence.
		This comes across well in the film because it is Kevin who has the "ability to imagine and wonder and be amazed" (Sulski 46) and therefore will be able to cope without parents (he already has, for the most part).
		This is mostly due to the fact that the film has, yet again, a rather controversial ending, but one which is essential to the meaning of the film.
	home.earthlink.net /~cjclark/gilliam.htm (2698 words)

	Jabberwocky Starring Michael Palin Directed by Terry Gilliam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Not a favorite of most Monty Python fans, the film is a spoof on medieval mythology.
		The Jabberwocky is an evil beast that terrorizes a small village.
		While still carrying all of the elements that Gilliam is famous for, the effect is lost somewhere in the execution.
	www.ambidextrouspics.com /html/jabberwocky.html (93 words)

	Scifilm -- Reviews, TIME BANDITS (1981)
		Clearly they came to the film out of respect and admiration for Gilliam and for their love of the art, and not for the paycheck.
		The result was a film that was successful enough (both commercially and artistically) to launch Gilliam on one of the most original and interesting filmmaking careers of the 20th century.
		The result is that the film as a whole comes across as rather schizophrenic.
	www.scifilm.org /reviews3/timebandits.html (1586 words)

	James Cromwell and UFOs \| AlienZoo.com
		Jabberwocky is a term that is synonymous with nonsense, which I believe first showed up in Lewis Carroll's writing.
		The Film Foundation is dedicated to the restoration of old films.
		All of them were incredibly famous, but all of them would be astonishingly forgotten if the film that captured their performances were to contract a fungus.
	www.alienzoo.com /filmandtv/jamescromwellandufos.html (2343 words)

	24x7 » Blog Archive » Jabberwocky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The day was not as spring-ish as it could have been, rain clouds threatened most of the day and the damp was felt through to the bone.
		I did remember the to contact the NYC mayor’s film office and get a permit as we’d be shooting in one spot for most of the day.
		This was particularly serendipitous for us as well as them as they did not know they were going to be in a film and we didn’t pre-announce our plan.
	www.24x7.com /blog/2005-07/jabberwocky (698 words)

	Jabberwocky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A poster for the movie featured a colorized version of the Jabberwocky illustration, and the first stanza of the poem is recited at the start of the film.
		Jabberwocky is a childish action of hitting pressure points near the collarbone, usually accompanied by screaming "Jabberwocky!" at the victim and attempting to force them to the ground.
		The Jabberwocky creature itself was used around January 2006 by a new Witch in Oz, who had Ruggedo - the Nome King - bring the creature to life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jabberwocky (3470 words)

	Combustible Celluloid film review - Jabberwocky (1977), Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Annette Badland, dvd review
		Jabberwocky, which also takes place in the middle ages, is a visually amazing film with a poor script and not much going on.
		Jabberwocky is not an official Monty Python project and doesn't even really rank as an unofficial one.
		Strangely, in Jabberwocky, Gilliam gives up his unusual cutout animation technique that was so prevalent (and so funny) in the Monty Python television show and movies.
	www.combustiblecelluloid.com /classic/jabberwocky.shtml (574 words)

	Glorious Nonsense - Jabberwocky
		Jabberwocky, of course, is a poem from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.
		Jabberwocky beautifully skates the thin edge of being understood and being nonsense.
		Shayna, a young (13!) Jabberwocky and book fan wrote in to say there is a really cool store in Hudson, Ohio, called "Jabberwocky Toys and Games" owned by Richard Harrison.
	www.jabberwocky.com /carroll/jabber (1729 words)

	Vineyard Gazette - Features
		The videotape, shown at the end of a screening of How's Your News?, a documentary made by five Jabberwocky campers and their counselors in the fall of 1999, gives the 82-minute film what it has always begged for and deserved: an ending packed with incredulity and rapture.
		Central to the concept of the film is the fact that the campers who serve as journalists are all veterans of Camp Jabberwocky.
		The film was financed by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the animated series South Park on Comedy Central.
	www.mvgazette.com /features/?story=20020801_hows_your_news (1225 words)

	Dreams Terry Gilliam's Jabberwocky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Jabberwocky, Terry Gilliam's first film as solo director, has been given a new soundtrack for cinema and DVD release.
		The film has been given a brand new 5.1 Dolby Stereo soundtrack, and the DVD features commentaries from Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin, a "Sketches to Screen" feature, the original theatrical trailer plus a selection of posters
		Director Terry Gilliam enthuses: "The new stereo mix has proved to be a quantum leap for the film.
	www.smart.co.uk /jabberwocky/jabfact.htm (112 words)

	www.myspace.com/jabberwockyfilms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Jabberwocky Films, a NYC based independent film company was created by two best friends who have known each other since high school.
		We created the production company to get the films made that we feel are missing in the world.
		After numerous short films, we will begin shooting our first full length feature titled BOI at the end of June 2006 through the beginning of August.
	www.myspace.com /jabberwockyfilms (397 words)

	Other Film/TV
		Terry made a brief appearance at the start of this film as a poacher who is killed by the monster of the film.
		The short scene is very effective, with the whole attack seen from the Jabberwocky's viewpoint, hence Terry screaming into the close-up camera as he is carried into the air, and his silent, mauled body finally falling to the ground.
		A film looking at the underbelly of the British upper classes and their sexual desires.
	www.fortunecity.com /bennyhills/jones/724/film.html (583 words)

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