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Jabberwocky (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

Michael Palin (Actor), Terry Gilliam (Director) Rated:
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Genre Action-Fantasy, Comedy
Format Subtitled, Widescreen
Contributor Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 45 minutes

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Amid the filth and muck of England in the Dark Ages, a fearsome dragon stalks the land, casting a shadow of terror upon the kingdom of Bruno the Questionable. Who should emerge as the town's only possible savior but Dennis Cooper (Michael Palin), an endearingly witless bumpkin who stumbles onto the scene and is flung into the role of brave knight? Terry Gilliam's first outing as a solo director inspired by Lewis Carroll s poem 'Jabberwocky' and made on the heels of Gilliam s success as a member of the iconic comedy troupe Monty Python showcases his delight in comic nonsense, with a cast chock-full of beloved British character actors. A giddy romp through blood and excrement, this fantasy remains one of the filmmaker's most uproarious visions of society run amok.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital transfer from a restoration by the BFI National Archive and The Film Foundation, approved by director Terry Gilliam
- 5.1 surround mix, supervised by Gilliam and presented in DTS-HD Master Audio
- Audio commentary from 2001 featuring Gilliam and actor Michael Palin
- New documentary on the making of the film, featuring Gilliam, producer Sandy Lieberson, Palin, and actor Annette Badland
- New interview with Valerie Charlton, designer of the Jabberwock, featuring her collection of rare behind-the-scenes photographs
- Selection of Gilliam s storyboards and sketches
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by critic Scott Tobias

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ jabberwocky
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Terry Gilliam
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 45 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ November 21, 2017
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Michael Palin
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B074QW829B
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • USER_05
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good for old school MP fans. If you know you know.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2025
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    If you don't get this type of funny you won't like it.

    This move is a bloody disgrace. Terry and Mike at peak whaaaaat????

    Loved all of it. Very dry, very good. Worst Ren-Faire movie ever!!! :)
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  • Curious
    5.0 out of 5 stars A classic of the director Terry Gilliam
    Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2024
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    Much as in his other film works, there is an experimental and quirky difference to the material. Gilliam does not deal in the conventional. If the work is not to the taste of some, it is not at all something which is to be seen as boring or routine. This may be the most clearly related to the director's time with Monty Python given his collaboration with Terry Jones (very much a cameo role), Michael Palin and also with John Cleese. As is also the case with Monty Python, there is a set of twisted historical references.
    The humor is not for everybody, but it is definitely not at all some cookie cutter product of the studios making.
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  • GARY
    5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Terry Gilliam if you are a Python fan you want this.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2024
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    Had to have a copy of my own Classic Terry Gilliam if you are a Python fan you want this.
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  • Andreas M. Alvine
    4.0 out of 5 stars Not Monty Python. NOT FOR CHILDREN or the faint of heart. Truely a cult classic!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2005
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    This is a movie that I seen in high school (Mideval History) and my teacher of that class insisted that it was about as accurate a portrayal of Medieval Life available out of all of the movies involving Medieval life and oddly I had to agree. This movie is definately British humor and the Brits like things dry like Gin and their jokes. Also there is a different view toward nudity in the European cultures so partial nudity in movies is acceptable where here in the good old USA sexuality of any kind is taboo and a very hypocritical view is taken toward nudity. If you are naked in a movie you are offending peoples' cultural sensativities and to them I say GET A LIFE! You came into this world naked, you bath naked, and you sure as heck are not going to care when you are dead and when you take off all our cloths, guess what! So with this aside there is also some extreme violence as well (people are being eaten by the Jabberwocky as well as animals and the Jabberwocky is pretty pissed off). This movie should have been in all honesty rated R. With cultural difference aside the movie is well made and well played out. There is the moments of side plots that go nowhere but it breaks up things a little so it is more of a snapshot of medieval life that is pretty damn accurate. People didn't bath then and true to Python humor the only person not covered in SHI* is the king (in the words of Palin during an interview about the Holy Grail). Many of the scenes are of filthy people in dirty hamlets being plagued by the Jabberwocky eating livestock and pesants. This is not your run of the mill pretty boy slaying the big bad dragon like 'Dragonslayer' where people look well groomed except the pesants who don't look like they really have hard lives with a really cool looking dragon. Jabberwocky makes the pesants LOOK like pesants. Filthy, covered in rags, and definately a punishment to the senses. You can almost smell the rank odor of the unwashed masses. The dragon Jabberwocky is a real nightmare. If they had the CGI of today it would have really creeped people out. It looks more like it is undead like a zombie dragon and it comes out mad as hell and out to kill. For what they lacked in CGI they made up for with raw special effects magic. There is nothing pretty about this movie. It is gritty and realistic.

    Within the plot is a toung and cheek stab at chivalry, love, and honor. The hero loves a fat angry potatoe grubbing woman who does not care for him at all. The people he is out to save could care less and the nobles are ignorant, egotistical, and narcissistic. True to British form some of the humor is hidden in the subtlties and requires a little thinking. It helps to have a more worldly view rather than a basic education to understand this movie fully. It takes a lot to understand British humor sometimes. It also takes watching it twice to catch some of the side humor or satire involved. There is a scene where the hero is asleep at the foot of a castle that was closed over night. The hero is awakened to what he thinks is rain. He figures out what happened when he looks up to see a guard putting everything away after relieving himself over the side of the castle wall. This is one of the many satirical remarks made by this movie. The hero getting pissed on says a lot in itself. No other movie treats the hero like dirt.

    The story does follow a typical progeression of events as the hero decides to hunt the Jabbgerwocky and when he finally catches up to it the fight is not all it is expected to be. If you are expecting a thriller of a movie this is not it. It is a more cereberal piece that makes statements that parrallels modern life. It is very entertaining in the traditional sense but the point will be lost on many younger viewers much like the movie Brasil (Terry Gillian) which was a movie ahead of it's time. I am a long time fan of Monty Python and although this is not a Monty Python movie there are people associated with the Python players in this movie and it does parallel the way Montey Python movies like the Life of Brian and The Holy Grail are presented. If you hate Montey Python stay away from this movie. It will bore the heck out of you. If you are a Python fan you will love it. If you are into foreign cinema then you will enjoy this movie as well.

    It was done after the Lewis Carol poem and yes the Jabberwock has teeth that knash and claws that slash! This is no tame movie for as low brow as the humor is. I gave it a four stars because it is a good movie but not a great one. Five stars is reserved for movies like Riddic Chronicles or Kung Fu Hustle (WHICH GETS SIX STARS BY ME! HOT HOT HOT MOVIE!) but definately not a movie to be underestimated. Just because the point or content of the movie is lost to many of those posting reviews one should not be dissuaded from viewing Jabberwockie. It does not suck like the movie Pecker (Which could suck the seeds from a cucumber from one end! It was an hour and a half of my life wasted) or Being John Malcovitch which sucks harder than a tornado in Kansas (I wanted to kick the hell out of the characters and take their lunch money! Especially the main character who discovers the secret door. Total drivel unfit for the silver screen and worst than a waste of my time and thankfully I wasted no money putting up with it!!) This definately is no Prince Valliant movie. I say watch it if you want to see something different. Don't if all you want is blood and gore action.

    To all of thee I bid thee NIE! NIE! NIE!NIE!NIE!NIE!

    And where is my SHRUBBERY?
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  • ilma tikkanen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Terry Gilliam does it again!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2024
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    This was bought to replace my old copy.....never gets old!
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  • Delbouille Frank
    5.0 out of 5 stars For MP and blackadder fans
    Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2024
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    What to do if you are a starving lovesick mideval farmer and the countryside is plaged by the fearsome Jabberwock??? Go to the city to make money and end up in a F....up version of Kings Landing. For me this one's a Terry Pratchet version of GoT.
    Enjoy
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  • P. Jarosz
    3.0 out of 5 stars Only for Gilliam & Extreme Python Fans
    Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2021
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    Those who appreciate Terry Gilliam as a writer & director will likely enjoy this movie. If you have no idea who he is, then you should probably avoid this. You’re sure to figure that out if you read a lot of the other reviews listed here.

    If you’re expecting the same type of zany-absurd-yet-intelligent humor as a typical Monty Python movie or Flying Circus episode, then you’ll be a bit disappointed. There really aren’t any laugh out loud moments in Jabberwocky, just lots of chuckles at the dry humor and subtly clever, funny scenes. The only times you pick up any Python-esque humor is when the scenes hit you with the grotesque (which is one of their trademarks).

    Kudos to Gilliam for capturing the look & feel of the filthy, grimy, run-down Dark Ages (obviously our perception of what we think it was probably like), especially on such a low budget. Michael Palin does an excellent job as naive-innocent-hopeless-romantic Dennis. (As a side note, it struck me as an odd choice for a name since it isn’t British, although I think it was meant as a subtle joke. Palin also played a ‘Dennis’ in a brilliant scene in Monty Python’s Holy Grail, which also took place during the same time period).

    The bottom line is watch this if you’re a Gilliam or big Python fan, but you’ll likely regret watching it if you’re not.
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  • MoviezRhino
    5.0 out of 5 stars after all these years still awesome...**Spoilers Ahead**
    Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2023
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    **Spoilers Ahead**
    I know I've watched this probably a dozen or so times throughout the years and it is still good.
    Dennis is just a buffoon in the right place at the right time most of the time and I love that about this movie.
    I think he'll be better off with the Princess than Griselda in the end too, her and her family would have bled him dry financially and emotionally...
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  • P.J.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!!!
    Reviewed in Canada on November 11, 2023
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    👍😎👍
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  • Micky
    5.0 out of 5 stars get good stuff
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2025
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    good stuff
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  • HALLENBECK
    5.0 out of 5 stars Un délire total!! A voir absolument!!
    Reviewed in France on April 20, 2011
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    Premier long-métrage solo de GILLIAM, ce film est une pure merveille avec ses effets spéciaux approximatifs, ses acteurs aux visages patibulaires et son histoire typique Gilliam qui montre une société moyenne-ageuse complétement frappée qui essaie de combattre une étrange creature nommée le JABBERWOCKY.

    On reconnait tout de suite le style MONTY PYTHON par le coté volontairement lunaire du héros joué par Michael PALIN, par les situations grotesques qu'il subit avant l'affrontement de la "bête" et le coté visuel qui rappelle par moment SACREE GRAAL et LES AVENTURES DU BARON DE MUNCHAUSEN (deux véritables chef-d'oeuvre!!).

    Point de logique à chercher dans cette histoire, c'est du pur délire et j'adore!!!

    Ce DVD import UK a une image 16/9 de très bonne qualité et contient des sous-titres français sur la VO!!

    Alors, foncez!!

    PS : beaucoup n'ont pas réussi, semble-t-il, à trouver les sous-titres français. Au menu, allez dans SUBTITLES où apparait en premiere page anglais, allemand et espagnol en effet. Mais regardez bien en bas à droite. Vous avez un logo en forme de poignard, cliquez dessus et vous accederez aux autres pages de sous-titres (où se trouve le français). Vous pouvez également y accèder directement par la touche Subtitles de votre télécommande (c'est la deuxième piste de sous-titre).
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  • アマゾンカスタマー
    5.0 out of 5 stars テリー・ギリアム・記念すべき初のソロ監督作品
    Reviewed in Japan on September 24, 2003
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    「未来世紀ブラジル」や「１２モンキーズ」を世に送り出したテリー・ギリアム（英国のコメディーチーム“モンティ・パイソン”のメンバー、唯一の米国出身者）の、記念すべき初のソロ監督作品。
    アーサー王伝説をネタにした「モンティ・パイソン　アンド　ザ　ホーリー・グレイル」でパイソンメンバーのテリー・ジョーンズと共同で監督したギリアムが、自分の思うように作品を撮れずフラストレーションを抱えたすえ、同じく中世を舞台にしたオリジナルストーリーで作られたのが本作品。　
    パイソンチームの中で“Ｎｉｃｅｓｔ Ｐｙｔｈｏｎ”（一番性格のいいパイソンメンバー）の呼び名を持つマイケル・ペイリン扮する主人公の若者が、行く先々で思わぬ事態に望むわけでもないのに巻き込まれてしまう冒険物語。
    公開当初はホーリー・グレイルの焼き直しなどと揶揄されていましたが、オリジナリティに富むギリアムの卓越したビジュアルイメージを盛り込んで、まったく独立したエンターテイメント作品として仕上がっています。　ちょっとひねくれたユーモアセンスと、そこはかとなく漂うペーソスもバランスよく効いています。
    ギリアム監督自身もあやしげな山師の役を怪演。　台詞を使わない演技を得意とするテリー・ジョーンズも冒頭で出演し、見事な演技を披露。
    パイソニアン、ギリアムファンの方々、見なきゃ損です、必見です。ファンタジー好き、ＲＰＧ好きの方にもお勧めの一作。　　ちなみにタイトルの“ジャバウォッキー”とはルイス・キャロルの「鏡の国のアリス」に出てくる怪獣の名前です。
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  • Anon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wackey humour
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 26, 2024
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    The blu-ray version of this film is well worth the buy.
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