Monty Python's Jabberwocky (1977)

Monty Python’s Jabberwocky: Directed by Terry Gilliam. With Michael Palin, Harry H. Corbett, John Le Mesurier, Warren Mitchell. A young peasant, with no interest in adventure or fortune, is mistaken as the kingdom’s only hope when a horrible monster threatens the countryside.

“Thereu0026#39;s been lots said about this film in relation to Python on IMDb already, so I wonu0026#39;t bother making comparisons. Jabberwocky is a messy, but extremely entertaining film, full of sly satire and crass scatological slapstick. Itu0026#39;s an extremely grotty movie – everything is squalid and grotesque. Even the Kingu0026#39;s palace is falling to bits, and all the characters are either stupid, violent, or both. The film spends a long time farting about, exploring various daft notions and barely-related events, before getting down to its titular business in the last 20 minutes or so. But there are some sublime jokes in there and itu0026#39;s an interesting Gilliam u0026quot;period pieceu0026quot;. You can see the twinkle that later grew into the likes of Time Bandits, Brazil, Baron Munchausen etc.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWatch out for Terry Jones doing a ludicrous cameo as a poacher, pulling some of the most ridiculous faces ever seen on screen.”