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JabberwockyGilliam drags Python team-mates Palin and Jones through the blood-splattered filth of medieval England, which is merrily described in this piece of visual extravagance. Palin plays a dithering apprentice cooper - Dennis Cooper - who reluctantly takes on the Jabberwock of Lewis Carroll's poem to save the kingdom and win the girl. This was Gilliam's first solo effort, and sadly it shows. Despite his peerless imagination, a healthy degree of Pythonesque silliness and a comic cast to die for, he forgot to unite the parts with anything resembling a decent storyline. Still, Palin is as endearing as ever, and it's fun to see a host of fondly remembered British performers enjoying themselves, with Wall, Le Mesurier, Corbett, Bresslaw and Mitchell (TV's Alf Garnett) all present and correct.
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