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Jabberwocky // Fucked Up Fairy Tales vol II

  • Stray Cat Film Center 1662 Broadway Boulevard Kansas City, MO, 64108 United States (map)

dir: Terry Gilliam

1977 // 1 hr 46 min // Digital Projection

After MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS but before his directing career took off with TIME BANDITS, Terry Gilliam made Jabberwocky, a goofy, grimy and deeply strange adaptation of the Lewis Carroll Poem that hinted at Gilliam’s boundless artistic vision and singular, uncompromising perspective. Join Michael Palin as hapless doofus Dennis Cooper, an unambitious young man who finds himself conscripted into fighting a dangerous monster, and is promised rewards of riches and princesses he has absolutely no interest in.

It’s BACK! Fucked Up Fairy Tales returns with four new funny, freaky, artsy and occasionally disturbing takes on classic fairy tales and folklore from around the world. Lace up your corsets, grab your swords and maybe rethink that fad diet you’re so sure will turn the handsome prince’s head as we venture back into the (darker than usual) enchanted forest together. See all four films and receive a special reward!