Terry Gilliam JABBERWOCKY Original screenplay for the 1977 film #139845

  

Jabberwocky (Original screenplay for the 1977 film). Author: Terry Gilliam (director, screenwriter); Lewis Carroll (poem); Charles Alverson (screenwriters); Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Dave Prowse (starring) Title: Jabberwocky (Original screenplay for the 1977 film) Publication: London: Cinema 5, 1977. Description: Revised Final (or "Revisedish Sort of Finalish" as it's styled on the title page) British script for the 1977 comedy directed by Terry Gilliam, based on the poem by Lewis Carroll from "Through the Looking Glass" (1871).

Terry Gilliam's first solo directorial effort after co-directing "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" with Terry Jones. A comedy in the Python style-and with much of the Python cast-owing much to "The Holy Grail, " but with evidence of Gilliam's unique touch, which would come into full bloom with "Time Bandits" (1981) and ultimately "Brazil" (1985).

Red blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present, noted as Revised Final, with credits for screenwriters Charles Averson and Terry Gilliam. 148 leaves, with last page of text numbered 145. Mechanical duplication, with pink and white pages throughout, undated.

Pages Near Fine, wrapper lightly faded and Very Good plus, bound internally with two silver brads. Subject: 1970s Cinema, British Cinema, Comedy, European Cinema, Fantasy, Film Scripts, Films with Literary Sources. Royal Books is located in the midtown area of Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1996, we have specialized in rare books and paper relating to twentieth century literature, genre fiction, the arts, and popular culture, with a particular emphasis on cinema.

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