Summary:
Director Terry Gilliam adroitly applies his Monty Python sensibilities upon the "career" of famed German prevaricator Baron von Munchausen. Played herein by John Neville, the baron is seen quelling a war that he himself started, flying into the stratosphere on the back of a cannonball, ballooning to the moon, exploring the innards of a volcano, being swallowed by a whale....I... Full Summary >>

Cast:
John Neville - (Baron Munchausen)
Eric Idle - (Berthold)
Sarah Polley - (Sally)
Uma Thurman - (Venus/Rose)
Jonathan Pryce - (Horatio Jackson)
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Review:
The fabled Baron von Munchausen appeared in a number of live-action and animated screen incarnations prior to 1989, including Josef von Baky's 1943 UFA-funded, Goebbels-produced Munchausen. Yet Terry Gilliam bravely resisted the temptation to rework any of those prior screen versions. Instead, his film is twofold. On the most rudi... Continue >>

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