John Neville
Baron Munchausen
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Mar 10, 1989 · The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: Directed by Terry Gilliam. With John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed. An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 fantasy adventure film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, starring John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, Jonathan Pryce and Valentina Cortese.
Bent on saving a besieged European city from the clutches of a Turkish Sultan and his soldiers, Baron von Munchausen, the incredible aristocrat of fabrication, embarks on an enchanting odyssey to the four corners of the world--and beyond.
During the "Age of Reason" of the late 18th century, the Turkish army lays siege to a European city where a theater production about the extraordinary heroics of famed German aristocrat Baron ...
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Packed frame to frame with special effects, mischievous wit, and colorful performances—including a young Sarah Polley as the Baron’s no-nonsense sidekick—the Oscar-nominated The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a lavish celebration of the triumph of make-believe over reality.
The mind of a child is wonderfully literal. And one of the charms of seeing "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" was to see some of the baron's other impossible adventures, looking for all the world as if they had really happened, thanks to extraordinary special effects.
Jan 3, 2023 · The denizens of an unnamed walled European city are fending off a military invasion by the Ottoman Turks. At the same time, a local theater troupe is in the middle of a play about the legendary adventurer Baron Munchausen, and the show must go on.
