The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

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British film West German film adventure film comedy film fantasy film film

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 fantasy adventure film that blends surreal visuals, dark humor, and imaginative storytelling to depict the exaggerated exploits of the legendary Baron.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British film → West German film → adventure film → comedy film → fantasy film → film →
artDirectionBy	Dante Ferretti →
basedOn	Baron Munchausen stories by Rudolf Erich Raspe →
boxOfficePerformance	commercial failure on initial release →
character	Baron Munchausen →
cinematographyBy	Giuseppe Rotunno NERFINISHED →
costumeDesignBy	Gabriella Pescucci →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom → West Germany →
cultStatus	cult film →
director	Terry Gilliam →
distributedBy	Columbia Pictures →
editedBy	Peter Hollywood →
follows	Brazil (1985 film) in Terry Gilliam’s loose trilogy of imagination →
genre	adventure → comedy → fantasy → surrealist film →
language	English →
musicBy	Michael Kamen →
narrativeDevice	story-within-a-story structure →
notableFor	blend of fantasy and dark humor → elaborate visual effects → imaginative production design →
partOf	Terry Gilliam filmography →
portrays	exaggerated exploits of Baron Munchausen →
producer	Arnon Milchan → Thomas Schühly →
productionCompany	Tangent Productions → Twelve Oaks →
releaseDate	1988-12-08 →
releaseYear	1988 →
runtimeMinutes	126 →
screenwriter	Charles McKeown → Terry Gilliam →
setInPeriod	Age of Enlightenment →
starring	Eric Idle → John Neville → Jonathan Pryce → Oliver Reed → Robin Williams → Sarah Polley → Uma Thurman →
visualEffectsSupervisionBy	Richard Conway →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alison Steadman → Terry Gilliam →	notableWork
Terry Gilliam →	directed