The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1989 - ENGLISH - MOVIE

Adventure Comedy Fantasy

An account of Baron Munchausen s supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1989 English-language Adventure Comedy movie starring John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, Jonathan Pryce and Balbino Lacosta. Allied Filmmakers in association with Laura Film and Prominent Features. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Thomas Sch Hly. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is written by Charles Mckeown, Terry Gilliam, Gottfried August Bürger and Rudolph Erich Raspe and it is directed by Terry Gilliam. Columbia Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the film. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen was released on 10th March 1989 and takes a screen time of 126 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen was made on a budget of $46 million and at the box office it grossed only $8 million. Cinematography was done by Giuseppe Rotunno and editing by Peter Hollywood. The music was composed by Michael Kamen.
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historical fascinating exhilarating cumbersome exciting
  • Jini Score
    9.6/10
  • Critics Score
    82%
  • Rating
    7.1/10
  • Jini Score
    9.6%
  • Critics Score
    82
  • Rating
    7.1
negative

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Release Date08 DEC 1988
Budget$ 46 MILLION
Language

English

Genre

Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Reviews and Ratings

Average Review Rating : positive

77.06%

Positive Review Rating : 82%

82%
    • Roger Ebert

      They have not made a childrens movie, but children may find it fascinating, because these adventures involve castles and sultans and horses and knights and the man in the moon subjects that seem fresh, now that the high tech hardware of outer space is taken for granted by most kids.Terry Gilliams film is, in itself, a tribute to the spirit of the good baron. ( Read More )
    • Hal Hinson

      The movie is an exhilarating one of a kind achievement, but its overbearing, too a little too in your face to be as enjoyable as you might hope it to be. ( Read More )
    • Desson Thomson

      It also means Gilliams familiar face off between good (magic, creativity, imagination, hope) and bad (Age of Reason logic, mediocrity and cynicism). ( Read More )
    • Ian Nathan

      It is typically ironic then that those exaggerations confined to the story itself make for a vivid and extraordinary, if not wholly satisfying, epic. ( Read More )
    • Jonathan Rosenbaum

      Terry Gilliams third fantasy feature (1989) may not achieve all it reaches for, but it goes beyond Time Bandits and Brazil in its play with space and time, and as a childrens picture it offers a fresh and exciting alternative to the Disney stranglehold on the market. ( Read More )
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    2 NOMINATIONS
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