The adventures of Baron Munchausen / Columbia Pictures presents ; a Prominent Features/Laura Film production ; screenplay by Charles McKeown & Terry Gilliam ; produced by Thomas Schühly ; directed by Terry Gilliam.
Edition:
Director-approved two-Blu-ray special edition ; Blu-ray edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
2 videodiscs (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from sell sheet. Originally released as a motion picture in 1989. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: Audio commentary featuring Gilliam and charles McKeown; documentary of the making of the film; new video essay by David Cairns; behind-the-scenes footage; deleted scenes; storyboards for unfilmed scenes; original marketing materials; Miracle of flight (1974); episode of The South Bank show from 1991; essay by Michael Koresky. John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Robin Williams, Jonathan Pryce.
Summary:
The boundless imagination of Terry Gilliam yields a dazzling fantasy of epic proportions. Inspired by the extravagant exploits of the fabled Baron Munchausen, this spectacle born of a famously turbulent production follows the whimsical eighteenth-century nobleman as he embarks on an outlandish quest that takes him from faraway lands to the moon to the belly of a sea monster and beyond, meanwhile waging battle against a vengeful sultan and the tyranny of logic.
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