The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Blu-ray, Criterion Collection)
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: January 3, 2023
- Originally Released: 1988
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Valentina Cortese, Winston Dennis, John Neville, Charles McKeown, Sarah Polley, Jonathan Pryce, Uma Thurman, Jack Purvis, Alison Steadman, Eric Idle, Robin Williams & Oliver Reed | |
Directed by | Terry Gilliam |
Entertainment Reviews:
91%
TOMATOMETER
...Witty....Movie-magical....This is a movie that bludgeons you with dazzle... -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
USA Today
4 stars out of 5 -- [A] weirdly wonderful fantasy...
Empire
4 stars out of 5 -- [T]here's enough silliness and spirit to waft the clouds from a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Total Film
...Full of moments that dazzle, just for the fun of seeing the impossible come to life on the screen...
New York Times
[T]he visuals remain stunning... -- Grade: B
Entertainment Weekly
...Fantastically imaginative conceptual and visual aspects...
Variety
Polley the child actress is spunky...
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Product Description:
In TIME BANDITS, director Terry Gilliam told a fantastical story filled with heroes and villains seen through the eyes of a small boy. In BRAZIL, Gilliam focused on a fantasy world created by a young man trapped in a totalitarian state. And now, with THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN, Gilliam tells the legend of an old man who has lived a fairy-tale life. In the late 18th century, the Age of Reason has no room for fantasy. In a town besieged by murderous enemies, a traveling company is putting on a stage show about the apocryphal Baron Munchausen, who, with his motley crew of servants, supposedly circled the globe and the universe, following each bizarre adventure with one even more strange and ludicrous. But then a man appears at the theater claiming to be the real Baron, and to prove it, he goes off on one final journey to save the town, chased all along the way by the winged specter of death.
Gilliam never met an epic spectacle he didn't like. MUNCHAUSEN is loaded with brilliant set pieces, including spinning heads on the moon and a giant Botticelli clamshell in the bottom of a hellish volcano. Gilliam has assembled a stellar cast, including John Neville as the Baron, Oliver Reed as Vulcan, Jonathan Pryce (BRAZIL), Jack Purvis (Wally in TIME BANDITS), Robin Williams (credited as Ray D. Tutto), Eric Idle (who contributes "The Torturer's Apprentice" with Michael Kamen to the soundtrack), Charles McKeown (LIFE OF BRIAN), a cameo by Sting, and early appearances by Sarah Polley (as young Sally Salt) and Uma Thurman. Gilliam's special effects bonanza is a modern retelling of THE WIZARD OF OZ, a fabulous adventure filled with daring feats, preposterous nonsense, danger galore, and the overall belief that a world without fantasy is a sad world indeed.
Gilliam never met an epic spectacle he didn't like. MUNCHAUSEN is loaded with brilliant set pieces, including spinning heads on the moon and a giant Botticelli clamshell in the bottom of a hellish volcano. Gilliam has assembled a stellar cast, including John Neville as the Baron, Oliver Reed as Vulcan, Jonathan Pryce (BRAZIL), Jack Purvis (Wally in TIME BANDITS), Robin Williams (credited as Ray D. Tutto), Eric Idle (who contributes "The Torturer's Apprentice" with Michael Kamen to the soundtrack), Charles McKeown (LIFE OF BRIAN), a cameo by Sting, and early appearances by Sarah Polley (as young Sally Salt) and Uma Thurman. Gilliam's special effects bonanza is a modern retelling of THE WIZARD OF OZ, a fabulous adventure filled with daring feats, preposterous nonsense, danger galore, and the overall belief that a world without fantasy is a sad world indeed.
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Fantasy
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High Flying
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High Seas
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Kids Adventure
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Romance
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Epic
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