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Overview

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 British adventure

Adventure film

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comedy film

Comedy film

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directed by Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Brazil , The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , The Fisher King , and 12 Monkeys...

, starring John Neville, Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley

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, Eric Idle

Eric Idle

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, Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce, CBE is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and meeting his longtime partner English actress Kate Fahy in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s...

, Oliver Reed

Oliver Reed

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, Uma Thurman

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, and Robin Williams

Robin Williams

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The film begins in an unnamed and war-torn European city in the late 18th century (dubbed "The Age of Reason"

Age of Enlightenment

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in an opening caption), where, amidst explosions and gunfire from a large Turkish army outside the city gates, a fanciful touring stage production of Baron Münchhausen

Baron Munchhausen

Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Freiherr von Münchhausen , usually known as Baron Münchhausen in English, was a German nobleman born in Bodenwerder and a famous recounter of tall tales....

's life and adventures is taking place.

Unanswered Questions

I have been looking all over the place for the name of the song played while they are using the queen's rope of hair to climb off the edge of the moon...

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Quotations

Reality? Your "reality", sir, is lies and balderdash, and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

And that was only one of the many occasions on which I met my death, an experience which I never hesitate strongly to recommend.

Trust me, madam. Your underwear is in good hands.

I find on occasion that a pinch of snuff can be most efficacious!

The King of the Moon: Cogito ergo est. I think, therefore you is.

Berthold: Is there a doctor in the fish?

Baron Munchausen: The Sultan is going to cut off my head.

Rupert: And?

Baron Muchausen: And?

Sultan: What about the virgins?

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