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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #13604 in DVD
- Released on: 1999-04-27
- Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
- Original language: English, Spanish
- Subtitled in: Chinese, English, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai
- Dubbed in: Portuguese
- Number of discs: 1
- Running time: 127 minutes
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com essential video
Monty Python's Terry Gilliam (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) directs this wild, wild version of the stories of Baron Munchausen, pushing the limits of 1989 special effects technology to bring us such sights as a horse divided in half and running around in two parts, and a giant Robin Williams with his head flying off his shoulders. Basically, this is a treat for Gilliam fans, as the sustaining idea of the film runs out of steam, and manic energy alone keeps the momentum going. Casual viewers might find it tedious after awhile. There are nice parts for fellow Python Eric Idle, as well as Sting, Alison Steadman, and Uma Thurman as a dazzlingly beautiful Venus on a half-shell. Gilliam had greater artistic and commercial success with Brazil, The Fisher King, and 12 Monkeys. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
SONY puts in extra effort before going chapter 11...
Lets hope they dont do an ENRON before this comes out-and I hope they improve the colors-like was on their laserdisc-(which rotted, as all SONY Laserdiscs did). It they get the rich saturated period colors correct-this is a joy to behold.
The last disc was flat and dull with little in the way of color nuances or saturation.
This dude was real?!
I'd never knew this guy actually existed in real life, more over, never knew there was a syndrome named after him either, "Munchausen Syndrome". Aside from that, this movie holds some bearing to it as a cult classic. I'll bet that at one point in time in everyone's life they've seen this movie but just cannot recollect the name of the title but can remember considerable elements of this movie that made it worthwhile to remember. Such was the case for me because I remember seeing this movie on cable television back in '96 on the Showtime channel which means it would air almost every other hour but I didn't have a problem with that at all!
I loved this movie! It's a movie that plays on the simple fascination of fantasy and the innocence of the imagination in a world that's super-logical and ill-ridden with rules. Though dated, it still has one of the most memorable visuals I've ever seen which make it ever so charming in its conception. The history behind the creation of this film is a bleak one which compromises for so much of this movie's construction. To put it lightly, the movie had 100% the potential but was only given 45%... if it were given the full attention and care it demanded, this would probably be one of the greatest films of all time, however, complications occurred throughout the span of its lifetime and shares a similar fate to another movie, "The Thief and the Cobbler."
History beside, this movie is a delightful addition to your movie base and a great movie to just sit down and enjoy to when you've absolutely got nothing else better to do but forget about the world you live in and enter Baron von Munchausen on one of his zany story-adventures. The movie itself houses some interesting ideas of story-telling which I can say have inspired me in many ways but those are personal notions regarding.
Hooking back to the movie's visuals, allow me to detail one such scene which involves Uma Thurman, in probably one of her most memorable scenes filmed as an actress, and its her arrival on the scene in an illustrious, filmographic introduction to "The Birth of Venus". Really, words cannot describe how visually appealing that scene is, and with the play of music that goes on in it... augh... I'm still breathtaken by the wonderful imagery that was filmed with such intimacy and care.
THIS MOVIE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST EVER MADE!
I love this great movie in every respect of it's production! There is NO bad thing about it and I wonder why it was attacked so much by pseudo-film intellectuals!? Well, this movie is definetely NOT for kids and one has to be grown up in his mind to understand what a broad view has Terry Gilliam about visual stories! As a great cinema lover and professional musician/composer/engineer/producer I highly admire this great production.
