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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

★ 7.0 · 999 ratings on TMDB

Remarkable. Unbelievable. Impossible. And true.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen poster★ 7.0

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

DirectorTerry Gilliam
CastBill Paterson, Charles McKeown, Eric Idle, Jack Purvis, John Neville, Jonathan Pryce
GenresAdventure, Comedy, Fantasy
The emergence reading

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing imagination, reason, myth, heroism, storytelling.

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