The adventures of Baron Munchausen

Resource Information

The work The adventures of Baron Munchausen represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The adventures of Baron Munchausen

Statement of responsibility

Columbia Pictures presents ; a Prominent Features & Laura-Film production ; a Terry Gilliam film ; directed by Terry Gilliam ; produced by Thomas Schühly ; screenplay by Charles McKeown & Terry Gilliam

Creator

• Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Pryce, Jonathan
• Purvis, Jack, 1937-1997
• Reed, Oliver, 1938-1999
• Schühly, Thomas, 1951-
• Steadman, Alison, 1946-
• Thurman, Uma
• Neville, John, 1925-2011
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Cortese, Valentina
• Prominent Features (Firm)
• Dennis, Winston
• Gilliam, Terry
• Laura-Film (Firm)
• Idle, Eric
• Columbia Pictures Industries
• Jeffrey, Peter, 1929-1999
• McKeown, Charles
• Cooper, Ray, 1942-
• Paterson, Bill, 1945-
• Polley, Sarah

Actor

• Cooper, Ray, 1942-
• Thurman, Uma
• Steadman, Alison, 1946-
• McKeown, Charles
• Jeffrey, Peter, 1929-1999
• Idle, Eric
• Dennis, Winston
• Cortese, Valentina
• Reed, Oliver, 1938-1999
• Purvis, Jack, 1937-1997
• Pryce, Jonathan
• Polley, Sarah
• Paterson, Bill, 1945-
• Neville, John, 1925-2011

Film director

• Gilliam, Terry

Film producer

• Schühly, Thomas, 1951-

Presenter

• Columbia Pictures Industries

Production company

• Prominent Features (Firm)
• Laura-Film (Firm)

Publisher

• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Screenwriter

• McKeown, Charles
• Gilliam, Terry

Subject

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Münchhausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von, Baron, 1720-1797 -- Drama
• Action and adventure films
• Action and adventure films
• Adventure -- Feature
• Adventure and adventurers -- Drama
• Adventure films
• Comedy -- Feature
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• Drama
• Fantasy films
• Fantasy films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Hot air balloons -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Comedy films
• Comedy
• Fiction films
• Adventure films
• Adventure
• Feature films
• Action and adventure films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Drama
• Fantasy films

Language

• tha
• eng
• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• por
• chi
• kor
• eng

Summary

The amazing journeys of Baron von Munchausen, who sets sail in a hot air balloon in search of his old comrades-at-arms with the object of saving a European city from the superior forces of a Turkish sultan

Cataloging source

TLM

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Giuseppe Rotunno ; editor, Peter Hollywood ; music, Michael Kamen ; costume designer, Gabriella Pescucci ; production designer, Dante Ferretti ; special effects, Richard Conway

Dewey number

791.4372

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG

Language note

English or French dialogue, with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, and Thai; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.A38 2008

PerformerNote

John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Charles McKeown, Winston Dennis, Jack Purvis, Valentina Cortese, Jonathan Pryce, Bill Paterson, Peter Jeffrey, Uma Thurman, Alison Steadman, Ray Cooper

Runtime

127

Target audience

general

Technique

live action