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[[File:terry-gilliam1.jpg|frame|I will destroy you with my fantastical and science-fictional movies!]]
'''Terrence Vance Gilliam''' was the only American in the [[
From there he moved into writing and directing non-Python films, though some of his fellow troupers have appeared in and/or co-wrote them. His specialties are fantasy and science fiction films, often laced with dark humor (one could construe his worldview as "We're all doomed! Isn't that hilarious?"), and he was J. K. Rowling's choice of director for the ''[[Harry Potter (
This is understandable given that few directors in the history of film have been so prone to [[Executive Meddling]], production delays and budget overruns, and just plain '''bad luck''' as Terry Gilliam. After ''[[Jabberwocky]]'' (1977) and the hit ''[[
In the 1990s, things were looking up with ''[[The Fisher King]]'' (1991), ''[[
Bad luck simply doesn't cut it: the man's '''cursed'''.
''[[The Onion]]'' once joked that if Terry Gilliam were to have a barbecue, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080815221136/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/32920 it would be beset by production delays]. But his perilous productions have resulted in a portfolio of fascinating, if not always successful, films.
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* [[Cool Horse]]: Bucephalus, [[The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
▲* [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy]]: ''[[The Brothers Grimm (Film)|The Brothers Grimm]]''
* [[Deranged Animation]]: It doesn't come more deranged than [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVgAzbuKjZY&feature=fvw that].
▲* [[Cool Horse]]: Bucephalus, [[The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Film)|Baron Munchausen]]'s horse.
▲* [[Deranged Animation]]: It doesn't come more deranged than [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVgAzbuKjZY&feature=fvw that].
▲* [[Doing It for The Art]]
** ''[[Tideland]]''. A fairy tale of the sort modern people do not tell any longer. Absolutely unsuitable for commercial purposes.
** Gilliam in general is a fine example of this. Most filmmakers would have called it at day after barely surviving ''[[Brazil (
* [[The Dung Ages]]: Along with the other Pythons, popularized the trope with ''[[Monty Python and
* [[Executive Meddling]]: Boy howdy!
* [[Grimmification]]: ''[[The Brothers Grimm (
* [[Johnny Depp]]: ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'' and ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus''; he was also going to be the lead in ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote''.
* [[The Nth Doctor]]: To complete ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'' after Heath Ledger's death, he hired Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law to play Ledger's character in the alternate worlds the Imaginarium leads to.
* [[
* [[Robin Williams]]: ''[[
* [[Scenery Porn]]: His films have a very distinct look (highly detailed sets shot with very wide lenses), to the point where cinematographers often call a 14mm lens "the Gilliam lens". Granted, what he's actually shooting [[Scenery Gorn|isn't always that pretty]].
* [[Thematic Series]]: He considers ''Time Bandits'', ''Brazil'', and ''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'' to be his "Imagination Trilogy". The movies themselves are not connected by continuity but they share similar themes.
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** Tons of them, but most obviously how Warner Bros. wouldn't let him direct any of the Harry Potter films.
** ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote''... (Though there have been rumors that he's planning to try it again.)
** He was approached to direct ''[[Watchmen (
** J.K. Rowling originally wanted Gilliam to direct ''[[Harry Potter (
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** Nevertheless, in 2005, Gilliam also stated he would never direct a ''[[Harry Potter (
** He also turned down offers to direct ''[[American Beauty]]'', ''[[Enemy Mine]]'', and ''[[
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