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[[Terry Gilliam]]'s fourth solo directorial effort, from 1988. It's a paean to whimsy and the irrational. Like ''[[The Sandman]]'', it's about how stories are more important than "what really happened" and rationality.
It is the Age of Reason, and there's a war on. Somewhere Austria-y is at war with The Grand Turk. In a city on the border of this war, a rag-tag theater company is staging a dramatic retelling of the life of famous [[Tall Tale]] teller Baron Munchausen. The play is interrupted by the ''real'' Baron, who describes what really happened to cause this
The film is something of a [[Mind Screw]], as the viewer is never really sure if what's happening is "really happening" and whether or not that "really matters." Due to a troubled production, it was [[Box Office Bomb|a notorious flop]] at the time (the combined losses for this and ''[[Ishtar]]'' are what caused Columbia Pictures to merge with TriStar), but it's beautifully mounted.
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* [[Cool Horse]]: Bucephalus.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: The Baron and all of his friends (with the exception of Sally) at one point or another.
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: The DVD cover includes Venus' face alongside Berthold's and the Baron's, and it lists [[Uma Thurman]] as one of the three main stars. In fact, Venus is a [[One-Scene Wonder]] with very little impact on the
* [[Crapsack World]]: The nameless European city under constant bombardment from the Turks is this.
* [[Death Seeker]]: He doesn't admit it, but he enjoys death - it's implied he enjoys it because it makes for a good story.
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** "You're with that little man! You told me size doesn't matter!"
*** Also, "I have no ''time'' for flatulence and orgasms!!"
* [[A God Am I]]: The King of the Moon, "Re di tutto."<ref>
{{quote|[[Sophisticated As Hell|"Cogito Ergo Est. I think, therefore you is."]]}}
* [[The Grim Reaper]]
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* [[Swallowed Whole]]: The Baron and Sally get eaten by a whale, only to find a functioning inn, and a few of the Baron's old friends! And his horse, somehow.
* [[Tall Poppy Syndrome]]: Mr. Jackson has [[The Cameo|Sting]] executed for excessive heroism, because it's demoralizing to the mediocre people of the town.
* [[Tall Tale]]:
* [[Trickster Archetype]]: The Baron
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Vulcan and Venus. It's a bit of a [[Deconstructed Trope]], as, though Vulcan is obviously proud of his beautiful young wife, it's just as clear that they're making each other ''miserable''.
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