Tag: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
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Robin Williams’ Most Over-the-Top Performances Is in This Terry Gilliam Classic
Robin Williams is warmly regarded as one of the most versatile and brilliant performers of all time. His work in classic comedies and soul-wrenching dramas has been celebrated for decades. Similarly, director Terry Gilliam is regarded as one of the most inventive directors of the past 50 years, creating spectacles that seize the imagination and…
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Hunter S. Thompson Was Hard To Handle During His Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas Cameo
Watching Terry Gilliam’s 1998 film “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson is, in 2022, a fraught experience. For one, a viewer must contend with their views of star Johnny Depp, recently exposed in a high-profile domestic abuse case. Additionally, director Terry Gilliam has, in recent years, said some…
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Sarah Polley on ‘Baron Munchausen’ Criterion Release: ‘You Have My Permission to Still Love This Movie’
For a film that was released in 1988, “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen” has had a surprisingly large presence in recent film discourse.Sarah Polley, who starred in the movie as a child, has accused Terry Gilliam of creating unsafe conditions on the film’s set. In her recent memoir “Run Towards the Danger,” she described the…
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Finding Robin Williams’ Fisher King Co-Star Took Some Serious Casting Calculus
Terry Gilliam’s 1991 Oscar-winning tragedy “The Fisher King” is raw and difficult. It’s a film that appears to be a lighthearted, almost slapstick farce in certain scenes, but delves into heady themes of homelessness, mental illness, trauma, and guilt on a dime. It was a startlingly soulful film from a director who was then known…
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‘I Couldn’t Breathe’: Sarah Polley Says Terry Gilliam Created Unsafe Conditions on ‘Baron Munchausen’ Set
Sarah Polley has built an admirable career as an actress, director, and Oscar-nominated screenwriter, but her show business career began in earnest when, at the age of eight, she was cast in Terry Gilliam’s “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.” But despite the opportunities that the film created for her, and the movie’s cult classic status,…
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Sarah Polley on her unflinching memoir: ‘Can you forgive – and should you forgive?’
As a child star, the actor suffered trauma and neglect. Now an acclaimed director, she is confronting the ghosts of her past with a frank new bookWhen Sarah Polley was four years old she entertained her Christian kindergarten class with a rendition of the Monty Python song Sit on My Face. “I love to hear…