The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989 Box Office Flop)

The fourth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1989 features the year’s biggest flop, Terry Gilliam’s The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Directed and co-written by Gilliam and starring John Neville, Sarah Polley and Eric Idle, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen had a troubled production and a truncated release, but went on to critical acclaim and cult success.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-adventures-of-baron-munchausen-1989), Hal Hinson in the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/theadventuresofbaronmunchausenpghinson_a0a8f0.htm), and Sheila Benson in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-05-ca-566-story.html).