1988
123 minutes
Science Fiction and Fantasy
English
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Is it better to limit yourself to the truth or to live as fully as your imagination allows? The second is the option chosen by Baron Munchausen, who claimed to have been up to the moon, into the belly of a sea monster, and travelled the world with companions including the world's fastest runner. The film used then-groundbreaking special effects, but the reason they work is because the director has an imagination every bit as wonderful as his hero.
The resplendent visuals of Terry Gilliam return, as Dr Parnassus's travelling sideshow comes into bad business, with a high price to pay.
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Film version of Jules Verne's 1873 novel, about an eccentric Victorian gentleman who makes a bet he can go round the globe in 80 days.
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Set in a retro-futuristic Britain, when an admin clerk spots an error in his paperwork and tries to correct it he is taken on a nightmarish journey.
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