The Adventures of Baron Munchausen [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray] [Criterion Collection]

"Director Terry Gilliam adroitly applies his Monty Python sensibilities upon the ""career"" of famed German prevaricator Baron von Munchausen. Played herein by John Neville, the baron is seen quelling a war that he himself started, flying into the stratosphere on the back of a cannonball, ballooning to the moon, exploring the innards of a volcano, being swallowed by a whale....In short, all of Munchausen's fabulous lies are here presented as ""truth,"" played out in full view of nonplussed ...