The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship "Long Ago and Far Away". Rabbit Ears Productions also produced an audiotape version, featuring Robin Williams, which was released on Showtime in 1991. It aired as part of Rabbit Ears' "We All Have Tales" series. In addition, Terry Gilliam's 1988 film "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" contains several elements inspired by this story, particularly the opening sequence set at the court of the Grand Turk. A couple had three sons, and the youngest was a fool. One day, the Tsar declared that whoever made him a ship that could sail through the air would marry his daughter. The older two
Munchausen (short film) chasing his car. The film closes on a shot of the mother's garden, now withered and dead, with the superhero figure in the center. After making "The Strange Thing About The Johnsons" and "Beau" in 2011, writer-director Aster and producer De Leon were inspired by the films of Disney-Pixar, especially the poignant opening montage of "Up". The duo re-teamed with cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski to make "Munchausen", and started a successful crowdfunding campaign for the film in 2012, which raised $16,175. The film is named for the phenomenon of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, "a behavior pattern in which a caregiver deliberately