The Adventures of Baron Munchausen in his eye, by the grand John Neville." Roger Ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and found that it was "told with a cheerfulness and a light touch that never betray the time and money it took to create them", appreciating "the sly wit and satire that sneaks in here and there from director Terry Gilliam and his collaborators, who were mostly forged in the mill of "Monty Python"". While considering the film's special effects as "astonishing", Ebert also contended "the movie is slow to get off the ground" and "sometimes the movie fails on the basic
43rd British Academy Film Awards - Gerry Hambling "' "Dead Poets Society" - Maurice Jarre "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" - Dante Ferretti "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" - Maggie Weston, Fabrizio Sforza "Mississippi Burning" "Back to the Future Part II" "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" - Gabriella Pescucci Alec Guinness 43rd British Academy Film Awards The 43rd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1990, honoured the best films of 1989. Peter Weir's Dead Poets Society won the award for Best Film. "Dead Poets Society" Daniel Day-Lewis in "My Left Foot" Pauline Collins in "Shirley Valentine" Ray