Baron Munchausen 1979 Russian television film "The Very Same Munchhausen", directed by Mark Zakharov from Grigori Gorin's screenplay, produced and released by Mosfilm. The film, a satirical commentary on Soviet censorship and social mores, imagines an ostracized Baron attempting to prove the truth of his adventures in a disbelieving and conformity-driven world. In 1988, Terry Gilliam adapted the Raspe stories into a lavish Hollywood film, "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen", with the British stage actor and director John Neville in the lead. Roger Ebert, in his review of the film, described Neville's Baron as a man who "seems sensible and matter-of-fact, as
Uma Thurman and the December 1985 and May 1986 covers of British "Vogue". She made the transition to acting with her film debut, the teen thriller "Kiss Daddy Goodnight", which was released in 1987. Thurman was subsequently cast in three 1988 films — "Johnny Be Good", "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" and most notably, "Dangerous Liaisons". In the comedy "Johnny Be Good", she played the girlfriend of a top high school quarterback prospect, and in "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen", she made a brief appearance as goddess Venus; during her entrance she briefly appears nude, in an homage to Botticelli's "The Birth