Corrected entry: The King of the Moon has a white cloth tying his head to his body while in the bedroom; in the next scene, while on his mechanical bird Sybil, the cloth is black.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
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Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Robin Williams, Uma Thurman, Eric Idle, Oliver Reed, Sarah Polley, John Neville
Visible crew/equipment: When Vulcan is taking away Baron, look carefully and you'll be able to see a wire in the tail of his coat.
King of the Moon: I think, therefore you is.
Trivia: Despite being nominated for 4 Academy Awards (and despite its decades-long cult following), this film was a box-office disaster upon its release, grossing only $8 million against a reported production cost of $46 million. Director Terry Gilliam denied the film cost anywhere near $40 million, and other reports place the total cost at around $35 million. But, even with this more conservative estimate, Gilliam went far beyond his initial budget of $25 million.
Question: When Baron Munchausen and his cohorts clean out the Sultan's vault, the Sultan's horrified Treasurer crosses himself in the Catholic fashion. But, in this film, the Sultan is head of the Ottoman Empire (a Muslim empire), and the closest members of his court (such as his Treasurer) would surely be Muslim. So the treasurer's Christian gesture stands out as unlikely, at best. This seems to be a character error, but was it intended as a deliberate joke? If so, what was the joke?
Answer: The Baron is a teller of tall tales and massively exaggerated stories, so it is all from his limited point of view. The Ottomans did have Christian members of staff, especially doctors and such but the treasurer would never be a non-Muslim.
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Correction: The cloth in the bedroom is silk (appropriate for such a situation) while the straps in the next scene are a dark leather (also appropriate). He puts on some clothes before chasing the Baron so it logically follows that he would change his straps to a material more reliable than silk for the purpose of keeping his head while seeking revenge.