The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Brazil , The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , The Fisher King , and 12 Monkeys . The... only "Python" not born in Britain, he took British citizenship in 1968. Gilliam was born in Medicine Lake, Minnesota, the son of Beatrice and James Hall Gilliam, who was a traveling salesman for Folgers before becoming a carpenter. The family moved to Panorama City, California, in 1952. Gilliam attended Birmingham High School where he was class president and senior prom King, was voted "Most Likely to Succeed", and achieved straight A's. During high school, he began to avidly read Mad magazine, which was then edited by Harvey Kurtzman; this later influenced his work. Gilliam later spoke to Salman Rushdie about defining experiences in the 1960s that would set the foundations for his views on the world, later influencing his art and career: Terry Gilliam started his career as an animator and strip cartoonist.
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Charles McKeown is a British actor and writer, perhaps best known for his collaborations with Terry Gilliam. The two met while shooting Monty Python's Life of Brian, while McKeown was doing bit parts in the film. McKeown co-wrote the screenplay for Brazil with Gilliam and Tom Stoppard, for which... they were collectively nominated for an Academy Award. In The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , McKeown again co-wrote the screenplay with Gilliam. After nearly twenty years apart, the two collaborated on the screenplay for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Other notable screenwriting credits for McKeown include Plunkett & Macleane and Ripley's Game . He went uncredited for his work on Batman. McKeown has had a number of acting roles in films and television series associated with the Monty Python comedy group. He started off his career with minor roles on Ripping Yarns , which starred Michael Palin and Terry Jones, and Fawlty Towers , which starred John Cleese. Around the same time, he played some minor roles in Life of Brian, where he met Gilliam.
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