The term is often attributed to Rudolf Erich Raspe's story The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, where the main character pulls himself out of a swamp by his hair ( specifically, his pigtail ), but the Baron does not, in fact, pull himself out by his bootstraps.

Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Brazil ( 1985 ), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ( 1988 ), The Fisher King ( 1991 ), 12 Monkeys ( 1995 ), and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ( 1998 ).

The 1980s saw Gilliam's self-written Trilogy of Imagination about " the ages of man " in Time Bandits ( 1981 ), Brazil ( 1985 ), and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ( 1988 ).

After the lengthy quarreling with Universal Studios over Brazil, Gilliam's next picture, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, cost around US $ 46 million, and then earned only about US $ 8 million in US ticket sales.

On the other hand, Gilliam's first successful feature, Time Bandits ( 1981 ), earned more than eight times its original budget in the United States alone ; The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ( 1988 ) was nominated for four Academy Awards ( and won, among other European prizes, three BAFTA Awards ); The Fisher King ( 1991 ) ( his first film not to feature a member from Python ) was nominated for five ( and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ); and 12 Monkeys went on to take over US $ 168 million worldwide ; whilst The Brothers Grimm, despite a mixed critical reception, grossed over US $ 105 million worldwide.

* Jack Purvis ( Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen )

* Charles McKeown ( Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus )

* Jonathan Pryce ( Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Brothers Grimm )

* Robin Williams ( The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King ; also was to play Cavaldi in The Brothers Grimm until objections by producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein )

Other recurring collaborators include Gilliam's cinematographers Roger Pratt ( Brazil, The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys ) and Nicola Pecorini ( Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Brothers Grimm, Tideland, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus ), and his co-writer McKeown ( Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus ).

She worked on Monty Python's Flying Circus, many of the Python movies, and Gilliam's movies up to The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.

* The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ( 1988 )

* The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ( 1988 )

Terry Gilliam has dubbed his films Time Bandits, Brazil and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as " The Imagination Trilogy ", in that each movie has to do with the imagination of humans in the three stages of life: child, man, older man.

In December 2007, producer Thomas Schühly ( Alexander, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ) gained the remake rights to Metropolis.

Idle received good critical notices appearing in projects written and directed by others – such as Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ( 1989 ), alongside Robbie Coltrane in Nuns on the Run ( 1990 ) and in Casper ( 1995 ).

* The Surprising Adventures Of Baron Munchausen Terence Blacker ( Rushton illustrations only ) ( Hodder Stoughton, 1989 )

* The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ( 1988 )-A " heroic officer "

In 1988 Pryce worked once again with Gilliam in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, playing " The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson ".

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 British adventure fantasy comedy film written and directed by Terry Gilliam, starring John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman and Robin Williams ( credited as Ray D. Tutto ).

* John Neville as Baron Munchausen

* 1918 – World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, known as " The Red Baron ", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.

This doctrine is a 17th century innovation, although it is now applied retrospectively for centuries ; the seventh Baron De La Warr had three surviving sons ; the first died without children, the second left two daughters, the third left a son.

Subsequently HM Sultan Jamalul Ahlam Kiram ( 1863 – 1881 ), the 29th reigning Sultan of Sulu, leased North Borneo in 1878 to Gustavus Baron de Overbeck and Alfred Dent, representing the British North Borneo Company in what is now the Malaysian state of Sabah.

Baron Aberdare, of Duffryn in the County of Glamorgan, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Lord Aberdare was one of the ninety-two elected hereditary peers that were allowed to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. the title is held by his son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 2005 and was elected to the House of Lords in 2009.

The party is then joined by Baron Vordenburg, the descendant of the hero who rid the area of vampires long ago.

Stoker's Dr. Abraham Van Helsing is a direct parallel to Le Fanu's vampire expert Baron Vordenburg: both characters used to investigate and catalyse actions in opposition to the vampire, and symbolically represent knowledge of the unknown and stability of mind in the onslaught of chaos and death.

Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest ( born February 5, 1948 ), better known as Christopher Guest, is a British and American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor, and comedian.

The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is a fictional character and the main antagonist from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert.

VLADIMIR HARKONNEN ( 10, 110-10, 193 ) Commonly referred to as Baron Harkonnen, his title is officially Siridar ( planetary governor ) Baron.

In Dune, Herbert notes that the Baron possesses a " basso voice " and is so " grossly and immensely fat " that he requires anti-gravity devices known as suspensors to support his weight.

It is implied by Margot Fenring that the Baron has allowed himself to become obese.

Shaddam and the Baron are shocked to learn that Muad ' Dib is, of course, a very-much-alive Paul Atreides.

Baron Harkonnen himself is poisoned with a gom jabbar by Paul's young sister Alia Atreides, his own granddaughter, and dies at the age of 83.

In the Prelude to Dune prequel series by Brian Herbert and Anderson, it is established that Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is the son and heir of Dmitri Harkonnen and his wife Victoria.

The young Baron Vladimir is described as an exceedingly handsome man, possessing red hair and a near-perfect physique.

The Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam is instructed by the Sisterhood to collect the genetic material of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen ( through conception ) for their breeding program.

Mohiam's second child with the Baron is Jessica.

The Baron, Duke Leto, and Jessica herself are unaware that Jessica is secretly the Baron's daughter or that he has even fathered one ; in the year 10, 176, the Baron's grandson Paul is born to Leto and Jessica.

The video game Emperor: Battle for Dune, whose in-game cut scenes are visually inspired by David Lynch's film, features a character named Baron Rakan Harkonnen, portrayed by Michael McShane.

Ali G ( born Alistair Leslie Graham ) is a satirical fictional character created and performed by English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.

Baron Cohen has stated that BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood was an influence on the development of his character – Westwood hosts Radio 1's Rap Show and speaks in a faux Multicultural London English and Hip-Hop dialect.

Prior to his character's appearance on The 11 O ' Clock Show, Baron Cohen had portrayed a similar character named MC Jocelyn Cheadle-Hume on a show he presented called F2F, which ran on a satellite channel called Talk TV ( owned by Granada Television ).

While chatting to a group of skateboarders, in character, Baron Cohen realised that people could be led to believe his character was real, and filmed a number of segments which were ordered off air by London Weekend Television.

Although Baron Cohen has repeatedly stated that the Ali G character is a parody of suburban, privileged youth ' acting black ', numerous commentators have opined that the force of the humour is derived from stereotypes of blacks, not poser whites.

* Ali G ( fictional character created by Sacha Baron Cohen )

In the 2006 movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby starring Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen, Cohen's character is reading a copy of L ' Etranger while he is driving his NASCAR race car.

The same year, in London, he made a success at the Haymarket Theatre, in the character role of Baron Harzfeld in Jim the Penman by Charles Young.

In the Sacha Baron Cohen movie Brüno, the character Brüno interviewed Palestinian Christian Ayman Abu Aita, who was portrayed in the movie as a leader of the militant group.

* Red Baron, the character that the first player controls in Namco's 1985 arcade game, Sky Kid

Baron Samedi is a character in the James Bond novel Live and Let Die as well as the 1973 film by the same name.

In the video game Dead Island, a character Sam B, sings a song entitled " Who Do You Voodoo " and makes a reference to Baron Samedi.

In the videogame Akuji the Heartless, Baron Samedi sends the titular character on quests throughout the underworld ; in exchange for resurrection.

The question of whether John Caius was the inspiration for the character of Dr Caius in Shakespeare's play the Merry Wives of Windsor has been discussed at length by Arnold McNair, 1st Baron McNair.

Even before his death, Münchhausen's reputation as a storyteller was exaggerated by several writers, giving birth to a fully fictionalized literary character usually called simply Baron Munchausen.

While Asher was praised for bringing cases of factitious disorder to light, critics objected variously that a literary allusion was inappropriate given the seriousness of the disease ; that its use of the Anglicized form " Munchausen " showed poor form ; that the name linked the disease with Münchhausen himself, who did not have it ; and that the name's connection to works of humor and fantasy, and to the essentially ridiculous character of the fictionalized Baron, was disrespectful to patients suffering from the disorder.

Arthur is also the principal character of an alternative history novel by the eccentric English writer Frederick Rolfe (' Baron Corvo '), entitled Hubert's Arthur, posthumously published by A. J.