Word: films
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...both favorably and unfavorably, shows produced by the company's Home Box Office cable service. In forming their union, Time and Warner officials agreed that a commitment to journalistic and artistic integrity was absolutely essential. When asked what would happen when one of the Time magazines panned a Warner film, Ross replied, "They wouldn't hear from me at all. I'd just tell my people to make better movies...
...merger agreement, the management will be unified, with Nicholas as the chief executive. "We're not going to crash these two companies together," said Nicholas. Both Time and Warner believe their greatest opportunities for cooperation and growth lie overseas. Ross, for example, hopes to use Warner's worldwide film-and-TV-distribution network to market HBO programming...
...zero weather for opera tickets. We'd rather go out and buy that new Kiri Te Kanawa CD than open up this month's phone bill. We'll stay home to watch a Live from the Met broadcast instead of taking our chances on the new Arnold Schwarzenegger film. And even our beloved Mozart, Wagner and Puccini LP's are showing severe wear and tear...
...flirtation with the goddess Venus (Uma Thurman), his captivity inside a giant fish, and his long-odds battle with the Turkish army. Except for young Sally (Sarah Polley), his listeners don't know if he's telling the truth. But his viewers know; Gilliam has used the magic of film to show them the wonders Munchausen has limned. Lovers dance in midair in an underworld waterfall ballroom. The baron sails to the moon in a ship wafted by a hot-air balloon. One of his servants (Eric Idle) outruns a speeding bullet. A terrifying angel of death hovers over...
...episodes test the viewer's patience, and there is considerably more wit in the film's sumptuous design than in its dialogue. But anyone with an educated eye and a child's love of hyperbole can take delight in Gilliam's images and incidents. Starlight spangles a lunar beach as the baron's ship drifts ashore for his interview with an Italianate creature (Robin Williams, unbilled and hilarious) who identifies himself as "the King of Everything -- Rei di Tutto. But you may call me Ray." The king's body is detachable from his head, which provokes schizophrenia of celestial proportions...