this is what the filmography of director Terry Gilliam, should have looked like

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"Monty Python & The Holy Grail" (1975, co-directed with T. Jones) - no change

"Jabberwocky" (1977) - all its money made back somehow

(1979 would be spent making "Monty Python's Life Of Brian")

"Time Bandits" (1981) - no change

(1983 would be spent making "Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life")

"The Crimson Permanent Assurance" (1983, short film before "MP's TMOL") - no change

"Brazil" (1985) - all money made back, no battles with Universal Studios

"Fungus The Bogeyman" (1987)

"The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen" (1989) - no bad publicity, just success

"The Fisher King" (1991) - no change

"A Tale Of Two Cities" (1993)

"Twelve Monkeys" (1995) - no change

"The Defective Detective" (1997)

"Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas" (1998) - success, due to smaller distribution

"Good Omens" (2000)

"The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" (2002) - a huge success

"The Brothers Grimm" (2004) - released when planned, no squabbles evident

"Tideland" (2006) - all money made back through small distribution

It remains to be seen if "The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus" will be completed.
 
He went $1 million over budget for the 9 minutes of meaning of life he directed. There's a reason big studios are iffy about him. JK Rowling wanted him to do the first harry potter but warner bros said no way.
 
With "Fungus The Bogeyman", Gilliam did get as far as building some props
before suddenly abandoning the project, apparently because he felt 'too old' for it.

"A Tale Of Two Cities" did have a script ready, and Mel Gibson was set to act in it,
but then he backed out and decided to act in (and direct) "Braveheart" instead;
when Liam Neeson was drafted, the producers would give Gilliam much less money,
even though Neeson had just been nominated for an Oscar for "Schindler's List" -
and so, after not getting the budget he asked for, Gilliam quit, and the project ended.

"The Defective Detective" also had a script ready (co-written by Gilliam himself),
and dates back to after "The Fisher King" had been filmed, but getting this made
this proved one of the most difficult tasks Gilliam has faced - in other worRAB,
'it has been stuck in development hell for ages', as has "Good Omens".



One of the reasons this project from 1990 didn't happen (besides the lack of funding)
is that Gilliam found it extremely difficult to shorten the script to at least two hours
without taking away too much of the story or characters, and thus reducing quality:
IIRC the shortest he could make it was 3 hours, which is hardly right for a comic book film.
 
That is because Warner wanted a 'family-friendly' director,
and settled for Chris Columbus, director of "Home Alone".
Sadly, Gilliam has ruled out directing a future Potter movie.



Gilliam was offered the chance to direct "Braveheart", but he turned it down -
would the film have been any better (and Oscar-worthy), with Gilliam at the helm?
 
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