| Time Bandits (1981)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| John Cleese |
Robin Hood
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| Sean Connery |
Agamemnon
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| Shelley Duvall |
Pansy
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| Katherine Helmond |
Mrs. Ogre
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| Ian Holm |
Napolean
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| Michael Palin |
Vincent
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| Ralph Richardson |
Supreme Being
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| Peter Vaughan |
Ogre
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| David Warner |
Evil Genius
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| David Rappaport |
Randall
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| Plot |
| A young boy joins a group of renegade dwarves on an unpredictable journey through time in this humorous fantasy. Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam mostly achieves a tricky balancing act in his second feature as sole director, creating a dark, irreverent comedy disguised as a family adventure. Particularly amusing are the boy's encounters with various historical figures, including an entertainment-starved Napoleon ( Ian Holm ), a powerful Agamemnon ( Sean Connery ), and a surprisingly stuffy Robin Hood, embodied by Gilliam's Python cohort John Cleese . Episodic by nature, the film is less successful when dealing with the larger narrative, which concerns the pursuit of the dwarves and their time-traveling map by the Supreme Being. However, the combination of Gilliam's visual exuberance and the witty script (by Gilliam and Michael Palin ) ensures an entertaining, if erratic, journey. — Judd Blaise |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Adventure; Fantasy; Sci-Fi |
| Director |
Terry Gilliam |
| Producer |
Terry Gilliam |
| Writer |
Terry Gilliam; Michael Palin |
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| Studio |
Warner Bros. |
| Country |
UK
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG |
| Running Time |
110 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
11/6/1981 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
15 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
9/15/2003 |
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| Product Details |
| Edition |
Criterion Collection |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 1.85:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
715515010122 |
| Chapters |
23 |
| Release Date |
1999 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Widescreen |
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