Terry Gilliam

Time Bandits

Time Bandits

In this fantastic voyage through time and space from Terry Gilliam, a boy named Kevin (Craig Warnock) escapes his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarfs. Armed with a map stolen from the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson), they plunder treasure from Napoleon (Ian Holm) and Agamemnon (Sean Connery)—but the Evil Genius (David Warner) is watching their every move. Featuring a darkly playful script by Gilliam and his Monty Python cohort Michael Palin (who also appears in the film), Time Bandits is at once a giddy fairy tale, a revisionist history lesson, and a satire of technology gone awry.

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Film Info

  • Terry Gilliam
  • United Kingdom
  • 1981
  • 116 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.85:1
  • English
  • Spine #37

Special Features

DIRECTOR-APPROVED EDITION:

  • New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Terry Gilliam, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray
  • Audio commentary featuring Gilliam, cowriter-actor Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock
  • New piece, narrated by film writer David Morgan, featuring production designer Milly Burns and costume designer James Acheson discussing the creation of the film’s various historical periods and fantasy worlds
  • Conversation between Gilliam and film scholar Peter von Bagh, recorded at the 1998 Midnight Sun Film Festival
  • Appearance by actor Shelley Duvall on Tom Snyder’s Tomorrow show from 1981
  • Gallery of rare photographs from the set
  • Trailer
  • PLUS: An essay by critic David Sterritt

Cover based on a theatrical poster

Purchase Options

Special Features

DIRECTOR-APPROVED EDITION:

  • New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Terry Gilliam, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray
  • Audio commentary featuring Gilliam, cowriter-actor Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock
  • New piece, narrated by film writer David Morgan, featuring production designer Milly Burns and costume designer James Acheson discussing the creation of the film’s various historical periods and fantasy worlds
  • Conversation between Gilliam and film scholar Peter von Bagh, recorded at the 1998 Midnight Sun Film Festival
  • Appearance by actor Shelley Duvall on Tom Snyder’s Tomorrow show from 1981
  • Gallery of rare photographs from the set
  • Trailer
  • PLUS: An essay by critic David Sterritt

Cover based on a theatrical poster

Time Bandits
Cast
John Cleese
Robin Hood
Sean Connery
King Agamemnon
Shelley Duvall
Pansy
Katherine Helmond
Mrs. Ogre
Ian Holm
Napoleon
Michael Palin
Vincent
Ralph Richardson
Supreme Being
Peter Vaughan
Ogre
David Warner
Evil Genius
David Rappaport
Randall
Kenny Baker
Fidgit
Malcolm Dixon
Strutter
Mike Edmonds
Og
Jack Purvis
Wally
Tiny Ross
Vermin
Craig Warnock
Kevin
Credits
Director
Terry Gilliam
Produced by
Terry Gilliam
Written by
Michael Palin
Written by
Terry Gilliam
Executive producers
George Harrison
Executive producers
Denis O'Brien
Associate producer
Neville C. Thompson
Director of photography
Peter Biziou
Editor
Julian Doyle
Production designer
Milly Burns
Art director
Norman Garwood
Costume design
Jim Acheson
In association with
Hazel Coté
Hairdressing and makeup by
Maggie Weston
Hairdressing and makeup by
Elaine Carew
Music score composed and orchestrated by
Mike Moran
Songs and additional material
George Harrison
Music produced by
Ray Cooper

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