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.
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
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
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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
