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Time bandits

Gilliam, Terry, (film producer,, film director,, screenwriter.). Palin, Michael, (screenwriter,, actor.). Harrison, George, 1943-2001 (film producer,, composer (expression)). O'Brien, Denis, (film producer.). Cleese, John, (actor.). Connery, Sean, (actor.). Duvall, Shelley, 1949- (actor.). Helmond, Katherine, (actor.). Holm, Ian, 1931-2020 (actor.). Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983 (actor.). Vaughan, Peter, 1923-2016 (actor.). Warner, David, 1941-2022 (actor.). Rappaport, David, 1951-1990 (actor.). Baker, Kenny, 1934-2016 (actor.). Dixon, Malcolm (Actor), (actor.). Edmonds, Mike, 1944- (actor.). Purvis, Jack, 1937-1997 (actor.). Ross, Tiny, (actor.). Warnock, Craig, 1970- (actor.). Broadbent, Jim, (actor.). Biziou, Peter, (director of photography.). Doyle, Julian, (editor of moving image work.). Burns, Milly, (production designer.). Garwood, Norman, 1947- (art director.). Acheson, James, (costume designer.). Moran, Mike, 1948- (composer (expression)). Bagh, Peter von, 1943-2014 (interviewee (expression)). Snyder, Tom, 1936-2007 (interviewer (expression)). Sterritt, David, (writer of supplementary textual content.). Handmade Films, (presenter,, production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (film distributor.). John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, David Warner, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Malcolm Dixon, Mike Edmonds, Jack Purvis, Tiny Ross, Craig Warnock, Jim Broadbent. (Cast).

A boy named Kevin escapes his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarves. Armed with a map stolen from the Supreme Being, they plunder treasure from Napoleon and Agamemnon; but Evil is watching their every move. A giddy fairy tale, a revisionist history lesson, and a satire on technology gone awry.

DVD  - 2014
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Subject
Time travel > Drama.
Dwarfs (Folklore) > Drama.
Boys > Drama.
Genre
Video recordings.
Fantasy films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Action and adventure films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
  • ISBN: 9781604659337
  • Physical Description videodisc
    2 videodiscs (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert (47 x 37 cm).
  • Edition Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
  • Publisher [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Originally released as a motion picture in 1981.
Special features: Disc 1: Audio commentary featuring director Terry Gilliam, coscreeenwriter and actor Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock; Trailer. Disc 2: Creating the worlds of Time Bandits (new piece narrated by film writer David Morgan and featuring production designer Milly Burns and costume designer James Acheson on the creation of the film's various historical periods and fantasy worlds); Terry Gilliam and Peter von Bagh (conversation between Gilliam and film scholar Peter von Bagh at Finland's Midnight Sun Film Festival in 1998); Shelley Duvall (excerpt from a 1981 appearance by actor Shelley Duvall on NBC's Tomorrow show hosted by Tom Snyder); Stills gallery. Insert features an essay by critic David Sterritt.
GMD: videodisc.
Formatted Contents Note: Special features : Audio commentary featuring Gilliam, co-writer Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock ; New piece, narrated by film writer David Morgan ; Conversation between Gilliam and film scholar Peter von Bagh.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Peter Biziou ; editor, Julian Doyle ; production designer, Milly Burns ; art director, Norman Garwood ; costumes designed by Jim Acheson ; music score composed and orchestrated by Mike Moran ; songs and additional material by George Harrison.
Participant or Performer Note: John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, David Warner, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Malcolm Dixon, Mike Edmonds, Jack Purvis, Tiny Ross, Craig Warnock, Jim Broadbent.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 presentation); Dolby digital stereo.
Language Note:
English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles for the hearing-impaired.

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