Time Bandits (1981)

Directed by

Terry Gilliam

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, science fiction film, steampunk film, time-travel film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 1,164 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy joins a group of small thieves who travel through different historical periods using a stolen map of time holes. They steal from famous figures while being chased by the Supreme Being.

whimsicalfast-pacedplayfulabsurdadventuroussurrealwonder-filledcomedicslapstick

What happens

Time Bandits is a 1981 British fantasy adventure film co-written, produced, and directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars David Rappaport, Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Peter Vaughan, and David Warner. The film tells the story of a young boy taken on an adventure through time with a band of thieves who plunder treasure from various points in history. In 1979, Terry Gilliam was unable to set up the film Brazil; therefore, he proposed a family film. Time Bandits was co-written with fellow Monty Python Michael Palin, financed by ex-Beatle George Harrison's HandMade Films and filmed in England, Morocco, and Wales. The film was released in cinemas on 2 July 1981 in the United Kingdom and on 6 November 1981 in the United States. On its initial release, the film received mainly positive reviews from critics; it opened at number one at the weekend box office in the US and Canada, and, by the end of its run, grossed $36 million on a budget of $5 million. Gilliam has referred to Time Bandits as the first in his "Trilogy of Imagination", which follows a fantasist through three perspectives: as a young boy in this film, a grown man in Brazil (1985) and an old man in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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