Time bandits
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Gilliam, Terry, film producer
Palin, Michael, screenwriter
Harrison, George, 1943-2001, film producer
O'Brien, Denis, film producer.
Cleese, John, actor.
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
MPAA Rating
PG Rated
Status
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Action and adventure films.
Boys -- Drama.
Dwarfs -- Drama.
Fantasy films.
Feature films.
Time travel -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Format
DVD
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert (47 cm x 37 cm)
Language
English
ISBN
9781604659337, 1604659335
UPC
715515133319
Notes
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1981.
General Note
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.
Creation/Production Credits
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.
Participants/Performers
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.
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 presentation); Dolby digital stereo.
Language
English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles for the hearing-impaired.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)

Gilliam, T., Palin, M., Harrison, G., O'Brien, D., Cleese, J., Connery, S., Duvall, S., Helmond, K., Holm, I., Richardson, R., Vaughan, P., Warner, D., Rappaport, D., Baker, K., Dixon, M., Edmonds, M., Purvis, J., Ross, T., Warnock, C., Broadbent, J., Biziou, P., Doyle, J., Burns, M., Garwood, N., Acheson, J., Moran, M., Bagh, P. v., Snyder, T., & Sterritt, D. (2014). Time bandits. (Director-approved two-DVD special edition). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Terry, Gilliam et al.. 2014. Time Bandits. The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Terry, Gilliam et al.. Time Bandits. The Criterion Collection, 2014.

UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)

Gilliam, T., Palin, M., Harrison, G., O'Brien, D., Cleese, J., Connery, S. and Duvall, S. et al (2014). Time bandits. Director-approved two-DVD special edn [Irvington, N.Y.]: The Criterion Collection.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)

Gilliam, Terry,, et al. Time Bandits. Director-approved two-DVD special edition, The Criterion Collection, 2014.

Note: Citations contain only title, author, edition, and publisher. Only UCL Harvard citations contain the year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of May 2025.

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