Time bandits

Author

Terry Gilliam

Call Number

• DVD SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY (CEN, EAS, WSQ)

Edition

Director-approved two-DVD special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2014]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (116 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color map ; 19 cm)

Audience

MPAA rating: PG.

Summary

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

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1981.

Special features: New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Terry Gilliam ; 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.