Time Bandits (1981)
- Starring:
- John Cleese, Sean Connery, (more)
- Director(s):
- Terry Gilliam
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Action / Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Foreign
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My RatingSynopsis of Time Bandits
A young boy joins a group of renegade dwarves on an unpredictable journey through time in this humorous fantasy. Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam mostly achieves a tricky balancing act in his second feature as sole director, creating a dark, irreverent comedy disguised as a family adventure. Particularly amusing are the boy's encounters with various historical figures, including an entertainment-starved Napoleon (Ian Holm), a powerful Agamemnon (Sean Connery), and a surprisingly stuffy Robin Hood, embodied by Gilliam's Python cohort John Cleese. Episodic by nature, the film is less successful when dealing with the larger narrative, which concerns the pursuit of the dwarves and their time-traveling map by the Supreme Being. However, the combination of Gilliam's visual exuberance and the witty script (by Gilliam and Michael Palin) ensures an entertaining, if erratic, journey. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 116 mins
Complete Cast of Time Bandits
- John Cleese - Robin Hood
- Shelley Duvall - Pansy
- Ian Holm - Napolean
- Ralph Richardson - Supreme Being
- David Warner - Evil Genius
- Kenny Baker - Fidgit
- Malcolm Dixon - Strutter
- Craig Warnock - Kevin
- Leon Lissek - Refugee
- John Young - Reginald
- Marcus Powell - Horse Flesh
- Declan Mulholland - 3rd Robber
- Andrew Maclachlan - Fireman
- Edwin Finn - Supreme Being's Face
- Del Baker - Greek Fighting Warrior
- Mark Holmes - Troll Father
- Sheila Fearn - Kevin's Mother
- David Leland - Puppeteer
- Jim Broadbent - Compere
- Frances de la Tour - Salvation Army Major
- Derek Deadman - Robert
- Sean Connery - Agamemnon
- Katherine Helmond - Mrs. Ogre
- Michael Palin - Vincent
- Peter Vaughan - Ogre
- David Rappaport - Randall
- Jack Purvis - Wally
- Tiny Ross - Vermin
- Terence Bayler - Lucien
- Michael Edmonds - Og
- Jerold Wells - Benson
- Derrick O'Connor - Robber Leader
- Neil McCarthy - 2nd Robber
- Preston Lockwood - Neguy
- Martin Carroll - Baxi Brazilla III
- Irene Lamb
- Myrtle Devenish - Beryl
- Charles McKeown - Theater Manager
- Peter Jonfield - Arm Wrestler
- David Daker - Kevin's Father
- Tony Jay - Supreme Being
- Winston Dennis - Bull-headed Warrior
- Director(s):
- Terry Gilliam
- Writer(s):
- Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese
- Producer(s):
- Terry Gilliam
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Excellent For Children, Mild Violence, Adult Language)
- Categories:
- Action / Adventure, Foreign, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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