Product Reviews
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, Rovi
Product Notes
Young Kevins daydreams burst into astonishing and hilarious life when a band of time-traveling little men come crashing through his bedroom wardrobe and carry him off on an unbelievable crime spree, weaving through the greatest and strangest moments of history. The pint-sized plunderers filch from a neurotic Napoleon (Ian Holm), a dim-witted Robin Hood (John Cleese) and a heroic King Agamemnon (Sean Connery), leading to a showdown with the dark forces of Evil (David Warner)...all while keeping just one precarious step ahead of the wrath of The Supreme Being himself!Producer/Director/Co-writer Terry Gilliam (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Brazil) teams with many of his comic-genius cohorts from Monty Python to bring this laugh-out-loud modern fairy tale-adventure to life.
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24 August 2010 |
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IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT |
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111 |
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A: Americas, E Asia |
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1.78:1 (Alternate Wide Screen), Color, Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV |
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Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Stereo, DTS-HD Master Audio, English, French |
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Discs:1 ~ Format:Blu-Ray ~ Region:A |
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View Cast For Time Bandits |
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Art Director:Norman Garwood, Casting:Irene Lamb, Cinematographer:Peter Biziou, Composer (Music Score):George Harrison, Composer (Music Score):Mike Moran, Director:Terry Gilliam, Executive Producer:Denis O'Brien, Executive Producer:George Harrison, Producer:Terry Gilliam, Screenwriter:Eric Idle, Screenwriter:John Cleese, Screenwriter:Michael Palin, Screenwriter:Terry Gilliam |
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